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For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes (2009)

In 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.

TV Movie Documentary

For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

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Alastair Macaulay

Alastair Macaulay

as Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times

as Self - Writer and Editor

Judith Mackrell

Judith Mackrell

as Self - Writer and Dance Critic

as Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'

Richard Davenport-Hines

Richard Davenport-Hines

as Self - Historian and Author

as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

Frederic Franklin

Frederic Franklin

as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo

Elena Gludjidze

Elena Gludjidze

as Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet

as Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet

as Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)

as Self - Dance Critic

as Self - Art Dealer

as Self - Fashion Director and Consultant

as Self - Composer and Broadcaster

as Self - Composer and Conductor

Tamara Karsavina

Tamara Karsavina

as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

as Self - Choreographer

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

as Self - Composer (archive footage)

Millicent Hodson

Millicent Hodson

as Self - Choreographer and Dance Historian

as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

Léonide Massine

Léonide Massine

as Self - Choreographer and Dancer (archive footage)

as Self - Director: Museu Picasso, Barcelona

Edmonde Charles-Roux

Edmonde Charles-Roux

as Self - Chanel Biographer

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Executive Producer

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