About this programme
Drama chronicling preparations for the premiere in 1913 of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring - a controversial ballet that changed the face of dance. Choreographer Nijinsky is rewarded for his success with the opportunity to work on a high-profile production, but faces an agonising choice between his lover Diaghilev and a woman in the audience. Alex Jennings and Adam Garcia star. First broadcast in 2009.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Sergei Diaghilev
- Alex Jennings
- Vaslav Nijinsky
- Adam Garcia
- Igor Stravinsky
- Aiden McArdle
- Gabriel Astruc
- Griff Rhys Jones
- Marie Rambert
- Rachael Stirling
- Romola de Pulzky
- Emma Pierson
- Maria Piltz
- Zenaida Yanowsky
- Lady Ottoline Morrell
- Jemma Redgrave
- Vassili
- George Antoni
- Nicholas Roerich
- Pearce Quigley
- Pierre Monteux
- Christian McKay
- Grigoriev
- Richard Hope
- Menshikov
- Matthew Hart
- Lydia
- Naomi Wattis
- Marcel
- Hugh Sachs
- Antoine
- Philip Herbert
- Jean Cocteau
- Jonathan Aris
- Enthusiast
- Julian Firth
- Detractor
- Robin Hooper
- Critic
- Steve Pemberton
- Critic
- Daniel Lapaine
- Old gent
- James Greene
- Old gent
- Peter Copley
- Poker-faced man
- Richard Durden
- Poker-faced woman
- Jane How
- Hysterical woman
- Sara Dee
- Hysterical man
- Mace Richards
- Chic woman
- Kate McKenzie
- Chic man
- Chris Lynam
- Kolossal the pianist
- Philip Gammon
- Violinist
- Julian Bleach
- Bassoonist
- Philip Battley
- Bassist
- Andrew Bridgmont
- Journalist
- George Asprey
- Journalist
- Barnaby Stone
- Wardrobe mistress
- Annie Symons
- Le Spectre de la Rose dancer
- Ivan Putrov
- Le Spectre de la Rose dancer
- Roberta Marquez
- Stravinsky double
- Andrew Massey
Crew
- Director
- Andy Wilson
- Producer
- David Snodin
- Writer
- Kevin Elyot
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