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It's amazing what goes into making something effortless.

"No performance is a perfect performance but some performances allow for the feeling of perfection. Achieving this moment of ecstasy easily validates all the pain and struggle of the art form by taking us, and possibly our audience, for a moment to a world beyond our own."

Documentary: La Danse, The Paris Opera Ballet (2009)
2 hours 32 minutes


Jun 16th at 7PM / tagged: ballet. dance. doc. / 88 notes

This 52 minute documentary follows the lives of students aged 9 to 11 years of CRR de Paris (Regional Conservatory) enrolled in flexible hours.

School in the morning, dance the afternoon the children share with us their work, relaxation, their joys and disappointments. So young and already so passionate about ballet.

French, no subtitles.


Jun 12th at 7PM / tagged: ballet. dance. doc. sylvie guillem. / 67 notes

Sur le fil / Over the edge: Sylvie Guillem (2009)

Documentary directed by Françoise Ha Van Kern about Paris Ópera former danseuse étoile and ballet super star Sylvie Guillem. A retrospective from her work in the classical ballet and her approach to contemporary works including the bien connu “Eonnagata” A collaboration between Guillem with Robert Lepage and Russell Maliphant.

Wonderful dance footage. In French, Spanish subtitles.


Jun 11th at 8PM / tagged: ballet. dance. doc. pob. / 171 notes

Documentary: L’Ecole de Danse de l’Opera )

50 minutes, English subtitles

19 minutes to 22 minutes is interesting, they explain what they look for when selecting their students who have body types for a possible career in ballet.


Documentary about L’Ópera de Paris Danseur étoile Nicolas Le Riche


Jun 6th at 9PM / tagged: doc. ballet. dance. / 173 notes

Full Documentary: The Children of Theatre Street (1977)

A documentary on the Kirov School of Ballet in Russia, narrated by Princess Grace of Monaco.


Jun 5th at 8PM / tagged: ballet. dance. doc. / 164 notes

The Perfect Fit: Marie Johansson from Freed of London Discusses How Pointe Shoes Should Fit


May 20th at 8PM / tagged: ballet. dance. doc. / 73 notes

Ballet Memphis Documentary
A Dancer’s Life

(Source: theballetblog)


May 9th at 4PM / tagged: ballet. dance. doc. / 79 notes

Skylar from ABT II rehearses Le Corsaire

(Source: theballetblog)


Artist Spotlight: Clara Blanco

(Source: theballetblog)


PCN Profiles: CPYB Founding Artistic Director Marcia Dale Weary

(Source: theballetblog)


Apr 1st at 8PM / tagged: ballet. dance. doc. / 188 notes

Pas de Deux: The Dancers’ Perspective

(Source: theballetblog)


Apr 1st at 7PM / via: marieonpointe / op: marieonpointe / tagged: doc. / 497 notes

marieonpointe:

thank God for Ouch Pouches.

Dancers discuss their pointe shoes, preperation and their feet.


Mar 23rd at 9PM / via: escranesque / op: escranesque / tagged: doc. documentary. / 23 notes

srslsly:

A Portrait of Giselle (1982, directed by Muriel Balash)

Beginning features a young Helgi Tómasson!


ilovemarianela:

Assembly of documentary sequence as Thiago and Marianela pack up the old flat and move into their first home together.


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