For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes
2009In the centenary year since the founding of the Ballets Russe, this documentary looks back at Sergei Diaghilev and the company he created, what they did and the influence they had, even a 100 years later.
Acted in
Lynn Seymour
as Narrator
Alastair Macaulay
as Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
Bob Gottlieb
as Self - Writer and Editor
Judith Mackrell
as Self - Writer and Dance Critic
Lynn Garafola
as Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Richard Davenport-Hines
as Self - Historian and Author
Anna Pavlova
as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Frederic Franklin
as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Elena Gludjidze
as Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Karl Lagerfeld
as Self
Wayne Eagling
as Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet
Marie Rambert
as Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)
Joan Acocella
as Self - Dance Critic
Julian Barran
as Self - Art Dealer
Mary Fellows
as Self - Fashion Director and Consultant
Howard Goodall
as Self - Composer and Broadcaster
Pierre Boulez
as Self - Composer and Conductor
Tamara Karsavina
as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
David Dawson
as Self - Choreographer
Igor Stravinsky
as Self - Composer (archive footage)
Millicent Hodson
as Self - Choreographer and Dance Historian
Lydia Sokolova
as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Léonide Massine
as Self - Choreographer and Dancer (archive footage)
Pepe Serra
as Self - Director: Museu Picasso, Barcelona
Edmonde Charles-Roux
as Self - Chanel Biographer