Dancing Beethoven (2017)

Directed by

Arantxa Aguirre

Genre

documentary film

Country

Switzerland, Spain

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

6

Rating

8.9 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows dancers and musicians preparing a revival of Maurice Béjart's choreography for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. It shows rehearsals and performances in Tokyo with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne and Tokyo Ballet.

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What happens

Dancing Beethoven is a 2017 documentary film by the Spanish director Arantxa Aguirre. It is about the work of the choreographer Maurice Béjart, founder of the Ballet of the 20th Century and other dance companies. It was released on 13 April 2017 in Germany and on 28 April 2017 in Spain. Shooting took place in Lausanne and Tokyo over nine months. It tells the story of a revival of choreography created by Béjart in the 1960s for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The performance is given in Tokyo and the dancers are from the Béjart Ballet Lausanne and Tokyo Ballet, accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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