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For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

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Calorie Rating: 84
Released: 2009-12-12
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Studios: BBC Cymru Wales,

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In the centenary year since the founding of the Ballets Russe, this documentary looks back at Sergei Diaghilev and the company he created, what they did and the influence they had, even a 100 years later.

Director / Directors

Ross MacGibbon

Director

Cast

Lynn Seymour

Character: Narrator

Alastair Macaulay

Character: Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times

Bob Gottlieb

Character: Self - Writer and Editor

Judith Mackrell

Character: Self - Writer and Dance Critic

Lynn Garafola

Character: Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'

Richard Davenport-Hines

Character: Self - Historian and Author

Anna Pavlova

Character: Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

Frederic Franklin

Character: Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo

Elena Gludjidze

Character: Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet

Karl Lagerfeld

Character: Self

Wayne Eagling

Character: Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet

Marie Rambert

Character: Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)

Joan Acocella

Character: Self - Dance Critic

Julian Barran

Character: Self - Art Dealer

Mary Fellows

Character: Self - Fashion Director and Consultant

Howard Goodall

Character: Self - Composer and Broadcaster

Pierre Boulez

Character: Self - Composer and Conductor

Tamara Karsavina

Character: Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

David Dawson

Character: Self - Choreographer

Igor Stravinsky

Character: Self - Composer (archive footage)

Millicent Hodson

Character: Self - Choreographer and Dance Historian

Lydia Sokolova

Character: Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

Léonide Massine

Character: Self - Choreographer and Dancer (archive footage)

Pepe Serra

Character: Self - Director: Museu Picasso, Barcelona

Edmonde Charles-Roux

Character: Self - Chanel Biographer

Production and Crew

Ross MacGibbon

Producer

Paul Bullock

Executive Producer