Compilation of excerpts featuring Rudolf Nureyev's performances in two ballets presented by the Ballet of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin (billed as the Berlin Ballet) during its American tour in summer 1980.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
Series statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Uniform title
Five tangos (Choreographic work : Manen)
Idiot (Choreographic work : Panov)
Alternative title
Five tangos
Idiot
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Motion pictures.
Contents
Five tangos [title given on program as 5 tangos] [excerpts] (ca. 3 min.) / filmed on August 2, 1980 ; choreography, Hans van Manen ; sets and costumes, Jean-Paul Vroom ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev with Dianne Bell and others. Ballet set to music by Astor Piazzolla. Preceded by brief footage of a curtain call by Nureyev after the performance of The idiot on August 30, 1980 (see below).
The idiot [excerpts] (ca. 27 min.) / filmed on August 3 (?), 1980 ; choreography, Valery Panov ; scenario based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; scenery, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; costumes, Bernd-Dieter Müller ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev and others ; other cast members may include Eva Evdokimova (in the role of Nastasya Filippovna), Valery Panov (Parfyon Rogozhin), Galina Panova (Aglaja). Ballet set to music by Dmitri Shostakovich. Parts of this segment are very dark, probably due to low-level stage lighting.
Call number
*MGZIA 4-4205 RNC
Note
Originally filmed on Super 8mm.
Ballet titles, location and dates from original film can. Additional data from house program.
Event (note)
Filmed in performance at the Opera House, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., in August 1980 ; camera, Rose Curcio.
Title
[Rudolf Nureyev with the Berlin Ballet] [videorecording]
Imprint
1980.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Event
Filmed in performance at the Opera House, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., in August 1980 ; camera, Rose Curcio.
Performer
Danced by Rudolf Nureyev (guest artist) with the Berlin Ballet.