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[Tribute. Unedited interview footage]

Title
[Tribute. Unedited interview footage] [videorecording] / BBC.
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Seymour, LYnn, 1939-
  • Thring, Joan.
  • Sibley, Antoinette.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (92 min.) : sd., col. (PAL); 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Unedited footage of interviews recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. The interviewees discuss their perceptions of Nureyev onstage and off. Each interviewee also contributes the special insights of her own standpoint.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
Series Statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Unedited footage.
  • Video.
Note
  • Accompanied by data sheet.
  • For the telecast of Tribute, see: *MGZIA 4-4002 RNC Omnibus 25. [Rudolf Nureyev].
Performer (note)
  • Interviewees: Lynn Seymour, Joan Thring, Antoinette Sibley.
Event (note)
  • Recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. The completed program was telecast by the BBC on Omnibus 25, on January 14, 1993.
Contents
  • Lynn Seymour (ca. 14 min.) / concluding an interview begun on *MGZIA 4-4025 RNC, Seymour discusses dancing the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet with Nureyev ; qualities they both shared ; Kenneth MacMillan's Images of love, which she danced with him and Christopher Gable.
  • Joan Thring (ca. 51 min.) / Thring, who was Nureyev's personal manager, relates many anecdotes about their close working relationship. Some topics include: the tense Cold War atmosphere that surrounded his defection ; his relationships with his various dance partners, including Margot Fonteyn, Lynn Seymour, and Merle Park ; his characteristics as a driver ; his attempts to bring his mother to the West ; his many homes.
  • Antoinette Sibley (ca. 27 min.) / Sibley, who was a rising young ballerina when Nureyev joined the Royal Ballet, describes his impact on the Royal Ballet ; rehearsing and dancing with him in Jerome Robbins's Dances at a gathering and Frederick Ashton's Jazz calendar ; his admiration of Erik Bruhn, which was shared by other Royal Ballet members ; his performance with Fonteyn in Marguerite and Armand.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4024 RNC
OCLC
NYPY00-F649
Title
[Tribute. Unedited interview footage] [videorecording] / BBC.
Imprint
1993.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Event
Recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. The completed program was telecast by the BBC on Omnibus 25, on January 14, 1993.
Performer
Interviewees: Lynn Seymour, Joan Thring, Antoinette Sibley.
Local Subject
Male dancing.
Added Author
Seymour, LYnn, 1939- Interviewee
Thring, Joan. Interviewee
Sibley, Antoinette. Interviewee
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4024 RNC
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