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[Tribute. Unedited interview footage]

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

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Additional Authors
  • Grey, Beryl, 1927-2022
  • Lanchbery, John.
  • Makarova, Natalia, 1940-
  • Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., col. (PAL); 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Unedited footage of interviews recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. The interviewees share their perceptions of Nureyev as a dancer, choreographer, and private person. His partnership with Margot Fonteyn is also discussed. Each interviewee also contributes the special insights of his or 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: Beryl Grey, John Lanchbery, Natalia Makarova, Yehudi Menuhin.
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
  • Beryl Grey (ca. 4 min.) / conclusion of an interview begun on *MGZIA 4-4021 RNC [Tribute. Unedited interview footage].
  • John Lanchbery (ca. 42 min.) / Lanchbery, who collaborated with Nureyev as conductor and musical director, and was a personal friend, reminisces about his first contact with Nureyev, rehearsing a solo by Frederick Ashton to Scriabin's Poème tragique. Describing him as a "phenomenal musician," he discusses Nureyev as choreographer (specifically mentioning Don Quixote, and Romeo and Juliet) and conductor. He also recalls the impact of Nureyev's arrival on the Royal Ballet's male dancers, and the company's rise in status caused by the partnership of Nureyev and Fonteyn.
  • Natalia Makarova (ca. 37 min.) / Makarova, who was a member of the Kirov Ballet at the time of Nureyev's defection, describes this event from the Kirov's point of view. She also recalls her first impressions of Nureyev in Russia ; making her first public appearance after her own defection with Nureyev in the Black swan pas de deux ; and performing her first Juliet opposite Nureyev in MacMillan's choreography. She praises Nureyev's conducting of Romeo and Juliet for American Ballet Theatre.
  • Yehudi Menuhin (ca. 10 min.) / violinist Menuhin reminisces about playing for Nureyev and Fonteyn's performance of Kenneth MacMillan's Divertimento in Bath.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4020 RNC
OCLC
NYPY00-F646
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: Beryl Grey, John Lanchbery, Natalia Makarova, Yehudi Menuhin.
Local Subject
Male dancing.
Added Author
Grey, Beryl, 1927-2022, interviewee.
Lanchbery, John. Interviewee
Makarova, Natalia, 1940- Interviewee
Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999. Interviewee
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4020 RNC
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