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

Here are some clips from a rare film about the dancer, musician, poet, painter and mystic, Kyra Nijinsky, the daughter of the great Vaslav Nijinsky. Included are highlights of three dances performed by French ballet master Patrick Dupond: "Polovtsian Dance", "Giselle" and "Le Spectre de la Rose".

Directed by Robert Dornhelm.

Cast:
Kyra Nijinsky ... Herself
Patrick Dupond ... Dancer
Max von Sydow ... Himself / Nijinsky (voice)
Sauncy LeSueur ... Little Kyra
Rosine Bena ... Ballerina
Jeanette Etheridge ... Girlfriend
Franco DeAlto ... Patient
Laura Hoover ... Little Ballerina
Walter Kent ... Doctor
Bud Cort ... Director

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Kyra Nijinksy
• Vaslav Nijinsky
• Patrick Dupond
• Ballet
• Polovstian
• Dance
• Giselle
• Le
• Spectre
• de
• la
• Rose

[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.

[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.