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I now have an all-region DVD player and am thrilled with this production showing video clips of "Giselle", "Hamlet", and that "Ed Sullivan-Swan Lake" clip. These two were really a dazzling pair and I would be grateful to be able to see the full 2nd act of "Giselle" or anything else that exists of their performances. If you know nothing about them, this DVD will inform and entertain. Any Fonteyn/Nureyev fan ( and there are tons of us in U.S.) would be happy to have this in their collection.
Wanda Garofalo
Chicago, Il
USA
from a BBC TV program so I was aware of the excellence of its content. This is
definately a recording to keep and introduce to others. Rudolph and Margo are
the finest example of a "Perfect Partnership" of ballet excellence there has
ever been and ever will be. One is priviledged to be able to see the finest ballet
over and over again. I will keep the video tape and the DVD for as long as I live.
I have already received so much pleasure from them. It is all there for all to
appreciate and enjoy.
Margot Fonteyn (note that she gets top billing) is still my favorite ballerina, and Nureyev has always been, and will always be, my favorite male performer. They both project their personalities into their performances: he, with magnificient self-assuredness and astounding technique (especially in his younger days) combined with an amazing partnering ability which focuses your attention on the ballerina when it is her turn to display her talents. When they dance together on equal terms, as in the two scenes mentioned above, they project the perfect image of two lovers who almost dare not believe that love is happening to them. Could it be a reflection of their actual lives...?
Their personal lives are fascinating in themselves: Nureyev being born on a train in a desolate region of Russia and almost forcing himself as an outsider into official balletic circles; and Fonteyn, the "ideal" (in the sense that D. H. Lawrence uses the word, meaning "mental") accomplished dancer who. almost at the end of her career, is revitalized and sensualized by dancing with Nureyev, who is half her age.
Interviews with many notables are given in this video as they try to explain the magic of this ballet pair-of-the-century. But nothing can replace their actual gripping performances in "Marguerite and Armand" and "Le Corsaire" which are also presented in this video.
I would be very happy to hear from others who enjoy this video as much as I have.
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