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Television documentary. Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan created Romeo and Juliet for The Royal Ballet in 1965. The ballet was conceived for Christopher Gable and Lynn Seymour but Nureyev and Fonteyn took the...
The Royal Ballet in a piano rehearsal of The Tempest at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1982. There is a complete run-through (c48min) followed by footage of the dancers (in rehearsal clothes) and...
Television documentary celebrating the dancer Veronica Tennant, prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Canada, focusing on her interpretations of several significant roles. Performance or rehearsal...
Documentary focusing on the Paris Opera Ballet’s 1995 production of Romeo et Juliette, mise-en-scene and choreography by Rudolph Nureyev. The principal dancers Elisabeth Maurin and Manuel Legris and other...
Television documentary, introduced by Melvyn Bragg, that examines the enduring appeal of Romeo and Juliet. A somewhat pedestrian account of the play’s appeal offering few fresh insights. The programme...
For its time a sumptuous television adaptation of the play complete with Mendelssohn’s music and ballet. Dancer and choreographer Gillian Lynne appears as Puck.
Feature film which appears to have combined great charm and ribaldry. Ball, summarising contemporary reviews, writes: ‘Theseus was shown at the telephone, Amazons and Athenians moved into battle to the...