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Capturing Nureyev James Wyeth paints the dancer
- Title
- Capturing Nureyev [videorecording] : James Wyeth paints the dancer / produced by Full Circle Studios, Inc., in association with the Farnsworth Art Museum ; directed, produced, and edited by Stephen Labovsky ; featuring James Wyeth and Clive Barnes.
- Publication
- c2002.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (25 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Documentary on the dancer Rudolf Nureyev, created in conjunction with the exhibition Capturing Nureyev: James Wyeth paints the dancer, organized by the Farnsworth Art Museum of Rockland, Maine, in 2002. Artist James Wyeth [also known as Jamie] looks back on his collaboration with Nureyev as a subject for his painting, while Clive Barnes, a dance critic and historian, provides a broader view of Nureyev's life. Wyeth recalls his first overtures to Nureyev, and his attempt to enlist the aid of Lincoln Kirstein; his observations of Nureyev's preparations for Broadway performances of Pierrot lunaire; sketching Nureyev at his daily ballet class; introducing his father Andrew Wyeth to Nureyev; Nureyev's Halloween costume; Nureyev's interest in all the arts; Nureyev's demanding nature as a painting subject; observations of Nureyev in rehearsal with Martha Graham. Barnes discusses Nureyev's ballet training in Russia; the influence of his teacher Aleksandr Pushkin; his defection to the West; his impact in the pas de deux from Le corsaire (illustrated by a film clip); the partnership of Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn (illustrated by a clip of the pas de deux from Les sylphides); the difficulty of capturing dancers in painting; Nureyev's legacy in dance; his rootlessness; dance images of Nureyev in flight. The documentary is profusely illustrated with Wyeth's portraits and sketches of Nureyev.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Subjects
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
- Graham, Martha
- Male dancers > Pictorial works
- Video
- Ballet dancers > Pictorial works
- Dancers > 20th century > Biography
- Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009
- Documentaries and factual films and programs
- Pushkin, Aleksandr, (Aleksandr Ivanovich), 1907-1970
- Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996
- Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
- Dance
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Documentaries and factual films and programs.
- Video.
- Note
- For a gallery video, shorter in duration but with slightly different content, see: *MGZIDVD 5-166 Capturing Nureyev.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4394 RNC
- OCLC
- NYPY05-F10184
- Title
- Capturing Nureyev [videorecording] : James Wyeth paints the dancer / produced by Full Circle Studios, Inc., in association with the Farnsworth Art Museum ; directed, produced, and edited by Stephen Labovsky ; featuring James Wyeth and Clive Barnes.
- Imprint
- c2002.
- Series
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Performer
- Interviewees: James Wyeth, Clive Barnes.
- Added Author
- Wyeth, Jamie, 1946- Artist. IntervieweeBarnes, Clive, 1927-2008. IntervieweeLabovsky, Stephen. Director. Producer. Film editorFull Circle Studios, Inc.William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4394 RNC