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The diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

Title
The diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky [videorecording] / presented by the Australian Film Finance Corporation in association with Illumination Films and Music Arts Dance Films ; a film by Paul Cox ; produced by Paul Cox and Aanya Whitehead.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Wellspring Media, c2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Cox, Paul, 1940-2016
  • Whitehead, Aanya.
  • Sonneveld, Hans.
  • Grabowsky, Paul.
  • Chase, Alida
  • Hickey, Jilly.
  • McAllister, David
  • Attard, Vicki
  • Silvan, Delia
  • Sheedy, Peter
  • Heaven, Lisa
  • Munn, Aidan Kane
  • Buday, Csaba
  • Haywood, Chris.
  • Lucas, Kevin.
  • Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Australian Film Finance Corporation.
  • Illumination Films (Australia)
  • Wellspring Media.
Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Drama based on the life of Waslaw Nijinsky, as related in his diaries. Includes extended excerpts of the dance works Le spectre de la rose (choreography, Michel Fokine) and L'après-midi d'un faune (choreography, Nijinsky).
Uniform Title
  • Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokin)
  • Afternoon of a faun (Choreographic work : Nijinsky)
Alternative Title
Nijinsky the diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky.
Subject
Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950 > Drama
Genre/Form
  • Features.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Credits (note)
  • Based on the Cahiers by Vaslav Nijinsky published by Actes Sud; photography, Paul Cox with Hans Sonneveld; original music, Paul Grabowsky; choreographer and dance supervisor, Alida Chase; costumes, Jilly Hickey; sound design, Craig Carter and James Currie; creative consultant, Szakáts Kinga Gaspers; research, Margot Wiburd, Leonie Verhoeven; executive producers, Kevin Lucas and William T. Marshall.
Performer (note)
  • Delia Silvan (Romola); Chris Haywood (Oscar); Hans Sonneveld (doctor); Oliver Streeton (psychiatrist); Jillian Smith (Emilia); Kevin Lucas (Diaghilev); David Gallasch (critic); Aanya Whitehead (maid); Gabriella Joy Smart (piano player); Lisa Heaven, Patricia Cellier (dancers); Kyra Cox, Anandine Merino (little Kyra). Nijinsky, personified as the various roles he danced, is played by several dancers.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Contents
  • Feature presentation (ca. 90 min.).
  • Special features include theatrical trailer (ca. 3 min.); biographies (still frames) of the director and cast members Derek Jacobi, Chris Haywood, Vicki Attard, and David McAllister; and web links.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-32
ISBN
0794202594
OCLC
  • 51506203
  • NYPY03-F491
Title
The diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky [videorecording] / presented by the Australian Film Finance Corporation in association with Illumination Films and Music Arts Dance Films ; a film by Paul Cox ; produced by Paul Cox and Aanya Whitehead.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Wellspring Media, c2002.
Country of Producing Entity
Australia.
System Details
DVD.
Credits
Based on the Cahiers by Vaslav Nijinsky published by Actes Sud; photography, Paul Cox with Hans Sonneveld; original music, Paul Grabowsky; choreographer and dance supervisor, Alida Chase; costumes, Jilly Hickey; sound design, Craig Carter and James Currie; creative consultant, Szakáts Kinga Gaspers; research, Margot Wiburd, Leonie Verhoeven; executive producers, Kevin Lucas and William T. Marshall.
Performer
Read by Derek Jacobi.
Cast
Delia Silvan (Romola); Chris Haywood (Oscar); Hans Sonneveld (doctor); Oliver Streeton (psychiatrist); Jillian Smith (Emilia); Kevin Lucas (Diaghilev); David Gallasch (critic); Aanya Whitehead (maid); Gabriella Joy Smart (piano player); Lisa Heaven, Patricia Cellier (dancers); Kyra Cox, Anandine Merino (little Kyra). Nijinsky, personified as the various roles he danced, is played by several dancers.
Performer
Dancers: Le spectre de la rose: David McAllister, Vicki Attard; Pas de trois (choreography, Alida Chase): Delia Silvan, Peter Sheedy, Lisa Heaven; War dance: choreographed and danced by Aidan Kane Munn; L'après-midi d'un faune: Csaba Buday (faun) with Delia Silvan, Jo Roads, Lisa Heaven, Michele Buday, Tania Tabacchi, Rachel Jenson, Kim Hales-McArthur (nymphs); Beauty: choreographed and danced by the Theatre of the Alchemy Dream, El sueño alquímico, Adriana Somona Roa and Donald Mitchell.
Music performed by members of the Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Paul Grabowsky.
Added Author
Cox, Paul, 1940-2016, film producer.
Cox, Paul, 1940-2016, film director.
Cox, Paul, 1940-2016, director of photography.
Whitehead, Aanya. Producer. Actor
Sonneveld, Hans. Photographer. Actor
Grabowsky, Paul. Composer. Arranger. Conductor
Chase, Alida, choreographer, dancer.
Hickey, Jilly. Costume designer
McAllister, David, dancer.
Attard, Vicki, dancer.
Silvan, Delia, dancer. Actor
Sheedy, Peter, dancer.
Heaven, Lisa, dancer. Actor
Munn, Aidan Kane, choreographer, dancer.
Buday, Csaba, dancer.
Haywood, Chris. Actor
Lucas, Kevin. Producer. Actor
Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra.
Australian Film Finance Corporation.
Illumination Films (Australia)
Wellspring Media.
Added Title
Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Afternoon of a faun (Choreographic work : Nijinsky)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-32
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