 Lynn SeymourNarrator | Narrator |
| AAlastair MacaulaySelf - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times | Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times |
| BBob GottliebSelf - Writer and Editor | Self - Writer and Editor |
| JJudith MackrellSelf - Writer and Dance Critic | Self - Writer and Dance Critic |
| LLynn GarafolaSelf - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes' | Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes' |
| RRichard Davenport-HinesSelf - Historian and Author | Self - Historian and Author |
 Anna PavlovaSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage) | Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage) |
| FFrederic FranklinSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo | Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo |
| EElena GludjidzeSelf - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet | Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet |
 Karl LagerfeldSelf | Self |
| WWayne EaglingSelf - Artistic Director: English National Ballet | Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet |
| MMarie RambertSelf - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage) | Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage) |
| JJoan AcocellaSelf - Dance Critic | Self - Dance Critic |
| JJulian BarranSelf - Art Dealer | Self - Art Dealer |
| MMary FellowsSelf - Fashion Director and Consultant | Self - Fashion Director and Consultant |
 Howard GoodallSelf - Composer and Broadcaster | Self - Composer and Broadcaster |
 Pierre BoulezSelf - Composer and Conductor | Self - Composer and Conductor |
 Tamara KarsavinaSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage) | Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage) |
| DDavid DawsonSelf - Choreographer | Self - Choreographer |
 Igor StravinskySelf - Composer (archive footage) | Self - Composer (archive footage) |
| MMillicent HodsonSelf - Choreographer and Dance Historian | Self - Choreographer and Dance Historian |
| LLydia SokolovaSelf - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage) | Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage) |
 Léonide MassineSelf - Choreographer and Dancer (archive footage) | Self - Choreographer and Dancer (archive footage) |
| PPepe SerraSelf - Director: Museu Picasso, Barcelona | Self - Director: Museu Picasso, Barcelona |
 Edmonde Charles-RouxSelf - Chanel Biographer | Self - Chanel Biographer |