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For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

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.

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  • 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

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.

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