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For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes
TV MovieDocumentary
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.
Top 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
Anna PavlovaSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)- Frederic FranklinSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
- Elena GludjidzeSelf - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Karl LagerfeldSelf- Wayne EaglingSelf - Artistic Director: English National Ballet
- Marie RambertSelf - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)
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