La Danse (2009)
- Original title
- La Danse - Le Ballet de L'Opéra de Paris
- Directed by
- Frederick Wiseman
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2h 39m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A documentary that observes the daily work of the Paris Opera Ballet as they rehearse and perform seven different ballets. There is no narration or commentary, just a quiet look at the dancers, choreographers, and staff behind the scenes.
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What happens
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", 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) The film proceeds without commentary, and there are no voiceovers. 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, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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