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[Tribute. Unedited interview footage]

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

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Description

1 videocassette (108 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 as a dancer, choreographer, and private person. He is credited with changing the public perception of the male dancer, bringing dance to a wider audience, leading others to share his devotion to classical academic dancing, and breaking down the barriers between classical ballet and modern dance. Also discussed is his partnership with Margot Fonteyn. Each interviewee also contributes the special insights of his 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: Patrice Bart, Humphrey Burton, Michael Clark, Clement Crisp, Michael Denard.

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

Patrice Bart (ca. 13 min.) / Bart, who assisted Nureyev as director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, describes his impact on the company ; his encouragement of young talent ; his productions of Cinderella and La bayadère.
Humphrey Burton (ca. 27 min.) / Burton, a television producer, discusses the Cold War as a context for Nureyev's defection ; the role of television in building his fame, and his insistence on taking charge of the production of his television appearances.
Michael Clark (ca. 20 min.) / Clark, a dancer and choreographer, discusses his friendship with Nureyev, and the piece Clark created for him.
Clement Crisp (ca. 36 min.) / Crisp, a dance critic and author, discusses his impressions of Nureyev in his first performances in the West ; the conflict between his strong stage personality and the interpretation of roles ; his compulsion to dance, and his struggles, in later years, against his own youthful image.
Michael Denard (ca. 12 min.) / Denard discusses Nureyev's directorship of the Paris Opéra Ballet, where Denard was a danseur étoile, and the changes he introduced in repertory, style, and casting ; his productions of Cinderella (in which Denard shared the role of the Producer with Nureyev) and La bayadère ; performing with him in Pierre Lacotte's Marco Spada. An additional 3 min. of this interview appears on *MGZIA 4-4021 RNC [Tribute. Unedited interview footage].

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4022 RNC

OCLC

NYPY00-F644

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: Patrice Bart, Humphrey Burton, Michael Clark, Clement Crisp, Michael Denard.

Local Subject

Male dancing.

Added Author

Bart, Patrice. Interviewee

Burton, Humphrey, 1931- Interviewee

Clark, Michael, 1962- Interviewee

Crisp, Clement. Interviewee

Denard, Michaël. Interviewee

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4022 RNC

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