Culberg's "Miss Julie" -- is a performance with Erik

[bart]

Does anyone know of a commercially available video of Brigitte Culberg's Miss Julie with Bruhn as Jean. I know I've seen a clip somewhere, but can't recall where. Neither do I recall who the ballerina was.

If anyone has actually seen the ballet, I'd be grateful to hear your thoughts about it and how it compares with Strindberg's play.

I did find a 3-minute clip with Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones, in rehearsal and dancing against a mostly black background. Gregory, in white, stands out against the darkness and is marvelous. Unfortunately, Bujones can't be followed as well. Only his head, slippers and long white sleeves are consistently visible.

[rg]

perhaps you recall the clip from this film, the only one that comes up in the NYPLibrary search for "Miss Julie Bruhn and film."

Erik Bruhn--I'm the same, only more [videorecording] / co-produced by Steen Herdel & Co., DR TV, TV-Fakta and Sveriges Television ; directed by Lennart Pasborg ; produced by Michael Brask. Denmark : Steen Herdel & Co., c2000. (43 min.) : sd., b&w and col. Accompanied by data sheet.

Film preceded by ca. 44 sec. of footage of Erik Bruhn, Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn on a street in Stockholm in the 1960s ; part of this footage later appears in film.

Editing, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir ; sound, Jan Juhler ; original music, Palle Mikkelborg ; production, Vibeke Vogel.

Performance excerpts danced by Erik Bruhn, and Anna Laerkesen, Jean Babilée, Carla Fracci, Toni Lander, Kirsten Simone, Rudolf Nureyev, Cynthia Gregory, Natalia Makarova, Eleanor D'Antuono, Ted Kivitt, Dennis Nahat, Veronica Tennant, Andrew Oxenham, Linda Maybarduk, Mary Jago, Yves Cousineau, others. Also appearing in rehearsal sequences: Berit Skiold [sköld], Toni Lander, Willy Grevelund, Kirsten Simone, Eleanor D'Antuono, Flemming Ryberg, others.

Also appearing: Robert Goulet, Harald Lander, Margot Fonteyn, Dmitri Romanoff.

Profile of Danish danseur noble Erik Bruhn, presented through film clips and still photographs of the dancer in class, rehearsal, performance and private life, accompanied by his own reflections on dancing, performing, love and life. The program also includes brief excerpts from interviews with Rudolf Nureyev, footage of Nureyev dancing in the studio and outdoors, and a non-dancing appearance by Margot Fonteyn.

Performance excerpts: The nutcracker / chor., Erik Bruhn after Ivanov ; mus., Tchaikovsky ; danced by Bruhn and Anna Laerkesen -- Le jeune homme et la mort / chor., Roland Petit ; mus., Bach ; danced by Jean Babilée -- Don Quixote / 1961 ; chor., Bruhn after Petipa and Gorski ; mus., Minkus ; danced by Bruhn -- The sleeping beauty / 1962 ; chor., Bruhn after Petipa ; mus., Tchaikovsky ; danced by Bruhn -- La sylphide / Bell Telephone Hour, 1962 ; chor., August Bournonville, James Starbuck ; mus., Lovenskjold ; danced by Bruhn and Carla Fracci ; introduced by Robert Goulet -- Etudes / 1969 ; chor., Harald Lander ; mus., Knudåge Riisager after Carl Czerny ; danced by Bruhn, Toni Lander and the Royal Danish Ballet -- Carmen / 1968 ; chor., Petit ; danced by Bruhn and Kirsten Simone -- Giselle / 1968 ; chor., David Blair after Coralli and Perrot ; mus., Adam ; danced by Bruhn, Fracci and American Ballet Theatre -- Dygnets timmar / 1967 ; chor., Birgit Åkesson and Kare Gundersen ; mus., Bengt Halberg ; danced by Bruhn -- Miss Julie / 1975 ; chor., Birgit Cullberg ; danced by Bruhn and Cynthia Gregory -- Epilogue / 1975 ; chor., John Neumeier ; mus., Mahler ; danced by Bruhn and Natalia Makarova -- Petrouchka / 1976 ; chor., Michel Fokine ; mus., Stravinsky ; danced by Bruhn, Eleanor d'Antuono, Ted Kivitt, Dennis Nahat, and American Ballet Theatre.

Performance excerpts, continued: La sylphide / 1974 ; chor., Bruhn after Bournonville ; danced by Bruhn (Madge), Rudolf Nureyev (James), Veronica Tennant (the sylphide), Andrew Oxenham (Gurn), Linda Maybarduk (Effie), and the National Ballet of Canada -- Coppélia / 1975 ; chor., Bruhn after Saint-Léon ; mus., Delibes ; danced by Bruhn (Coppélius), Mary Jago/Tennant (Swanilda), with the National Ballet of Canada -- Swan lake / 1976 ; chor., Bruhn after Ivanov and Petipa ; mus.: Tchaikovsky ; danced by Bruhn (Siegfried) with Yves Cousineau (the tutor) and the National Ballet of Canada.

Titles and narration in English ; end credits in Danish.