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Dancer (2017)

Director

Steven Cantor

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £9.99

Documentary about Sergei Polunin who, at the age of 19, became the Royal ballet’s youngest ever principal. At the peak of his success, aged 25, he walked away, driven to the brink of self-destruction by...

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Firebird, The and les Noces (2002)

aka: Stravinsky Staged

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 145 min), £24.99

A performance by the Royal Ballet filmed live at the Royal Opera House in 2001 and broadcast on BBC2 on 26/1/02 under the title STRAVINSKY STAGED. The principals in The Firebird are Leanne Benjamin and...

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Foxtrot from ‘FaÇade’ (1997 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1997 sale: £12.55 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A fully costumed performance of ‘Foxtrot’ from ‘Façade’, choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music by William Walton, danced by four students from the Royal Ballet School and recorded at the Margot...

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Darcey Bussell (1999 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Looks at the backstage preparation and rehearsal of many of ballerina Darcey Bussell’s classical roles as principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. Also includes ‘Herman Schmerman’, which she dances with...

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Royal Ballet, The (2007)

aka: Evening with the Royal Ballet, An

Director

Paul Czinner

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £6.00

Filmed on the stage of The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 1960, director Paul Czinner’s film showcases prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn in what was her first feature film. Partnered by Michael Somes,...

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Bournonville School, The (2005)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0)

The Bournonville Schools, devised by the ballet master and choreographer August Bournonville, have been handed down through generations without the benefit of firm documentation thus risking the loss of...

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Still Life at the Penguin Cafe (2007)

Subject

Dance; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £19.99

Issued to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Simon Jeffes, the founder of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, which had a unique brand of music drawing on classical, avant-garde, pop, folk and ethnic...

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Ballet for All (7 Parts) (1970 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 x 30 min.

Seven programmes based on those originally written for stage by Peter Brinson and performed by the company Ballet for All which consisted of actors and young soloists of the Royal Ballet companies.

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Nureyev (2019)

Director

Jacqui Morris

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 109 minutes), £10.00

Documentary about life of Rudolf Nureyev. From his birth in the 5th class carriage of a trans-Siberian train, to his dramatic leap to freedom in the West at the height of the Cold War, and unprecedented...

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Margot Fonteyn (2012)

Subject

Dance; Women’s studies

A short podcast looking at the life and legacy of Margot Fonteyn, widely considered to be one of the greatest classical dancers of the 20th century. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James...

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