For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes
- TV Movie
- Documentary
12/12/2009
60
Storyline
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:
Cast
Lynn SeymourNarrator
Alastair MacaulaySelf - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times- Bob GottliebSelf - Writer and Editor
- Judith MackrellSelf - Writer and Dance Critic
- Lynn GarafolaSelf - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
- Richard Davenport-HinesSelf - Historian and Author
- Anna PavlovaSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
- Frederic FranklinSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
- Elena GludjidzeSelf - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Karl LagerfeldSelf- Wayne EaglingSelf - Artistic Director: English National Ballet
- Marie RambertSelf - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)
- Joan AcocellaSelf - Dance Critic
- Julian BarranSelf - Art Dealer
- Mary FellowsSelf - Fashion Director and Consultant
- Howard GoodallSelf - Composer and Broadcaster