Movie: For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

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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

Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld

Self

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    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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    2009-12-12

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