Posted by: BoyScoutKevin
« on: September 17, 2011, 09:24:03 PM »Looking at the folk dancing in "Mahler," reminded me many dance performances, of different types, there are in Ken Russell's films. Here is just a short list.
"The Boyfriend"
off-Broadway (of a sort)
"Lair of the White Worm"
Chinese dragon dance (of a sort)
"Lisztomania"
a la Busby Berkeley
"The Music Lovers"
the excerpt from "Swan Lake"
"Salome's Last Dance"
"The Dance of the 7 Veils"
"Valentino"
two to tango. Rudolph Valentino (Rudolf Nureyev) and Vaslav Nijinksy (Anthony Dowell)
"Women in Love"
a la Isadora Duncan
And the question becomes why. Is it because Ken Russell once had a career as a ballet dancer?
"The Boyfriend"
off-Broadway (of a sort)
"Lair of the White Worm"
Chinese dragon dance (of a sort)
"Lisztomania"
a la Busby Berkeley
"The Music Lovers"
the excerpt from "Swan Lake"
"Salome's Last Dance"
"The Dance of the 7 Veils"
"Valentino"
two to tango. Rudolph Valentino (Rudolf Nureyev) and Vaslav Nijinksy (Anthony Dowell)
"Women in Love"
a la Isadora Duncan
And the question becomes why. Is it because Ken Russell once had a career as a ballet dancer?