Erik Bruhn remains legendary among the greatest dancers of our time. Through dance, he sought to attain and express the ‘unattainable’, a transcendence to the spiritual. The film is an unusual, personal portrait showing many personal clips and interviews with the artist never before released. The documentary has two angels: Erik Bruhn as an outstanding artist performing ballets...
A lighthearted survey of different dance styles, including tidbits of dance history. Recorded in performance at the Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Md. Telecast by CBS-TV in 1980.
Martin Kamer (b. 1943) from Switzerland, one of the world's most important private collectors of 18th to 20th century fashion and accessories (Kamer-Ruf Collection), worked in the 1960s and 1970s as a stage costume designer for the world-famous ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993).
In this video, Kamer recalls many anecdotes from their time working together on the world's m...
As courtesans, fashion icons, political pawns and international celebrities, the great ballerinas have played a multitude of roles both on and off the stage. They have moved from the courts of kings to stages around the globe, from the highs of public adoration to the lows of injury and scandal. But few people know the full story.
British prima ballerina Darcey Bussell spent tw...
This documentary shows some techniques, essays and presentations by Nureyev.
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev(17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) , Russian, was a Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is regarded by some as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation.
Patricia Foy’s absorbing documentary Rudolf Nureyev, a portrait of surely the most committed and versatile dancer in the history of ballet, was made in 1991, two years before his death. It is as much the study of a life apart as a profile of a tireless jet-setting artist. His career took him from a poverty-stricken provincial childhood to life as a student at the Kirov, through...
Documentary on the National Ballet of Canada, recorded during the artistic directorship of Erik Bruhn. The company's early days are recalled by founder/former artistic director Celia Franca, former dancer Lorna Geddes, and musical director George Crum, and illustrated with film footage and still photographs. The activities of its affiliated school, headed by Betty Oliphant, are...
