For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

1h

TV Movie

Documentary

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.

Cast

Lynn Seymour

Lynn Seymour

Narrator
Alastair Macaulay

Alastair Macaulay

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

Bob Gottlieb

Self - Writer and Editor
Judith Mackrell

Judith Mackrell

Self - Writer and Dance Critic
Lynn Garafola

Lynn Garafola

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

Richard Davenport-Hines

Self - Historian and Author
Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

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

Frederic Franklin

Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Elena Gludjidze

Elena Gludjidze

Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Wayne Eagling

Wayne Eagling

Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet
Marie Rambert

Marie Rambert

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

Joan Acocella

Self - Dance Critic
Julian Barran

Julian Barran

Self - Art Dealer
Mary Fellows

Mary Fellows

Self - Fashion Director and Consultant
Howard Goodall

Howard Goodall

Self - Composer and Broadcaster
Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

Self - Composer and Conductor
Tamara Karsavina

Tamara Karsavina

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

David Dawson

Self - Choreographer
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Self - Composer (archive footage)
Millicent Hodson

Millicent Hodson

Self - Choreographer and Dance Historian
Lydia Sokolova

Lydia Sokolova

Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Léonide Massine

Léonide Massine

Self - Choreographer and Dancer (archive footage)
Pepe Serra

Pepe Serra

Self - Director: Museu Picasso, Barcelona
Edmonde Charles-Roux

Edmonde Charles-Roux

Self - Chanel Biographer

Release date

12th Dec 2009

Status

Released

Spoken languages