absolutely - partly great as the technique is so understated!

very lucky to have personal memories of this great dancer - yes, best at his time - so cool and effortless

your last name is familiar. You must know Richard Thomas and Barbara Fallis?

The true Danseur Noble.

At this time 1958 it's very far from to day but when an Artist is great j remember very well : in 1958 j saw to day Lili Krauss playing Mozart Alla Turca à Alger and her final with claps also others great pianists the time is always here j think as you about a great Artist we have saw very far from to day

Bravissimo!!!!

C’est pour moi une entière découverte !une admiration sans borne bravo !

my pleasure - he shows such insight into himself here

i agree - and what l liked was that his wonderful technique was executed with such elegant restrain - a real danseur noble

John Hall 6

I totally agree. I feel so fortunate to have seen him dance in person when I was a child. Giselle, so many other roles with ABT. Watching this documentary reminds me of his fantastic turns, leaps, such incredible line , power, and technique.

you put it well in "He's got it all". the doco gives a real insight into his character and dance ideas, doesn't it. i only saw him on stage once - in a character role, as Madge the Witch in 'La Sylphide' in a London Festival Ballet production - i didn't think to queue for an autograph - i should have!

He makes Nureyev and Baryshnikov look overstuffed. I would love to “hear” his insights but there’s no closed captioning option provided. I’ll hopefully search elsewhere for a transcript. Thanks for the great images.

yes, his honesty is so refreshing - great we have a decent amount of his dancing on film to enjoy now he is gone

@@JohnRaymondHall. His perspective on himself was limited. His own description of his younger self shows that he was on the autistic spectrum with a curtain between himself and others. A great deal of retreat and therapy helped him to connect with people. He said nothing about the passionate nature of his relationship with Nureyev whose love dragged him out of his fog and into life.

yes, i was disappointed he did not fully canvas his relationship with Nureyev - these days it is not such a problem to talk about these relationships@@maryrosenblatt6741

At that time it was not easy to reveal a loving relationship with a man

@@hrxify yes, quite difficult then - not absolutely easy now

And let me say: he was also a gorgeous character dancer! His Coppelius is tremendous - even in this two glimps - you can see it! And in other roles of course - Jean.

i only saw Bruhn once onstage - as Madge in 'La Sylphide' - so admire his dead honesty. i was lucky to have seen Nrureyev a lot in Europe from 1970-1975 - at the ROH, at the Paris Opera with Makarova, in Milan dancing Giselle with Carla Fracci ... .

lucky you - i only ever saw him in character roles

yes "compulsive viewing" indeed. and a dancer with real insight into himself - clearly and without vanity. glad you liked it too.

Paula cunningham shennan hi Paula yes, a wonderful documentary in which this dancer candidly reveals much of himself - makes this one really worth watching. x

yes, and its amazing to me that he was able to perform so well with his smoking habit. his lungs must be huge.

yes, it's counter-intuitive!

Julia Atkinson yes, sad Bruhn was not/has not been fully appreciated - the mi-end of career was of course overshadowed by Nureyev who had the Russian and defector statuses. i was very moved by his candor and proper lack of modesty. i saw him only once on stage in a Festival Ballet production of 'Sleeping Beauty' - he was Carabosse

@@JohnRaymondHall. Bruen was overshadowed by Nureyev because he was humble, modest and an introvert. Ironically it’s he who inspired Rudi. Rudi was an extroverted showman on and off stage. He went to nightclubs and danced all night long. Can you imagine Eric doing that? Eric’s reality was the ballet world. Rudi functioned in a few different worlds along with his self-promotion activities. It was just a matter of fact result of human nature along with advances in technology, mass media and PR agencies. Eric made things look effortless and perfect. Rudi was like a monsoon on stage mastering the wildness in him. He was passion and restraint. Eric’s elegance surpassed everyone else’s. Too bad he didn’t have a PR team and too bad he chain smoked. I wish I had seen him dance live. He was sublime.

yes, Nureyev had the publicity of defecting - and this developed into a kind of jet set popularity - Bruhn did not have this @@maryrosenblatt6741

+ganamor lucky to have had the Bruhn experience - i never doubted he lived up to his legend. i only saw him once on stage with London Festival Ballet, as Madge the witch.

