The Kirov celebrates Nijinsky : Shéhérazade.

Sheherazade is based on the first story of The Thousand and One Nights and danced to music by Rimsky-Korsakov. When it was first staged, with Nijinsky in the role of the Golden Slave, Mikhail Fokine's choreography of the exotic and passionate tale was a huge success. The ballet's triumph w...

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Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Streaming Video (via Alexander Street Press)
Other Authors:	Rakhmanova, Galina (Performer), Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908 (Composer), Iosifidi, Alexandra (Performer), Serebriakova, Yana (Performer), Petrov, Igorʹ (Performer), I͡Akovlev, Andreĭ (Performer), Ponomarev, Vladimir (Performer), Ruzimatov, Farukh (Performer), Zakharova, Svetlana, 1979- (Performer), Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924 (Set designer, Costume designer), Nezhny, Anatoly (Set designer, Costume designer), Nezhny, Anna (Set designer, Costume designer), Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 (Choreographer), Agrest, Mikhail (Conductor), MacGibbon, Ross (Director), Loukasevitch, Vladimir (Lighting designer)
Other title:	Scheherazade. Shekherazada.
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	London : Digital Classics Distribution, 2002.
Series:	Dance in video, volume 2.
Subjects:	Ballet. Filmed performances.