For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes
Overview
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
Ross MacGibbon
Cast
Lynn Seymour
Narrator
Alastair Macaulay
Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
Bob Gottlieb
Self - Writer and Editor
Judith Mackrell
Self - Writer and Dance Critic
Lynn Garafola
Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Richard Davenport-Hines
Self - Historian and Author
Anna Pavlova
Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Frederic Franklin
Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
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