Alexander Prives.Esatto.E.Brunh +Rudy Nureyev=due Mega Stelle che brilleranno in eternità.

изысканность алмазного резца!

pleasure :) i agree with what you say about Bruhn

yes, it gives a context to the man and his dancing

TheBallet1 hi! i too came away from the documentary with a greater sense and appreciation for Bruhn the man - it was his gentle self-deprecation and insight into himself that made me warm to him too. decided to upload this doco i couldn't see it anywhere else on YT lots of similar docos as just sycophantic tributes to the dancer in question w- this gives some real substance.

Schade, in dieser Zeit war ich zu klein /5 Jahre jung...um ihn tanzen zu sehen

Lin Hiril i'm always surprised how many dancers smoke and smoke a lot!

+John Hall - Yes - and musicians, even horn players!

+diane9247 yes, and amazing they have any puff left!

Today we are being told that breathing is dangerous and bad for us. People weren't always these scared creatures they turned into.

well put!

oui, il a une grande perspicacité sur lui-même - à la fois ses forces et ses limites - un cadeau vraiment rare.

We didn't hear of the great dancers in Russia at that time. Now we have the internet. I was most moved by his Petroushska. I would have loved to have seen the whole of that. It was a beautifully edited film.

@@casteretpollux Of course, you didn’t hear about the Russian dancers of the ’60s, because beyond the barbed wire, it was the graveyard of the great communist empire, the talent! The dissident Nureyev did was tantamount to his death sentence! That’s why his family and friends also suffered! But He was a self-destructive, Crazy genius! Not as sophisticated as Erik Bruhn. But what the two created was itself artistic perfection!

@@csillasuta5511 Sadly, we were only told bad things about Russia, but as a child I had a book of photographs of dancers and my grandmother talked about Pavlova(who travelled everywhere) and knew Russia was the source of and the high point of ballet. KZfaq has given us a chance also to see and hear the wonderful Russian audiences electric response

@@casteretpollux Russia is not equal to communism. Politics and the soul of the people are very different. The false ideology of communism is destruction itself, death !!!!!! It has 100 million victims in the world. The Russian people, good-natured, sentimental and talented. They also suffered a lot. I say this that my country was subjugated and I lived under their rule for 40 years. Yet I see what the truth is!

Yes, Pavlova traveled, but only with strict escorts. But there were thousands more dancers in the country like Pavlova who could not travel abroad. Nureyev also traveled to Paris with the company and sought political asylum there. This would have been fatal for him if he had failed. There's a movie about this called "The White Crow."

loved The White Crow too

yes, and he has such a clear eye about himself and his dancing - i love this documentary too

i really enjoyed this doco too :)

i agree - i'd have Sergei Polunin as Nureyev

Considering how much physical pain his incorrectly diagnosed digestive illnesses caused him...and how much certain individuals let him down ( both male and female) am very impressed with his discipline about and dedication to the rigors of exceptional ballet. Add to that his willingness to be a talent scout! Not a selfish man. Nor a cowardly one. Thanks Erik!

Very much!!

Eric Braun

+kabardinka1 yes, so many documentaries just tell the events in a life and do not get to the essense of the dancer - as this one does.

and Bruhn's candor male is what docos need and make them valuable rather than just celebratory

@@JohnRaymondHall Yes!💗Somtime I see the film again - and his film about th romantic era in ballet- I love to hear his voice too.

@@susannevollmer2347 yes, a wonderful voice - sonorous and caressing

i haven't been able to find a complete performance either :(

yes, he is so intelligent about himself and his dancing - loved getting to know him through this doco.

doesn't it - and he's deeply reflective and honest about himself and his career

+kabardinka1 yes, it was just before the era where a lot was filmed for posterity there is quite a lot of film of Bruhn in this compilation but still from 1961 to 1967: balletoman.com/338-rudolf-nureyev-erik-bruhn-their-complete-bell-telephone-hour-performances-1961-1967.html there's film of the dancer in Giselle with Alicia Alonzo from 1955 which you'll probably know of? if not, i'll upload it for you here.

