Erik Bruhn remains legendary among the greatest dancers of our time. Through dance, he sought to attain and express the ‘unattainable’, a transcendence to the spiritual. The film is an unusual, personal portrait showing many personal clips and interviews with the artist never before released. The documentary has two angels: Erik Bruhn as an outstanding artist performing ballets...
As courtesans, fashion icons, political pawns and international celebrities, the great ballerinas have played a multitude of roles both on and off the stage. They have moved from the courts of kings to stages around the globe, from the highs of public adoration to the lows of injury and scandal. But few people know the full story.
British prima ballerina Darcey Bussell spent tw...
This documentary shows some techniques, essays and presentations by Nureyev.
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev(17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) , Russian, was a Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is regarded by some as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation.
Patricia Foy’s absorbing documentary Rudolf Nureyev, a portrait of surely the most committed and versatile dancer in the history of ballet, was made in 1991, two years before his death. It is as much the study of a life apart as a profile of a tireless jet-setting artist. His career took him from a poverty-stricken provincial childhood to life as a student at the Kirov, through...
