Rudolf Nureyev / Erik Bruhn - Thier Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances, 1961-1967
VAI DVD 4221, $34.95

Erik Bruhn (1929-1986) and Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) were two of the most important dancers of the 20th century. 80 minutes. All selections in color except Nureyev “Black Swan Pas de Deux,” and a very brief section of La Sylphides Grand Pas.

Rudolf Nureyev Performances
telecast of January 19, 1962
Flower Festival in Genzano
Pas de Deux
(music: Helsted & Paulli; choreography: Bruhn, after Bournonville)
with Maria Tallchief

telecast of September 24, 1962
Le Corsaire Pas de Deux
(music: Drigo; choreography: Nureyev, after Petipa) with Lupe Serrano

telecast of March 24, 1964
La Esmeralda
“Diana and Actaeon” Pas de Deux
(music: Drigo; choreography: Nureyev, after Petipa) with Svetlana Beriosova

telecast of October 8, 1963
*Swan Lake “Black Swan” Pas de Deux
(music: Tchaikovsky; choreography: Nureyev, after Petipa)
with Svetlana Beriosova

Erik Bruhn Performances
telecast of January 6, 1961
Don Quixote Grand Pas
(music: Minkus; choreography: Petipa)
with Maria Tallchief

telecast of February 4, 1963
SWAN LAKE “Black Swan” Pas de Deux
(music: Tchaikovsky; choreography: Petipa)
with Sonia Arova

telecast of November 19, 1963
Coppélia Pas de Deux
(music: Delibes; choreography: Bruhn)
with Sonia Arova

telecast of September 22, 1967
ROMEO AND JULIET Balcony Scene
(music: Prokofiev; choreography: Bruhn)
with Carla Fracci

telecast of October 22, 1962
*La Sylphide Grand Pas
(music: Løvenskjold; choreography: Bournonville) with Carla Fracci

The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees

*All selections are in color except the Nureyev performance of the “Black
Swan” Pas de Deux and a very brief section of the La Sylphide Pas de Deux.

A Production of Henry Jaffe Enterprises, Inc.
©2000 Jaffe Partners Limited Partnership (All Rights Reserved)

80 minutes, USA, 1961/1962/1963/19641967, Color/Black & White
Packaging & Design ©2002 Video Artists International, Inc.

cover photos:
Nureyev dancing the “Diana and Acteon” Pas de Deux
on The Bell Telephone Hour (3/24/64),
photo by Martha Swope;

Bruhn as Prince Siegfried in a 1967 CBC filming of Swan Lake,
photo courtesy of the National Ballet of Canada Archives.

Erik Bruhn’s performances are presented by permission of
The Erik Bruhn Trust.

Special thanks to
the Dance Division of the
Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center.