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Petrouchka in Performance

Television (Full Length) – 1993

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This Royal New Zealand Ballet performance of Stravinsky’s Petrouchka stays true to the original 1911 version by legendary ballet company Ballet Russes, in more than just spelling. As tormented puppet Petrouchka, Douglas Wright pays tribute to legendary performer Vaslav Nijinsky. Designer Raymond Boyce channels Alexandre Benois, while Russell Kerr's choreography evokes Mikhail Fokine. The sellout season was reviewed as "phenomenal" and "a visual feast… exploding with colour and shifting image". Future TV executive Andrew Shaw directed coverage of the ballet.

The Royal New Zealand Ballet's truly inspired decision to stage Petrouchka, first presented in Paris in 1911 as an avant garde extravaganza by Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, is … splendid in every way.
– Raewyn Whyte, writing for Danz (Dance Aotearoa New Zealand)

Key Cast & Crew

Russell Kerr

Show Producer

Douglas Wright

As: Petrouchka

Andrew Shaw

Producer, Director

Vivencio Samblaceno

As: Blackamoor

Anne Anderson

As: Ballerina doll

Jon Trimmer

As: Charlatan

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TVNZ

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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision - TVNZ Collection

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Made with funding from NZ On Air

Music

Music composed by Igor Stravinsky

Performed by The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Brian Law

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Petrouchka in Performance

Television (Full Length) – 1993

Key Cast & Crew

Russell Kerr

Douglas Wright

Andrew Shaw

Vivencio Samblaceno

Anne Anderson

Jon Trimmer

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