Research Catalog

Title

[Rudolf Nureyev] [videorecording] / Sveriges television.

Publication

[1964?-1995]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
• Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
• Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986.
• Cullberg, Birgit
• Gregory, Cynthia.
• Malusardi, Daniela
• Liljefors, Mats R.
• Rosenberg, Hilding, 1892-1985.
• Kajaste-Bennwik, Anita.
• Bodin, Gunilla.
• Reuterswärd, Måns.
• Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991.
• Kungliga Baletten (Stockholm, Sweden)
• Cullbergbaletten.
• Sveriges television.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (61 min.) : sd., b&w and col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Compilation of footage on Rudolf Nureyev from the archives of Sveriges television, the Swedish television network. The footage is not arranged in chronological order, and some of it is extremely brief. It includes several interviews with Nureyev (who speaks in English) as well as rehearsal footage; news reports issued upon his death in 1993; a clip from the film Valentino (1977), in which he played the title role; and complete footage of a television recording of Birgit Cullberg's Adam and Eve (1981).

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Uniform Title

• Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Vaĭnonen)
• Miss Julie (Choreographic work : Cullberg)
• Adam and Eve (Choreographic work : Cullberg)
• Valentino. [Motion picture]

Subjects

• Video
• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993 > Interviews
• Dance in motion pictures, television, etc > Sweden
• Dance
• Dance rehearsals

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Language (note)

• In Swedish; some sections in English with Swedish subtitles.

Contents

• [Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn in rehearsal] (ca. 1 min., b&w) / probably recorded ca. 1964; the ballet in rehearsal appears to be Raymonda, though the soundtrack plays music from Giselle. Parts of this footage were used in news reports of Nureyev's death (see below).
• [Interview with Nureyev] (ca. 2 min., b&w) / probably recorded in 1968. Nureyev discusses his plans for a production of The nutcracker for the Royal Swedish Ballet; the qualities he seeks in a dance partner; his partnership with Fonteyn.
• [Nureyev, Fonteyn, Erik Bruhn and others on a Stockholm street] (ca. 1 min., b&w) / probably recorded in the 1960s. This footage also appears in the documentary Erik Bruhn--I'm the same, only more (see *MGZIA 4-7319 or *MGZIA 4-4166 RNC).
• [Nureyev and Fonteyn on the tarmac] (ca. 1 min., si., b&w).
• [Interview with Nureyev and Fonteyn] (ca. 3 min., b&w) / Nureyev and Fonteyn respond to the interviewer's questions about dancing together and alternate careers.
• [Interview with Nureyev] (ca. 5 min., b&w) / probably recorded in 1968; intercut with rehearsal footage of the Royal Swedish Ballet's production of Nureyev's Nutcracker. Nureyev discusses the difficulty of his choreography and the problem of motivating the dancers, and expresses his opinion of the company.
• [Rehearsal of Miss Julie] (ca. 3 min., col.) / Birgit Cullberg rehearses Nureyev and a female dancer for a production of her ballet Miss Julie at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan; intercut with an interview with Cullberg in Swedish.
• [Rehearsal of Miss Julie with the Cullbergbaletten] (ca. 7 min., col.) / probably recorded in 1981. Nureyev rehearses with his dance partner and the ensemble. Cullberg herself also dances with the ensemble. This segment also includes views of Nureyev's arrival at the studio, his introduction to his partner and their brief conversation in English, and an interview with Nureyev.
• [Nureyev in candid footage with Fonteyn, and in ballet class] (ca. 1 min., b&w)
• [Rehearsal of Miss Julie] (ca. 5 min., col.) / possibly a continuation of the rehearsal above in preparation for a production at the Teatro alla Scala. Cullberg rehearses Nureyev and the dancers playing Julie and Kristine, the cook. Cynthia Gregory, who danced Julie in American Ballet Theatre's production, observes the rehearsal and offers her assistance.
• [Nureyev and Fonteyn in rehearsal] (ca. 1 min., b&w) / a slightly different edit, with different soundtrack, of the first segment's rehearsal of Raymonda.
• [News report] (ca. 1 min., col.) / probably recorded in 1981; time code on frame; closed-captioned. Reporter, Marie Hallman. Includes interview with Nureyev in English with Swedish subtitles, intercut with excerpts from Nureyev's performance of Cullberg's Adam and Eve. Preceded by the title "Gaite parisienne."
• [News report on Nureyev's death] (ca. 3 min., col.) / probably recorded in 1993; time code on frame. Includes brief excerpts of Nureyev in performances of Swan lake and The sleeping beauty, and rehearsing Raymonda with Fonteyn; an excerpt from the 1981 interview above; and an interview in Swedish with Cullberg, intercut with footage of the Cullbergbaletten's rehearsal of Miss Julie.
• [News report on Nureyev's death] (ca. 2 min., col.) / probably recorded in 1993; time code on frame. Includes brief excerpts of Nureyev in performances of La bayadère and Swan lake, and rehearsing Raymonda with Fonteyn; an interview with Nureyev in English with Swedish subtitles; Nureyev receiving the decoration of Commander of Arts and Letters from Jack Lang, the French Minister of Culture and Education; and an excerpt from his production of La bayadère for the Paris Opéra.
• [News report on Nureyev's death] (ca. 1 min., col.) / probably recorded in 1993; time code on frame. Reporter, Johan von Sydow. Includes brief excerpts of Nureyev in performances of Swan lake and La bayadère, and an interview with Cullberg.
• [Scene from Christie's auction of items from Nureyev's estate] (ca. 1 min., col.) / probably recorded in 1995.
• [Excerpt from the film Valentino] (ca. 3 min., col.) / released in 1977; for complete footage of this film, see: *MGZIA 4-1934 Valentino.
• Adam och Eva [Adam and Eve] (1981; ca. 20 min., col.) / recorded at the Cirkus theater in Stockholm; choreographed and directed for television by Birgit Cullberg; produced by Måns Reuterswärd; music, Hilding Rosenberg (Concerto for string orchestra); scenery, Anita Kajaste-Bennwik; costumes, Gunilla Bodin; danced by Rudolf Nureyev and Daniela Malusardi; conducted by Mats Liljefors. This recording also appears on *MGZIA 4-4121 RNC Adam and Eve.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4382 RNC

OCLC

NYPY04-F532

Title

[Rudolf Nureyev] [videorecording] / Sveriges television.

Imprint

[1964?-1995]

Country of Producing Entity

Sweden.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Language

In Swedish; some sections in English with Swedish subtitles.

Added Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Interviewee

Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.

Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986.

Cullberg, Birgit, choreographer. Director. Interviewee

Gregory, Cynthia.

Malusardi, Daniela, dancer.

Liljefors, Mats R. Conductor

Rosenberg, Hilding, 1892-1985. Composer

Kajaste-Bennwik, Anita. Set designer

Bodin, Gunilla. Costume designer

Reuterswärd, Måns. Producer

Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. Interviewee

Kungliga Baletten (Stockholm, Sweden)

Cullbergbaletten.

Sveriges television.

Added Title

Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Vaĭnonen)

Miss Julie (Choreographic work : Cullberg)

Adam and Eve (Choreographic work : Cullberg)

Valentino. [Motion picture]

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4382 RNC