For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes (2009)
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.
- Released
- 2009-12-12
- Genres
- TV Movie, Documentary
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ross MacGibbon
Cast
- Lynn Seymour as Narrator
- Alastair Macaulay as Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
- Bob Gottlieb as Self - Writer and Editor
- Judith Mackrell as Self - Writer and Dance Critic
- Lynn Garafola as Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
- Richard Davenport-Hines as Self - Historian and Author
- Anna Pavlova as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
- Frederic Franklin as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
- Elena Gludjidze as Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
- Karl Lagerfeld as Self
- Wayne Eagling as Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet
- Marie Rambert as Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)
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