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[Rudolf Nureyev]

Title
[Rudolf Nureyev] [electronic resource] / Cinémathèque de la Danse.
Publication
2003.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
  • Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
  • Cohen, Germaine.
  • Sirvin, René.
  • Sirvin, René
  • Villodre, Nicolas.
  • Potts, Wallace.
  • Hilaire, Laurent.
  • Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
  • Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. Ballet.
  • Cinémathèque de la Danse (Paris, France)
Description
1 streaming video file (23 min.) : sd., col. and b&w.
Summary
Compilation of two brief documentaries created for screening in 2003 on the tenth anniversary of Rudolf Nureyev's death. The first, screened at the Opéra de Paris on Jan. 20, 2003, covers the highlights of his life and career, with emphasis on his connections with the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris as dancer, choreographer, and artistic director. The second, presented during a month of tribute performances by the Ballet de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux in Feb. 2003, examines his range and versatility as a dancer.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
Series Statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection
Alternative Title
  • Rudolf Noureev
  • Danse au compagnon errant
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Dance.
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title, credits and contents of first segment from accompanying data sheet.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming video.
Language (note)
  • In French.
Contents
  • Rudolf Noureev (ca. 10 min.) / presented by the Cinémathèque de la Danse in collaboration with the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel; edited by Germaine Cohen, René Sirvin, and Nicolas Villodre, in collaboration with Wallace Potts; text, René Sirvin; narrator, Laurent Hilaire. Brief biography of Rudolf Nureyev; includes interview footage recorded in 1964 and 1966. Dance excerpts include: Swan lake. Act I / recorded in 1966; chor., Nureyev for the Vienna Opera Ballet -- Laurencia pas de six / 1959; chor., Vakhtang Chabukiani; danced with Ninel Kurgapkina and the Kirov Ballet -- Le corsaire, male variation / 1958; chor., Chabukiani after Marius Petipa -- Giselle. Act II / 1962; danced with Margot Fonteyn -- Swan lake. Act I / 1966; see credits above -- Marguerite and Armand / 1970; from Pierre Jourdan's film I am a dancer; chor., Frederick Ashton; danced with Fonteyn -- Le spectre de la rose / 1980; chor., Michel Fokine; film by Emile Ardolino; danced with Denise Jackson)-- Don Quixote / 1973; film directed and chor. by Nureyev -- Swan lake / 1973; chor., Vladimir Bourmeister; danced with Natalia Makarova -- Petrouchka / 1976; chor., Serge Golovine after Fokine; film by Yves-André Hubert) -- Pierrot lunaire / 1977; chor., Glen Tetley. Also viewed are two of Nureyev's productions for the Paris Opéra Ballet: Raymonda (1986; film by Pierre Petitjean; danced by Sylvie Guillem, Laurent Hilaire, Manuel Legris) and La bayadère (1994; film by Alexandre Tarta).
  • La danse du compagnon errant (ca. 13 min.) / montage conceived and directed by René Sirvin for the Ballet de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, with the cooperation of Nicolas Villodre and Wallace Potts. Dance excerpts featuring Nureyev include: Vakhtang Chabukiani's Laurencia; Nina Anisimova's Gayane pas de deux; Petipa's The sleeping beauty; August Bournonville's Flower festival at Genzano; the television version of Paul Taylor's Big Bertha; "Top hat" with the Muppets on television; Vladimir Bourmeister's Swan lake (with Natalia Makarova). Wearing practice clothes, Nureyev is also seen partnering the ballerina in a dress rehearsal of his own production of Raymonda for the Paris Opéra Ballet. An excerpt of his production of La bayadère is also shown.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 6212
OCLC
NYPY04-F371
Title
[Rudolf Nureyev] [electronic resource] / Cinémathèque de la Danse.
Imprint
2003.
Country of Producing Entity
France.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
System Details
Streaming video.
Language
In French.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-4362 RNC.
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Added Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, interviewee.
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.
Cohen, Germaine. Compiler
Sirvin, René. Compiler
Sirvin, René. Conceptor
Sirvin, René, director.
Sirvin, René, author.
Villodre, Nicolas. Compiler
Potts, Wallace.
Hilaire, Laurent. Narrator
Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. Ballet.
Cinémathèque de la Danse (Paris, France)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 6212
*MGZIA 4-4362 RNC (former)
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