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[Tribute. Unedited interview footage]

Title: [Tribute. Unedited interview footage] [videorecording] / BBC.
Publication: 1993.

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Description

1 videocassette (108 min.) : sd., col. (PAL); 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Unedited footage of interviews recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. The interviewees discuss their perceptions of Nureyev onstage and off. Qualities often mentioned include his love of learning and new experiences ; his compulsion to perform, and reluctance to retire from the stage ; his energy and unrelenting hard work. Each interviewee also contributes the special insights of his or her own standpoint.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Interviews.
Unedited footage.
Video.

Note

Accompanied by data sheet.
For the telecast of Tribute, see: *MGZIA 4-4002 RNC Omnibus 25. [Rudolf Nureyev].

Performer (note)

Interviewees: John Percival, Peter Schaufuss, Lynn Seymour.

Event (note)

Recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. The completed program was telecast by the BBC on Omnibus 25, on January 14, 1993.

Contents

John Percival (ca. 55 min.) / Percival, the author of Nureyev: aspects of the dancer (1979), summarizes and comments upon some highlights of Nureyev's life and career, including his training and debut in Russia, his defection, his association with the Royal Ballet, his partnership with Margot Fonteyn, and his achievements as artistic director of the Paris Opéra Ballet. He also discusses Nureyev's gradual disengagement from the Royal Ballet under the directorships of Kenneth MacMillan and Norman Morrice ; his effect on British male dancers ; his participation in the Royal Ballet's staging of Jerome Robbins's Dances at a gathering ; and two roles he created in his 50s, in Flemming Flindt's The overcoat [Cappotto] and Death in Venice.
Peter Schaufuss (ca. 32 min.) / Schaufuss discusses Nureyev's interest in and study of Bournonville technique in Copenhagen ; the influence of Danish dancer Erik Bruhn ; and his role as a model for the next generation of male dancers, to which Schaufuss belonged. In discussing Nureyev's activities as a conductor, Schaufuss recalls his conducting of the Mahler score for Béjart's Song of a wayfarer, which Schaufuss and Patrick Dupond danced at a gala in Berlin. In commentary for another program, he discusses Kenneth MacMillan's legacy and describes his creation of the title role in MacMillan's Orpheus.
Lynn Seymour (ca. 21 min.) / Speaking from her experience as a frequent partner of Nureyev, Seymour describes his qualities as a colleague, among them generosity, loyalty, and trust. She details the demands of a classical pas de deux, and commends his courage in continuing to perform even under unfavorable circumstances. This interview continues on *MGZIA 4-4024 [Tribute. Unedited interview footage].

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4025 RNC

OCLC

NYPY00-F648

Title

[Tribute. Unedited interview footage] [videorecording] / BBC.

Imprint

1993.

Country of Producing Entity

U.K.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Event

Recorded for Tribute, a television obituary of Rudolf Nureyev. The completed program was telecast by the BBC on Omnibus 25, on January 14, 1993.

Performer

Interviewees: John Percival, Peter Schaufuss, Lynn Seymour.

Local Subject

Male dancing.

Added Author

Percival, John, 1927-2012. Interviewee

Schaufuss, Peter. Interviewee

Seymour, Lynn, 1939- Interviewee

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4025 RNC

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