mardow

A long time ago I saw an offering of the VHS on ebay. Now I can't seem to locate anything about it. Does anyone have any info? I'm not sure if it was titled "Homage to Diaghileve" or "Homage to Nijinsky." Thanks for any input.

i think you're looking for this:

http://www.amazon.com/Tribute-Nijinsky-Pet...6899&sr=8-3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQFWZXaBBg4

-goro-

Thank you so much for the link, Martha

this is likely what you recall:

In tribute to Nijinsky / WNET/Thirteen in association with the British Broadcasting Corporation ; directed by Emile Ardolino ; produced by Emile Ardolino and Judy Kinberg.New York, N.Y. : WNET/Thirteen, c1981.

Musical direction, Terence Kern ; script, Dale Harris ; art and lighting direction, Ralph Holmes ; videotape editing, Girish Bhargava ; executive producer, Jac Venza.

Danced by Rudolf Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet.

Conductor: Terence Kern.

Solo pianist: Paul Jacobs.

Narrator: Michael Tolan.

Commentators: Rudolf Nureyev and Robert Joffrey.

Rudolf Nureyev dances the title roles in three ballets originally danced and/or choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. The performances are interspersed with background material about Nijinsky's life and career with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Petrouchka / choreography, Michel Fokine, staged by Yurek Lazowsky ; music, Igor Stravinsky ; libretto, Igor Stravinsky and Alexandre Benois ; scenery and costumes, Alexandre Benois ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (Petrouchka) ; Denise Jackson (ballerina) ; Christian Holder (blackamoor) ; Gary Chryst (old showman) ; Susan Stewart, Carole Vallesky (street dancing girls) ; Charlene Gehm, Krystyna Jurkowski (Gypsy girls) ; Cynthia Anderson (first nursemaid) ; Jerel Hilding (Imperial coachman) ; and others.

Le spectre de la rose / choreography, Michel Fokine, staged by Nicholas Beriozoff ; music, Carl Maria von Weber ; libretto, from a poem by Théophile Gautier adapted by J. L. Vaudoyer ; designs, Léon Bakst ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (the spirit of the rose) and Denise Jackson (the young girl).

L'après-midi d'un faune / choreography, Vaslav Nijinsky, reconstructed by Elisabeth Schooling and William Chappell ; music, Claude Debussy ; scenery and costumes, Léon Bakst ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (the faun) and Charlene Gehm (leader of the nymphs) with Cameron Basden, Ursula Burke, Lynne Chervony, Krystyna Jurkowski, Patricia Miller, and Carole Valleskey (nymphs).

Thanks so much for the info, Mardow

A long time ago I saw an offering of the VHS on ebay. Now I can't seem to locate anything about it. Does anyone have any info? I'm not sure if it was titled "Homage to Diaghileve" or "Homage to Nijinsky." Thanks for any input.

How fabulous that a dancer is producing dance films. As a long time ballet fan, I, too, like behind the scenes, but in small doses. Some artists are just great communicators and you could listen to them for hours, unfortunately, others are not and platitudes and banalities are killers (see Nureyev's comments introducing NBC's "Sleeping Beauty" as an example of the latter, while the "Ballet Russe" documentary, on the other hand, is a great example of superb handling of interviews, behind the scenes, etc. What I think most of us want is great ballet on film with great production values and availability across DVD region codes and affordability.