Patrick Dupond, Kyra Nijinsky SHE DANCES ALONE (1981) Ballet Excerpts

[wendyverdades]

somebody cofirm that Bud Cort of Harold and Maude is involved interviiewing Kyra!

[cgranelli]

Patrick l'enchanteur !

[tintobrass13]

I' m so very happy to see this again, I know this film by heart, I lost my betamax tape in 1985 and never saw it again until tonight, thank you so much for posting.

[tintobrass13]

I' m so very happy to see this again, I know this film by heart, I lost my betamax tape in 1985 and never saw it again until tonight, thank you so much for posting.

[AlexDeLarge22]

That's quite all right!

I'd love to see more of Dupont's dancing, since it's so hard to find any footage anywhere,rather then listening to Kyra rumbling. I am quite familiar with Ballet Russe, Diagilve and Nijinski...

[Parysia77]

I found Kyra to be likably unpretentious -- I wish she had had more screen time and shared more stories about her life. If I can locate more of my Dupond videos in my large video collection, I'll see what I can do about posting more of his dance footage.

[Ewaasia]

@Parysia77 Yes, yes, please - if you have something more with Patrick Dupond please share it with us! He is just outstanding male dancer and what is more I think not very much popular. These fragments from "Giselle" and "Spectre de la rose" are fabulous! He really seems to be a little bit like Nijinsky. Well, or could you at least say what do you have with him? I know that there is "Swan lake" available with him and Marie-Claude Pietragalla but what about "Giselle", "Spectre de la rose"?

[Parysia77]

I have just uploaded Patrick Dupond performing "Le Spectre de la Rose" with Lillian Gish and "Tricorne" -- please check them out! Incidentally, parts of "She Dances Alone" were filmed in my own neighborhood of Bernal Heights in San Francisco. Have not seen "Giselle" anywhere -- would also love to have it. Patrick Dupond deserves to be much more famous than he is. I wish he had played Rudolph Valentino, who was half French. Dupond has the requisite style, good looks, appeal and grace.

[AlexDeLarge22]

I'd love to see the whole movie!

It's absolutely impossible to find anywhere! I am also Bud Cort's fan, so it'd be nice to see him as well...

[Parysia77]

I'm sorry but I don't feel comfortable uploading the entire film because parts of it seemed unflattering to Kyra Nijinsky. She openly disapproved of how the film was being made, and I can see her point -- so I just uploaded the best parts. I hope you understand.

[Parysia77]

Thank you so much for your comments! Patrick Dupond is one of the greatest dancers of his time. I'm happy to share these clips -- I only wish I had a better print than this old vhs tape. I hope more dvd's of Dupond's work will be made available -- there are so precious few at this time.

[AlexDeLarge22]

Amazing! Dupont is absolutely brilliant.

This movie is such a rarity and a treat for all ballet lovers. Thank you for posting!