For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes
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.
Cast
Lynn Seymour
as Narrator
Alastair Macaulay
as Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
Bob Gottlieb
as Self - Writer and Editor
Judith Mackrell
as Self - Writer and Dance Critic
Lynn Garafola
as Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Richard Davenport-Hines
as Self - Historian and Author
Anna Pavlova
as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Frederic Franklin
as Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Elena Gludjidze
as Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Karl Lagerfeld
as Self
