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.
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.
Lynn Seymour
Narrator
Alastair Macaulay
Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
Bob Gottlieb
Self - Writer and Editor
Judith Mackrell
Self - Writer and Dance Critic
Lynn Garafola
Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Richard Davenport-Hines
Self - Historian and Author
Anna Pavlova
Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Frederic Franklin
Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Elena Gludjidze
Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Karl Lagerfeld
Self
Wayne Eagling
Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet
Marie Rambert
Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)
Joan Acocella
Self - Dance Critic
Julian Barran
Self - Art Dealer
Mary Fellows
Self - Fashion Director and Consultant
Howard Goodall
Self - Composer and Broadcaster
Pierre Boulez
Self - Composer and Conductor
Tamara Karsavina
Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
David Dawson
Self - Choreographer
Igor Stravinsky
Self - Composer (archive footage)
Millicent Hodson
Self - Choreographer and Dance Historian
Lydia Sokolova
Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Léonide Massine
Self - Choreographer and Dancer (archive footage)
Pepe Serra
Self - Director: Museu Picasso, Barcelona
Edmonde Charles-Roux
Self - Chanel Biographer