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Un danseur, Rudolf Nureyev

Title: Un danseur, Rudolf Nureyev [electronic resource] / INA ; E.M.I. Films Productions Ltd. presents a Degamo-O.R.T.F. co-production ; conceived and directed by Pierre Jourdan ; produced by Evdoros Demetriou.
Publication: c1971.

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Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (78 min.) : sd., b&w.

Summary

Documentary on the dancer Rudolf Nureyev, including an excerpt from the ballet La sylphide and a full performance of Sir Frederick Ashton's Marguerite and Armand. This version was created for French television and was not theatrically released. It was subsequently expanded to 90 minutes, with footage of additional ballets, and released in cinemas by E.M.I. Films in an English-language version in color, titled I am a dancer (see *MGZIA 4-2631 I am a dancer). This version contains more footage of Nureyev dancing in the studio, possibly in a private lesson, under the tutelage of Hector Zaraspe.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Uniform Title

Sylphide (Choreographic work : Rosen, E after Bournonville)
Marguerite and Armand (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Hightower after Nijinska and Petipa, M)

Alternative Title

Rudolf Nureyev, un danseur

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Documentaries and factual films and programs.
Video.

Note

Although the title of this film is also cited as Rudolf Nureyev, un danseur, it appears in the end credits as Un danseur, Rudolf Nureyev.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Scenario, Jean Cau and Pierre Jourdan ; written by Jean Cau ; associate producer, Denise Tual ; musical direction, Evdoros Demetriou ; cinematography, Michel Kelber ; sound, Max Olivier, Jean Bareil ; editing, Catherine Henry.

Performer (note)

Narrator: Laurent Terzieff.
Interviewees: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Sir Frederick Ashton.

Event (note)

Filmed in summer 1970. Telecast by the O.R.T.F. on Dec. 21, 1970.

Terms of Use (note)

Language (note)

In French; interviews with Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, and Sir Frederick Ashton in English with French voiceover translation.

Contents

Credits for dance performances: La sylphide (excerpts) / choreography, August Bournonville, restaged by Elsa Marianne von Rosen and Hector Zaraspe; music, Herman Løvenskjold/Evdoros Demetriou, recorded by the Orchestre Lyrique of the O.R.T.F.; décor after Pierre Ciceri; costumes, Michel Fresnay; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (James), Carla Fracci (the Sylphide), Sabine Sale and corps de ballet -- Marguerite and Armand (complete) / choreography, Sir Frederick Ashton; music, Franz Liszt, played by Tamás Vásáry; costumes, Cecil Beaton; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (Armand), Margot Fonteyn (Marguerite), Michael Somes (Armand's father), Leslie Edwards (the duke), and others -- The sleeping beauty (excerpts) / production by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Marseilles; choreography, Rosella Hightower; music, Peter Tchaikovsky; scenery and costumes, Jacques Dupont; danced by Rudolf Nureyev.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 5368

OCLC

NYPY04-F463

Title

Un danseur, Rudolf Nureyev [electronic resource] / INA ; E.M.I. Films Productions Ltd. presents a Degamo-O.R.T.F. co-production ; conceived and directed by Pierre Jourdan ; produced by Evdoros Demetriou.

Imprint

c1971.

Country of Producing Entity

France.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Terms Of Use

Event

Filmed in summer 1970. Telecast by the O.R.T.F. on Dec. 21, 1970.

Credits

Scenario, Jean Cau and Pierre Jourdan ; written by Jean Cau ; associate producer, Denise Tual ; musical direction, Evdoros Demetriou ; cinematography, Michel Kelber ; sound, Max Olivier, Jean Bareil ; editing, Catherine Henry.

Performer

Narrator: Laurent Terzieff.

Danced by Rudolf Nureyev, with Margot Fonteyn, Carla Fracci, and others.

Interviewees: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Sir Frederick Ashton.

Language

In French; interviews with Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, and Sir Frederick Ashton in English with French voiceover translation.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIA 4-4371 RNC.

Additional Copy: None.

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Added Author

Jourdan, Pierre. Conceptor

Jourdan, Pierre. Director

Jourdan, Pierre. Screenwriter

Demetriou, Evdoros. Producer. Composer

Cau, Jean, 1925-1993. Screenwriter

Tual, Denise, 1906- Producer

Terzieff, Laurent. Narrator

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer. Interviewee

Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.

Fracci, Carla, dancer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer. Interviewee

Somes, Michael, 1917-1994, dancer.

Edwards, Leslie, dancer.

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Composer

Vásáry, Tamás, 1933- Instrumentalist

Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980. Costume designer

Bournonville, August, 1805-1879, choreographer.

Rosen, Elsa Marianne von, 1924- Restager

Zaraspe, Hector. Restager. Teacher

Løvenskiold, Herman Severin, 1815-1870. Composer

Fresnay, Michel. Costume designer

Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. Interviewee

Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française.

Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)

E.M.I. Films.

Added Title

Sylphide (Choreographic work : Rosen, E after Bournonville)

Marguerite and Armand (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Hightower after Nijinska and Petipa, M)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 5368

*MGZIA 4-4371 RNC (former)

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