+kabardinka1 yes, it was just before the era where a lot was filmed for posterity there is quite a lot of film of Bruhn in this compilation on balletoman's site but still from 1961 to 1967: there's film of the dancer in Giselle with Alicia Alonzo from 1955 which you'll probably know of? if not, i'll upload it for you here.

it's very interesting - Erik has real insight into himself and his dancing!

правда!

totally!

isn't it - pleasure Sarah

pleasure Nancy - it's Bruhn's truthfulness and perceptiveness that impressed me

doesn't he! classical features too

@@JohnRaymondHall @nolshoi

he is so perceptive about himself - really impressive

+dizzy365 yes, and more resonating, don't you think?

@Susan Jones & Aids

@@sophiemoses343 was that necessary to mention it?

+Enver Dönmez absolutamente

happily! :)

you get real insight into his character don't you

i agree - and that Nureyev admired him so greatly makes the point

absolutely true :)

pleasure - so many documentary just put the dancer on a pedestal - here, while seeing Bruhn's greatness there's a a sense of a fuller picture of the man.

yes, definitely more help available today

An online dance bibliography lists the composer of the music for Dygnets Timmar (Hours of the Day) as Swedish jazz pianist Bengt Halberg. It wasn't until I typed this that I noticed who asked this question. Greetings.

Thanks, Tim. I had never even heard of Bengt Halberg before, but the music was quite interesting.

i'll look around and see what i can find :)

me too!

that's sad to hear - but not unexpected back then

it does not seem that long ago that he was dancing!

But?

hi Helen. i'm not sure - you could download it from my channel (using perhaps MacX KZfaq Downloader) - might be the easiest way to have a copy :)

i tend to agree - more purely classical - less ego in performances

true - i think their relationship was an open secret though. i thin Bruhn is quite self-deprecating and insightful about himself here :)

Not really. Erik simply did not want to be w anyone long term. He had his relationship and moved on. H e liked being alone. Really

The story that he has told ("when I was 18 in London...")? It was Jean Babilee

vorrei avere traduzioni in francese, italiano, tedesco, olandese...

tho....i adore him!!!!

i read he is buried Mariebjerg Cemetery in Gentofte, Gentofte Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark - perhaps the grave itself is unmarked? i have just also read "He is buried in an unmarked grave at Mariebjerg Cemetery in Gentofte, an affluent northern suburb of Copenhagen, near the house where he grew up"

@@JohnRaymondHall thank you!💐

pleasure @@Palatinate-o5d :)

a lot of the time i agree with that - interesting idea :)

"great artist dancer but bad person" - my view exactly! he was not good to his boyfriend in Russia - Teja Kremke - who filmed a lot of him at the Mariinsky from the auditorium

you are wrong - maybe you do not have facts enough. From respected people who knew Rudolf Nureyev he was a warm hearted person and loyal true friend. When he defected in Paris he immediately called Kremke to join him..According to Kremkes sister who was a witness of those phone calls Kremke hasitated and then (as you may or may not know) Berlin wall was built ( it was the peak of cold war ) and he was trapped in East Germany. As for Rudolf - he for example supported Margot Fontayn when she had cancer - sending her huge ammounts of money, because she spent all her money on her huseband. Bad person? hm..

Nyreev a bad person? I don’t think so. Difficult character, perfectionist perhaps, geniuses usually are

@@bobinalimesova7329 thank you for sticking up (defending) for Rudi. I can't stand it when he is criticized. He had the jolly laughter of a nice person and that beautiful smile of his ❤️

There is some news film of him when he was arrested with Fonteyn - drugs bust at a random party. Surrounded by clicking cameras and flash and journos shouting at him for comment and him completely cool, offering his face up to the cameras with slight smile, with subtle changes of angle and regard. I saw him on stage only when he shouldn't have been there: poor feet. Mainly taking bows. Fonteyn had to keep going for money and maybe he did, too, or maybe just couldn't help himself.

amazing!