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• Nureyev | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  No performer on the world stage received so much acclaim and publicity as Rudolf Nureyev and no one gave away so little about their private life and thinking. In this television biography made some twelve months before his death in 1993 Nureyev tells his own story in his own words and recalls turning points in his career. The programme traces Nureyev''s life starting out from his home town of Ufa in the shadow of the Ural Mountains half way between Moscow and Siberia. When filming took place there Ufa had changed very little since his departure thirty years before. The school was still there and so was the modest wooden house which his family shared with two others. The green curtains still hung at the old theatre where he saw the ballet performance which changed the course of his life. Nureyev''s sister his head mistress and the dance teacher who first discovered him (101 years old at the time this programme was made) all recall the solitary rebel. At the Kirov Theatre the prima ballerina who was his first partner remembers the student who emerged as the most brilliant dancer of his generation. The cameras were also allowed to film Nureyev on his Mediterranean island of Li Galli which once belonged to another Russian dancer Massine. Nureyev''s dancing career has been extensively chronicled on film and television. This definitive biography incorporates extensive archive material and documents Nureyev''s career with footage of his greatest roles and the most important events in his life

• Yvette Chauvire: France's Prima Ballerina Assoluta | DVD | (26/07/2007) from £16.10   |  Saving you £2.89 (15.20%)   |  RRP £18.99

• Paris Opera Ballet-Seven Ballets | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £13.38   |  Saving you £4.61 (34.45%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This DVD of seven original dances is set to music from acclaimed composers such as Tchaikovsky Sibelius and Grieg choreographed by Norbert Schmucki and Marius Petipa and features the stars of The Paris Opera Ballet the Company known as ""the cradle of classical ballet."" Among the many fine dancers you will discover Sylvie Guillem acclaimed as the most exciting new talent in years; Patrick Dupond the wonder boy of the world dance scene; and Nolla Pontois the epitome of a French ballerina. ""A Triumph..."" - Los Angeles Times Dances: 1. Escamillo - Norbert Schmucki - Spanish Folk 2. Le Petit Pan - Norbert Schmucki - Grieg 3. Bambou (Extract) - Norbert Schmucki - African Folk Music 4. Grande Pas Classique - Marius Petipa - Auber 5. Rixe - Norbert Schmucki - Saint Saens 6. Une Femme - Norbert Schmucki - Sibelius 7. The White Swan (Swan Lake) - Marius Petipa - Tchaikovsky