Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas (2022)
- Directed by
- Chelsea McMullan
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
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How it feels
The film follows choreographer Crystal Pite as she works with the National Ballet of Canada to stage a new ballet. It shows rehearsals and her creative process leading up to the full performance.
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What happens
Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Chelsea McMullan. The film profiles choreographer Crystal Pite as she works with the National Ballet of Canada to stage her ballet Angels' Atlas as the company's first new stage production since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down live stage productions in 2020, illuminating her creative process through the depiction of rehearsals until ending with a full, uninterrupted performance of the work. The film premiered at the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened in Toronto on October 4 at the Fall for Dance North festival, before its television premiere on November 25 on the Documentary Channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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