- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (106 min.) : sd., col. (PAL)
- Summary
- Unedited footage of interviews recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. Topics discussed by all of the interviewees include: first impressions of Nureyev ; perceptions of his qualities as a dancer, choreographer, and private person ; his partnership with Margot Fonteyn ; his legacy to the dance world. Each interviewee also contributes the special insights of his or her own standpoint.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Subjects
- Grey, Beryl, 1927-2022 > Interviews
- Male dancing
- Video
- Unedited footage
- Interviews
- Dance
- Dancers > 20th century
- Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Nureyev)
- Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Vaĭnonen)
- London's Festival Ballet
- Royal Ballet
- Gosling, Nigel, 1909-1982
- Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
- Lloyd, Maude, 1908- > Interviews
- Dowell, Anthony > Interviews
- De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001 > Interviews
- Denard, Michaël > Interviews
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Interviews.
- Unedited footage.
- Video.
- Note
- Accompanied by data sheet.
- For the telecast of Tribute, see: *MGZIA 4-4002 RNC Omnibus 25. [Rudolf Nureyev].
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewees: Michael Denard, Ninette de Valois, Anthony Dowell, Maude Lloyd [Gosling], Beryl Grey.
- Event (note)
- Recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. The completed program was telecast by the BBC on Omnibus 25, on January 14, 1993.
- Funding (note)
- Gift of Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Contents
- Michael Denard (ca. 3 min.) / conclusion of an interview begun on *MGZIA 4-4022 RNC [Tribute. Unedited interview footage].
- Ninette de Valois (ca. 31 min.) / de Valois, who invited Nureyev to dance with the Royal Ballet during her directorship of the company, discusses the relationship of the Royal Ballet and the Russian classical school prior to Nureyev's arrival ; his impact on the Royal Ballet, particularly its male dancers ; his version of The nutcracker.
- Anthony Dowell (ca. 16 min.) / Dowell discusses the impact of Nureyev's arrival at the Royal Ballet, which Dowell had just joined as a member of the corps de ballet ; the experience of dancing in ballets mounted by Nureyev ; Nureyev's role in fostering public acceptance of male dancers.
- Maude Lloyd (ca. 36 min.) / Lloyd tells anecdotes about the long friendship that she and her husband Nigel Gosling began with Nureyev at the start of his life in the West ; Nureyev's innovations in his restagings and his own choreography, particularly for The nutcracker, and Romeo and Juliet.
- Beryl Grey (ca. 20 min.) / Grey describes her observations of Nureyev as guest artist and choreographer with London Festival Ballet, which she directed in the 1970s ; his staging of The sleeping beauty, and his own version of Romeo and Juliet ; his influence on Festival Ballet. An additional 4 min. of this interview is recorded on *MGZIA 4-4020 RNC [Tribute. Unedited interview footage].
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 3766
- OCLC
- NYPY00-F643
- Title
[Tribute. Unedited interview footage] [electronic resource] / BBC.
- Imprint
1993.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
- Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Event
Recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. The completed program was telecast by the BBC on Omnibus 25, on January 14, 1993.
- Performer
Interviewees: Michael Denard, Ninette de Valois, Anthony Dowell, Maude Lloyd [Gosling], Beryl Grey.
- Funding
Gift of Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIA 4-4021 RNC.
Additional Copy: 1 VHS (PAL) videocassette (RNC #47A - RNC Viewing Copy), copied from A.O. (RNC #217) by the RNF, donated by the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation, 2/2000, which was the Video Viewing Copy in 8/2014, in Princeton ReCAP Regualr Storage. Replaces RNC #47B (RNC Viewing Copy), 1 VHS (NTSC) videocassette, converted and copied from RNC #47A by the RNF, donated by the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation, 2/2000, pulled from ReCAP and destroyed, 9/2014.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Male dancing.
- Added Author
Denard, Michël. Interviewee
De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001. Interviewee
Dowell, Anthony. Interviewee
Lloyd, Maude, 1908- Interviewee
Grey, Beryl, 1927-2022, interviewee.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
DHCA.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 3766
*MGZIA 4-4021 RNC (former)