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Title

Nureyev unzipped [videorecording] / a Landseer production for Channel Four Television Corporation ; directed and produced by Ross MacGibbon.

Publication

U.K. : Channel Four, c1996.

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Additional Authors

• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
• Lazzarini, Roberta.
• Daniel, David.
• Dowell, Anthony.
• Sizova, Alla, 1939-
• Solov'ev, ︠I︡Uriĭ Vladimirovich, 1940-1977
• Vasilʹev, Vladimir, 1940-
• Dantzig, Rudi van.
• Werner, Frederic.
• Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
• Pignotti, Luigi, 1945-
• Eagling, Wayne.
• Evdokimova, Eva, 1948-
• Stamp, Terence.
• MacGibbon, Ross.
• Jennings, Luke.
• Royal Ballet.
• Landseer Film & Television Productions.
• Channel Four (Great Britain)

Description

1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Exploration of Rudolf Nureyev's legendary status in contrast to some darker aspects of his life. This documentary examines Nureyev's influential position in the 1960s as a crossover figure and contributor to the redefinition of traditional notions of masculinity ; the sufferings of his family in Russia after his defection ; his displacement of male dancers at the Royal Ballet ; the persistence of his reputation as the world's greatest dancer despite his shortcomings as a classical technician ; the paradox of his open homosexuality offstage and his onstage persona of a woman's romantic hero, an image fostered by his partnership with Margot Fonteyn ; the premature ebbing of his technical facility, which was exacerbated by his break with the Royal Ballet and frenetic career as a freelance artist ; his unrelenting desire to dance, which drove him to perform until 1992, the year before his death. The program includes dance excerpts performed by Nureyev and others.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Uniform Title

• Giselle (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Coralli and Perrot)
• Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Act IV.
• Corsair (Choreographic work). Pas de deux.
• Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Sergeev, K after Petipa, M)
• Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M). Pas de deux.
• Corsair (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Pas de deux.
• Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ashton and Sergeev, N after Ivanov and Petipa, M)

Subject

• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
• Dancers > Biography

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Biographies.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by data sheet.

Credits (note)

• Consultants, Geoff Whitlock, Roberta Lazzarini ; writer, Luke Jennings ; editor, Allen Charlton.

Performer (note)

• Interviewees: Roberta Lazzarini, David Daniel, Anthony Dowell, Rudi Van Dantzig, Rik Werner, Luigi Pignotti, Michael Brown, Wayne Eagling, Eva Evdokimova, and others (some interviewees are not identified).
• Narrator: Terence Stamp.

Event (note)

• Telecast in the U.K. by Channel Four in April 1998.

Contents

Dance excerpts include: Giselle (b&w) / 1962 ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn -- La bayadère. Act IV, The kingdom of the shades / choreography, Nureyev after Marius Petipa ; danced by the corps de ballet -- Le corsaire pas de deux (b&w) / 1958 ; choreography, Petipa ; danced by Nureyev and Alla Sizova -- The sleeping beauty. Act III, prince's variation / 1964 ; choreography, Petipa and Konstantin Sergeev ; danced by Yuri Soloviev -- Don Quixote. Act III, male variation (b&w) / 1960s ; choreography, Petipa ; danced by Vladimir Vasiliev -- Le corsaire pas de deux. Male variation / from An evening with the Royal Ballet, 1963 ; choreography, Nureyev after Petipa ; danced by Nureyev -- Swan lake. Act I, prince's variation / 1980 ; danced by Anthony Dowell.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4164 RNC

OCLC

NYPY01-F478

Title

Nureyev unzipped [videorecording] / a Landseer production for Channel Four Television Corporation ; directed and produced by Ross MacGibbon.

Imprint

U.K. : Channel Four, c1996.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Event

Telecast in the U.K. by Channel Four in April 1998.

Credits

Consultants, Geoff Whitlock, Roberta Lazzarini ; writer, Luke Jennings ; editor, Allen Charlton.

Performer

Interviewees: Roberta Lazzarini, David Daniel, Anthony Dowell, Rudi Van Dantzig, Rik Werner, Luigi Pignotti, Michael Brown, Wayne Eagling, Eva Evdokimova, and others (some interviewees are not identified).

Narrator: Terence Stamp.

Added Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer, choreographer.

Lazzarini, Roberta. Interviewee. Consultant

Daniel, David. Interviewee

Dowell, Anthony. ive, dancer.

Sizova, Alla, 1939- dancer.

Solov'ev, ︠I︡Uriĭ Vladimirovich, 1940-1977, dancer.

Vasilʹev, Vladimir, 1940- dancer.

Dantzig, Rudi van. Interviewee

Werner, Frederic. Interviewee

Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.

Pignotti, Luigi, 1945- Interviewee

Eagling, Wayne. Interviewee

Evdokimova, Eva, 1948- Interviewee

Stamp, Terence. Narrator

MacGibbon, Ross. Producer. Director

Jennings, Luke. Author

Royal Ballet.

Landseer Film & Television Productions.

Channel Four (Great Britain)

Added Title

Giselle (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Coralli and Perrot)

Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Act IV.

Corsair (Choreographic work). Pas de deux.

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Sergeev, K after Petipa, M)

Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M). Pas de deux.

Corsair (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Pas de deux.

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ashton and Sergeev, N after Ivanov and Petipa, M)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4164 RNC