Noureev et Petipa [electronic resource] / presented by La Cinémathèque de la Danse à la Cinémathèque Française, La Fondation Rudolf Noureev, the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation and Le Cercle des Amis de Rudolf Noureev ; program conceived and presented by René Sirvin.
1 streaming video file (95 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences.
Summary
Beginning with a pilgrimage made by dance critic René Sirvin to the grave of Rudolf Nureyev in the cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, the program explores the parallels between Nureyev and the choreographer Marius Petipa, and the decisive role played in Nureyev's life by Petipa's ballets. The many dance excerpts illustrate Petipa ballets that Nureyev performed, staged, directed, or supplemented with his own choreography. This video tribute was first screened at the Palais Chaillot Theatre (Cinémathèque Française), Paris, on June 17, 1996, and at the Alliance Française, New York, on June 25, 1996.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
Series statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Uniform title
Swan lake (Choreographic work)
Diana and Acteon (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Vaganova)
Corsair (Choreographic work) Pas de deux.
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work)
Raymonda (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M) Pas de deux.
Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
Swan lake (Choreographic work : Nureyev)
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Vaĭnonen)
Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
Dance excerpts and interviews: Swan lake (b&w) / recorded in rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, in Vienna, 1964 ; danced by Nureyev with Margot Fonteyn.
Diana and Acteon / telecast on the Bell Telephone Hour in 1963 (?) ; choreography, Agrippina Vaganova, staged by Nureyev ; male variation danced by Nureyev.
Le corsaire pas de deux / recorded as part of the Moscow Ballet Competition in 1958 ; choreography, Petipa ; adagio, male variation and female variation, danced by Nureyev and Alla Sizova ; voiceover in Russian.
Swan lake (b&w) / recorded in 1964 ; male variations and duet of Odette and Siegfried ; danced by Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn.
[Newsreel] (b&w) / recorded in Paris in June 1961 ; includes candid footage of Nureyev, and rehearsal and performance footage of Nureyev in The sleeping beauty, danced with the International Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas.
The sleeping beauty (b&w) / telecast on the Voice of Firestone series in 1963 ; male variation from Act III grand pas de deux, danced by Nureyev.
Noureev à Spolète (b&w) / telecast in France in 1964 ; recorded on the occasion of Nureyev's staging of Raymonda for the Royal Ballet Touring Section at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. In interviews, Nureyev speaks English, subtitled in French. Rehearsal footage, in rehearsal clothes, includes the Act II duet of Raymonda and Jean de Brienne, danced by Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, and a variation danced by Nureyev. Nureyev is also seen performing a variation in costume.
[Interview with Nureyev] (b&w) / recorded in Paris in December 1965 ; telecast by INA ; interview begins in Russian, but the interviewer soon switches to French and English, while Nureyev answers in English, with voiceover translation in French.
[Interview with Nureyev] (b&w) / recorded at Orly Airport, Paris, in October 1966 ; telecast by INA ; in French.
[Interview with Yvette Chauviré] (b&w) / recorded in October 1966 ; telecast by INA ; in French. The French ballerina gives her impressions of Nureyev.
The sleeping beauty / recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1972 ; choreography, Nureyev after Petipa ; Act II, prince's variation and vision scene ; danced by Nureyev with the National Ballet of Canada: Veronica Tennant (Aurora), Kristine Soleri (Lilac Fairy), corps de ballet.
Swan lake (b&w) / recorded in the Cour Carrée of the Louvre, Paris, in July 1973 ; telecast by INA ; Act II pas de deux danced by Nureyev, Natalia Makarova, and the corps de ballet of the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris.
The sleeping beauty / recorded by Jacques Bernard in 1989 ; choreography, Nureyev after Petipa ; end of Act I ; danced by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris.
Don Quixote (b&w) / recorded by Jacques Bernard on March 4, 1981 ; adagio of the grand pas de deux ; danced by Nureyev and Noëlla Pontois.
Don Quixote / film, 1972 ; directed by Nureyev and Robert Helpmann ; choreography, Nureyev after Petipa ; Act I excerpts, danced by Nureyev, Lucette Aldous, and the Australian Ballet.
Swan lake / recorded by Jacques Bernard in 1990 ; choreography, Nureyev ; presented by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; male variations from Act I and II danced by Charles Jude ; male variation from Act III danced by Wilfried Romoli.
Gayané (b&w) / telecast on the Voice of Firestone series in 1963 ; choreography, Nina Anisimova, staged by Nureyev ; male variation danced by Nureyev.
Raymonda / recorded on December 18, 1983 ; choreography, Nureyev after Petipa ; two male variations from Act II, danced by Jean Guizerix.
The best of Raymonda / recorded at the répétition générale for a ballet gala at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, on July 8, 1986 ; choreography, Nureyev after Petipa ; music, Aleksandr Glazunov ; scenery and costumes, Nicholas Georgiadis ; danced by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris. Grand pas, Act III, danced by Nureyev (in rehearsal clothes), Florence Clerc, and corps de ballet ; Act I duet (excerpt) of Bernard and Béranger danced by Manuel Legris and Laurent Hilaire ; Act II variation of Henriette danced by Sylvie Guillem. The Act III coda and galop are listed on the titles but do not appear on this recording.
The nutcracker / recorded in 1988 by NVC Arts and the Société française de production ; directed by Nureyev ; choreography, Nureyev after Vaĭnonen ; presented by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; snow scene, danced by female ensemble.
La bayadère / recorded in 1994 ; directed by Alexandre Tarta ; choreography, Nureyev after Petipa ; presented by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; Act II duet danced by Elisabeth Platel and Laurent Hilaire.
Mémoire d'une bayadère / film, 1992 ; letterbox format ; directed by Catherine Dupuis ; includes interview with Nureyev, and rehearsal and performance footage of his staging of La bayadère for the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris. Patrice Bart supervises a rehearsal of Act IV, the Kingdom of the Shades.
Call number
*MGZIDF 6207
Note
Accompanied by data sheet.
For English translation (7 p.) supplied by the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation, see *MGZR Noureev et Petipa (Motion picture).
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Collaboration, Patrick Bensard, Nicolas Villodre ; editing, Delphine Ibarrondo ; presented with the assistance of the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA), the Opéra National de Paris, the American Friends of the Paris Opéra and Ballet, the Association pour le Rayonnement de l'Opéra National de Paris.
Language (note)
In French, with some sections in Russian or English.
Title
Noureev et Petipa [electronic resource] / presented by La Cinémathèque de la Danse à la Cinémathèque Française, La Fondation Rudolf Noureev, the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation and Le Cercle des Amis de Rudolf Noureev ; program conceived and presented by René Sirvin.
Imprint
France : Cinémathèque de la Danse, c1996.
Country of producing entity
France.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Collaboration, Patrick Bensard, Nicolas Villodre ; editing, Delphine Ibarrondo ; presented with the assistance of the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA), the Opéra National de Paris, the American Friends of the Paris Opéra and Ballet, the Association pour le Rayonnement de l'Opéra National de Paris.
Language
In French, with some sections in Russian or English.