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For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

December 12 2009 (almost 15 years ago)
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  • Director: Ross MacGibbon
  • Genres: TV Movie, Documentary
  • Runtime:
  • Company: BBC Cymru Wales

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.

Top cast

Lynn Seymour photo

Lynn Seymour

Narrator
Alastair Macaulay photo

Alastair Macaulay

Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
Bob Gottlieb photo

Bob Gottlieb

Self - Writer and Editor
Judith Mackrell photo

Judith Mackrell

Self - Writer and Dance Critic
Lynn Garafola photo

Lynn Garafola

Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Richard Davenport-Hines photo

Richard Davenport-Hines

Self - Historian and Author
Anna Pavlova photo

Anna Pavlova

Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Frederic Franklin photo

Frederic Franklin

Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Elena Gludjidze photo

Elena Gludjidze

Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Karl Lagerfeld photo

Karl Lagerfeld

Self
Wayne Eagling photo

Wayne Eagling

Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet
Marie Rambert photo

Marie Rambert

Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)
Joan Acocella photo

Joan Acocella

Self - Dance Critic
Julian Barran photo

Julian Barran

Self - Art Dealer
Mary Fellows photo

Mary Fellows

Self - Fashion Director and Consultant
Howard Goodall photo

Howard Goodall

Self - Composer and Broadcaster
Pierre Boulez photo

Pierre Boulez

Self - Composer and Conductor
Tamara Karsavina photo

Tamara Karsavina

Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
David Dawson photo

David Dawson

Self - Choreographer
Igor Stravinsky photo

Igor Stravinsky

Self - Composer (archive footage)