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Additional authors

1. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
2. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
3. Das, John.
4. Taylor, Helena.
5. Quentin, Caroline, 1961-
6. Solway, Diane.
7. Watson, Peter.
8. Bart, Patrice.
9. Thring, Joan.
10. Sleep, Wayne.
11. Sibley, Antoinette.
12. Percival, John, 1927-2012.
13. Seymour, Lynn, 1939-
14. Bintley, David.
15. Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
16. BBC Bristol (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Profile of dancer-choreographer Rudolf Nureyev in professional and private life. The commentators include his biographers Diane Solway and Peter Watson, as well as his personal assistant Joan Thring, his costume adviser Michael Brown, and colleagues from the dance world. Nureyev himself is heard in interview footage recorded at different stages of his life. Among the topics discussed are the influence of his teacher Aleksandr Pushkin; the impact of his first performances in the West with the Kirov Ballet, and the revelations of his iconoclastic artistic persona; his defection; his partnership with ballerina Margot Fonteyn and his affiliation with the Royal Ballet; his love affair with dancer Erik Bruhn; his expansion of the male role in ballet; his experimentation with contemporary dance; his innovations as artistic director of the Paris Opéra Ballet; his reactions to his diagnosis of AIDS; his transition to conducting; his final production of La bayadère for the Paris Opéra Ballet. Also discussed are his personal qualities: his drive and perfectionism, enjoyment of risk-taking, dedication to work despite the increasing limitations of age, and passionate desire to remain onstage. He is depicted in action in performance and rehearsal excerpts from Le corsaire pas de deux, The sleeping beauty, The nutcracker, Gayane pas de deux, Giselle, Marguerite and Armand, the parody Swine lake, and Pierrot lunaire.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Series statement

1. Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Subject

1. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
2. Pushkin, Aleksandr, 1907-1970
3. Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
4. Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986
5. Royal Ballet
6. Opéra de Paris. Ballet
7. Male dancers

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Biographies.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4363 RNC

Note

1. Letterbox format.

Credits (note)

1. Executive producer, Mark Hill ; series producer, Tom Ware.

Performer (note)

1. Narrator: Caroline Quentin.
2. Commentators: Diane Solway, Peter Watson, Patrice Bart, Joan Thring, Wayne Sleep, Dame Antoinette Sibley, John Percival, Michael Brown, Lynn Seymour, David Bintley, Paul Greenfield.

Title

1. Living famously. Rudolf Nureyev [videorecording] / BBC Bristol in association with Track Productions Ltd. ; camera and direction by John Das ; produced by Helena Taylor.

Imprint

1. U.K. : BBC, c2002.

Series

1. Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Credits

1. Executive producer, Mark Hill ; series producer, Tom Ware.

Performer

1. Narrator: Caroline Quentin.
2. Commentators: Diane Solway, Peter Watson, Patrice Bart, Joan Thring, Wayne Sleep, Dame Antoinette Sibley, John Percival, Michael Brown, Lynn Seymour, David Bintley, Paul Greenfield.

Added author

1. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.
2. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
3. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Interviewee
4. Das, John. Director
5. Taylor, Helena. Producer
6. Quentin, Caroline, 1961- Narrator
7. Solway, Diane. Commentator
8. Watson, Peter. Commentator
9. Bart, Patrice. Commentator
10. Thring, Joan. Commentator
11. Sleep, Wayne. Commentator
12. Sibley, Antoinette. Commentator
13. Percival, John, 1927-2012. Commentator
14. Seymour, Lynn, 1939- cmm, dancer.
15. Bintley, David. Commentator
16. Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.
17. BBC Bristol (Firm)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4363 RNC