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Artbeat (1989)

Genre

Interview

Kenneth MacMillan talks to Debra Craine on Artbeat about his new production of the ballet Prince of the Pagodas and how it will compare to the original with choreography by John Cranko; Benjamin Britten’s...

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Anton Dolin life and times (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with English ballet dancer and choreographer Sir Anton Dolin on his life and career. Including early training with Russian ballet teacher Nicolai Legat; joining the Serge Diaghilev ballet company;...

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Margot Fonteyn at charity gala (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

Britain’s greatest prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn returned to Covent Garden last night for a royal charity gala in her honour. It included the ballet Romeo and Juliet which she made famous, this...

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Spandau Ballet music special [Part 2] (1987)

This year Spandau Ballet are looking back over 10 years together. They have enjoyed huge success for seven years as front-runners in British pop, but the band have remained remarkably level headed. Gary...

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Royals London visits (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop

Report by Dickie Arbiter on the Princess of Wales visiting The Royal Ballet School; includes interviews with pupils: Annabel(?) Barnes; Roddy Patrizio; Jessica Clarke; interview with director Dame Merle...

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Celebrity items in Sotheby’s sale (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a Sotheby’s auction house spokesman on the forthcoming sale of Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky’s 1919 diary, written over a six week period before he was committed to a Zurich...

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Eartha Kitt reminisces (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with entertainer and actress Eartha Kitt looking back at her life and career including her first trip to London as part of a ballet troupe and meeting King George VI, going to Paris, meeting...

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Montage from Moscow summit (1988)

Genre

Music; Speech

A montage of clips from the Moscow summit, which includes speech extracts from US President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. All set to music of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet chosen to end a performance...

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Children not allowed to watch Romeo and Juliet (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

David Kermode reports on headmistress Jane Hardman Brown refusing to let children from Kingsmead Primary School on a Hackney estate watch Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Opera House,...

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The London interview (1980)

Genre

Interview

The London Interview. Rodney Bennett interviews actress and singer Jessie Matthews about her life and career. Matthews blames television for teaching young people how to commit crimes and says the...

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