12 December 2009 Factual, TV Movie 60 mins
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.
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Lynn Seymour as Narrator
Alastair Macaulay as Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
Bob Gottlieb as Self - Writer and Editor
Judith Mackrell as Self - Writer and Dance Critic
Lynn Garafola as Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Richard Davenport-Hines as Self - Historian and Author
Anna Pavlova as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Frederic Franklin as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Elena Gludjidze as Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Karl Lagerfeld as Self
Wayne Eagling as Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet
Marie Rambert as Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)
Joan Acocella as Self - Dance Critic
Julian Barran as Self - Art Dealer
Mary Fellows as Self - Fashion Director and Consultant
Howard Goodall as Self - Composer and Broadcaster
United Kingdom 12 December 2009
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