Romeo et Juliette : musique de Serge Prokofiev ; chorégraphie de Rudolf Noureev ; reconté par Elisabeth Maurin ; un film conçu et réalisé par François Roussillon.
"A documentary dedicated to the great ballet productions by Rudolf Nureyev performed at the Opéra national de Paris"--Container. "Une coproduction [de] France 3, L'opéra national de Paris, François Roussillon et Associés, U & A." Ballet excerpts feature Elisabeth Maurin (Juliette) ; Manuel Legris (Romeo) ; Les Etoiles, Premiers Danseurs, le Corps de Ballet et l'Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris ; Vello Pähn, conductor. Originally produced in 1999. LPCM stereo. Credits, chapter index, and program notes in English (7 pages) in container. TKD Mediactive: DVUS-BLDDRAJ.
Summary:
Includes clips of interviews, coaching, rehearsals and performances of Nureyev's ballet, interspersed with background information on the story of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's play, Prokofiev's music, earlier versions of the ballet, and performances by Nureyev prior to the creation of his choreography of the ballet.
Series:
Rêves d'étoiles = Dancer's dream : the great ballets of Rudolf Nureyev
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