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La danse, le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris
The Paris Opera ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies. Frederick Wiseman has filmed all the aspects of the work and life of this cultural institutional monument.
By filming daily courses, repetitions and performances, Frederick Wiseman will highlight the French school of ballet known for its emphasis on rigourous attention to technical perfection and precision of movement.
This new opus is part of Wiseman’s long working method, a craftsman approach to film-making entirely shaped by his own aim: that of listening to the institution as it "speaks", trying to identify the rule it lives by.
Director :
Frederick Wiseman
Camera :
John Davey
Producer :
Co-production :
Idéale Audience, Zipporah Films, Opéra national de Paris
Le Fresnoy-Studio national des arts contemporains
With the participation of : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
TPS Star (France), Planète (France), YLE (Finland)
Produced by :
Françoise Gazio, Pierre-Olivier Bardet
and Frederick Wiseman
Running time :
158'
Format :
35 mm
HDCAM SR
Super 16mm
Beta digital
Year of production :
2009
Distributor(s) / Sales Agent(s) :
International Distribution:
Doc&Film Distribution
http://www.docandfilm.com
Sophie Dulac Distribution (France)
Showgate (Japan)
Composer(s) :
Talbot, Deru, Tchaikovski, Lanza, Deldevez
Minkus, Coleman, Berlioz, Bach, Gluck
Work(s) :
BALLETS / in rehearsal and performance :
Genus
Choreography : Wayne McGregor
Music : Joby Talbot et Deru
Casse-Noisette
Choreography : Rudolf Noureev
Music : Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski
Le songe de Médée
Choreography : Angelin Preljocaj
Music : Mauro Lanza
Paquita
Choreography : Pierre Lacotte d’après Joseph Mazilier et Marius Petipa
Music : Edouard Marie Deldevez et Ludwig Minkus
Adapted by David Coleman
Roméo et Juliette
Choreography : Sasha Waltz
Music : Hector Berlioz
La maison de Bernarda
Choreography : Mats Ek
Music : Johann Sebastian Bach
Orphée et Eurydice
Danced opera by Pina Bausch (choreography and staging)
Music : Christoph Willibald Gluck
Cast :
Etoiles :
Emilie Cozette, Aurélie Dupont, Dorothée Gilbert,
Marie-Agnès Gillot, Agnès Letestu, Delphine Moussin,
Lætitia Pujol, Kader Belarbi, Jérémie Bélingard, Mathieu Ganio, Manuel Legris, Nicolas Le Riche, José Martinez, Hervé Moreau, Benjamin Puech, Wilfried Romoli
Ballet :
Corps de Ballet of the Paris national Opera
School of Dance of the Paris national Opera
The Orchestra of the Paris national Opera
Festivals / Awards :
Selected at Venise Mostra 2009
César 2010 Best documentary category, Toronto Festival, 2009
Buenos Aires Documentary Festival, 2009
Photo credits :
© Idéale Audience