La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | |
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Directed by | Frederick Wiseman |
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Running time | 159 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet (French: La danse - Le ballet de l'Opéra de Paris) is a 2009 French documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman. Besides aiming to reveal "how the company functions as an organic whole",[1] the film follows the production of seven ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet. The ballets featured are:
- Genus (Wayne McGregor)
- La maison de Bernarda (Mats Ek)
- Le songe de Médée (Angelin Preljocaj)
- Paquita (Pierre Lacotte, after Joseph Mazilier and Marius Petipa)
- Orpheus und Eurydike (Pina Bausch)
- Roméo et Juliette (Berlioz) (Sasha Waltz)
- The Nutcracker (Rudolf Nureyev version) [2]
The film proceeds without commentary,[3] and there are no voiceovers.[4]
Dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet who appear in the film include the étoiles Kader Belarbi, Jérémie Bélingard, Émilie Cozette, Aurélie Dupont, Mathieu Ganio, Dorothée Gilbert, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Manuel Legris, Nicolas Le Riche, Agnès Letestu, José Martinez, Hervé Moreau, Delphine Moussin, Clairemarie Osta, Benjamin Pech, Laetitia Pujol and Wilfried Romoli,[5] and the premiers danseurs Yann Bridard, Stéphane Bullion, Isabelle Ciaravola, Nolwenn Daniel, Christophe Duquenne, Eve Grinsztajn, Mathias Heymann, Mélanie Hurel, Myriam Ould-Braham, Karl Paquette, Stéphane Phavorin, Stéphanie Romberg, Emmanuel Thibault and Muriel Zusperreguy.[6]
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References
- ^ Soda DVD La Danse, SODA102 (text on the back of the DVD box)
- ^ "Ballets in rehearsal and performance." Credits list, Soda DVD La Danse, SODA102 (between 02:29:28 and 02:30:57)
- ^ "La Danse" in The Age, Friday 22 October 2010 (accessed 19 January 2012)
- ^ "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet" in The Guardian, Thursday 22 April 2010 (accessed 19 January 2012)
- ^ Credits list, Soda DVD La Danse, SODA102 (at 02:28:22)
- ^ Credits list, Soda DVD La Danse, SODA102 (at 02:28:31)
External links
- La Danse at IMDb
- La Danse at Rotten Tomatoes
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