Amazing Underwater Dance Film: Sink Or Swim
BALLET DANCERS
Mario Testino’s film exploring The Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy
In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated
Damian Smith and Yuan Yuan Tan in Christopher Wheeldon’s After The Rain
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- Restless Creature
- Principal Dancer
- Dreams of Giverny
- Rebels on Pointe
- Reset
Photo Credit: Restless Creature
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‘Polina’ Tells About a Ballerina Who Learns to Be More Than Pretty
It may not be obvious to movie audiences that “Polina” is based on a graphic novel: Bastien Vivès’s 2011 tale of a young Russian ballerina, rendered in monochrome pen-and-ink drawings, with fluid, gray washes.
Actually, there are two someones: French writer-director Valérie Müller and her co-director (and husband) Angelin Preljocaj, an acclaimed contemporary choreographer. Preljocaj’s influence is clear in the dancing scenes, even an early one in which the title character (played as an 8-year-old by Veronika Zhovnytska, and later as a teenager by Anastasia Shevtsova, a former member of the Mariinsky Ballet) shakes her groove thang while walking home from ballet school in the snow. There’s an intensity and authenticity to Polina’s unrehearsed movements, as well as to the work she puts into dance, even when – maybe especially when – her performance lacks polish.
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The Mariinsky Ballet’s Performance Reflects More Than A Century Of Tradition
The Mariinsky’s performance on Friday night was honourable: Ekaterina Kondaurova an eloquent Odette, a vivid Odile, the dance pure in its lines. Her Siegfried was Yevgeny Ivanchenko, dutiful in all things, oddly remote in manner. The legion of swan-maidens spoke of elegance of means, vital traditions, impeccable style. The third act mazurka was a marvel. Splendid decors. A fine orchestra.
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