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Living famously. Rudolf Nureyev

Title
Living famously. Rudolf Nureyev [videorecording] / BBC Bristol in association with Track Productions Ltd. ; camera and direction by John Das ; produced by Helena Taylor.
Publication
U.K. : BBC, c2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
  • Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
  • Das, John.
  • Taylor, Helena.
  • Quentin, Caroline, 1961-
  • Solway, Diane.
  • Watson, Peter.
  • Bart, Patrice.
  • Thring, Joan.
  • Sleep, Wayne.
  • Sibley, Antoinette.
  • Percival, John, 1927-2012.
  • Seymour, Lynn, 1939-
  • Bintley, David.
  • Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
  • BBC Bristol (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Profile of dancer-choreographer Rudolf Nureyev in professional and private life. The commentators include his biographers Diane Solway and Peter Watson, as well as his personal assistant Joan Thring, his costume adviser Michael Brown, and colleagues from the dance world. Nureyev himself is heard in interview footage recorded at different stages of his life. Among the topics discussed are the influence of his teacher Aleksandr Pushkin; the impact of his first performances in the West with the Kirov Ballet, and the revelations of his iconoclastic artistic persona; his defection; his partnership with ballerina Margot Fonteyn and his affiliation with the Royal Ballet; his love affair with dancer Erik Bruhn; his expansion of the male role in ballet; his experimentation with contemporary dance; his innovations as artistic director of the Paris Opéra Ballet; his reactions to his diagnosis of AIDS; his transition to conducting; his final production of La bayadère for the Paris Opéra Ballet. Also discussed are his personal qualities: his drive and perfectionism, enjoyment of risk-taking, dedication to work despite the increasing limitations of age, and passionate desire to remain onstage. He is depicted in action in performance and rehearsal excerpts from Le corsaire pas de deux, The sleeping beauty, The nutcracker, Gayane pas de deux, Giselle, Marguerite and Armand, the parody Swine lake, and Pierrot lunaire.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
Series Statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Biographies.
  • Video.
Note
  • Letterbox format.
Credits (note)
  • Executive producer, Mark Hill ; series producer, Tom Ware.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator: Caroline Quentin.
  • Commentators: Diane Solway, Peter Watson, Patrice Bart, Joan Thring, Wayne Sleep, Dame Antoinette Sibley, John Percival, Michael Brown, Lynn Seymour, David Bintley, Paul Greenfield.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4363 RNC
OCLC
NYPY04-F376
Title
Living famously. Rudolf Nureyev [videorecording] / BBC Bristol in association with Track Productions Ltd. ; camera and direction by John Das ; produced by Helena Taylor.
Imprint
U.K. : BBC, c2002.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection
Credits
Executive producer, Mark Hill ; series producer, Tom Ware.
Performer
Narrator: Caroline Quentin.
Commentators: Diane Solway, Peter Watson, Patrice Bart, Joan Thring, Wayne Sleep, Dame Antoinette Sibley, John Percival, Michael Brown, Lynn Seymour, David Bintley, Paul Greenfield.
Added Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Interviewee
Das, John. Director
Taylor, Helena. Producer
Quentin, Caroline, 1961- Narrator
Solway, Diane. Commentator
Watson, Peter. Commentator
Bart, Patrice. Commentator
Thring, Joan. Commentator
Sleep, Wayne. Commentator
Sibley, Antoinette. Commentator
Percival, John, 1927-2012. Commentator
Seymour, Lynn, 1939- cmm, dancer.
Bintley, David. Commentator
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.
BBC Bristol (Firm)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4363 RNC
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