Supprot video: DVD

FONTEYN & NUREYEV The Perfect Partnership – DVD

Excellent documentary about the legendary couple with large excerpts from Marguerite and Armand, Le Corsaire, Romeo en Juliet. Lots of pictures from the archives, interviews with the two perfomers, with Dame Ninette de Valois.…

SLEEPING BEAUTY – DVD

Princess Aurora: Aurélie Dupont Prince Florimund: Manuel Legris With the soloists and the corps de ballet from the Paris Opera The Paris Opera is the only company in the world to keep all the great classical ballets from the repertoire…

DANCER’S DREAM – LA BAYADERE

With Isabelle Guérin , Elisabeth Platel , Laurent Hilaire and the Paris Opera Ballet. As part of the “Great ballets of Nureyev” series, La Bayadère is a superb documentary featuring the stars and artists of the Paris Opera.…

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY – DVD

The Sleeping Beauty features Rudolph Nureyev as Prince Florimund and Veronica Tennant as Princess Aurora. The National Ballet of Canada production is classically sumptuous and the dancing of the principals is brilliant. This is the only available video of The…

DANCER’S DREAM – THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

An exploration of the Nureyev ballets. This programme features a performance of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ including all of the rehearsals and the premiere performance. Dancer’s Dream, Rudolf Nureyev – Sleeping Beauty Manuel Legris, dancer / Elisabeth Platel, dancer / Nathalie Riqué,…

DAME MARGOT FONTEYN – DVD

An extremely interesting documentary which traces the complete life and career of Dame Margot. Various dance extracts and interviews with the artist. Much of the documentary is devoted to the legendary partnership between Fonteyn and Nureyev. A “must see” accompaniment…

DON QUIXOTE – PARIS OPERA

Recorded in 2002 – Choreography by Nureyev after Marius Petipa with Aurélie Dupont, Ma Manuel Legris and Jean-Guillaume Bart. Nureyev’s “Don Quichotte” produced for the Paris Opera Ballet is a miracle of dancing and story-telling…

GISELLE – SEYMOUR AND NUREYEV

Filmed in a studio for the English television channel ATV in 1979; this version of Giselle with Lynn Seymour was made a little late in Nureyev’s career. Only account on film of the unabridged version of the ballet with Nureyev.…

SLEEPING BEAUTY

Performance filmed in Toronto at the O’Keefe Centre with the National Ballet of Canada in 1972. The production won an “Emmy Award” that same year when it was first shown. The Bluebird Pas de Deux is performed by Karin Kain…

SWAN LAKE – DVD

Film made in 1966 from the version of the ballet staged by Nureyev in 1964 for the Vienna State Opera Ballet. The only great ballet from the repertoire with the legendary couple captured on film. Costumes and scenery by Nicholas…