For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

Name: For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes
Director: Ross MacGibbon
Genre: TV Movie, Documentary
Released: 2009-12-12
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Lynn Seymour, Alastair Macaulay, Bob Gottlieb, Judith Mackrell, Lynn Garafola

TV MovieDocumentary

December 12, 20091h 0m

Overview

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.

Director

Ross MacGibbon

Production

BBC Cymru Wales

Cast

Lynn SeymourNarrator

Alastair MacaulaySelf - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times

Bob GottliebSelf - Writer and Editor

Judith MackrellSelf - Writer and Dance Critic

Lynn GarafolaSelf - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'

Richard Davenport-HinesSelf - Historian and Author