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For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes
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For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

2009
Directed byRoss MacGibbon
1h 0m

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.

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Lynn SeymourNarratorAlastair MacaulaySelf - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
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Bob GottliebSelf - Writer and Editor
Judith MackrellSelf - Writer and Dance Critic
Lynn GarafolaSelf - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Richard Davenport-HinesSelf - Historian and Author
Anna PavlovaSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Frederic FranklinSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Elena GludjidzeSelf - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Karl LagerfeldSelf
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STATUSReleased
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NR

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