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The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world's great ballet companies. LA DANSE shows how a ballet company functions from administration, technical support, and classes, to the rehearsal and/or performance of seven balletsa Paquita by Pierre Lacotte, The Nutcracker by Rudolf Nureyev, Genus by Wayne McGregor, Medea by Angelin Preljocaj, The House of Bernarda Alba by Mats Ek, Romeo and Juliet by Sasha Waltz and Orpheus and Eurydyce by Pina Bausch. The film is a profile of all aspects of the ballet company, one of Franceas principal cultural institutions. The film immediately draws us into the rehearsals and shows preparations for performances of seven ballets, including The Nutcracker by Rudold Nureyev and Medea by Angelin Preljocaj, widely considered to be the most important contemporary choreographer working in ballet today. It is a testament to both Wisemanas love of dance and the respect of the Opera that he was allowed full access to film all facets of this revered institution from the administration offices to the costumersa department, illustrating the sometime tensions between a commercial sensibility and creative integrity.
Original Release
10/07/2009
US Release
11/04/2009
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Emilie Cozette | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Aurélie Dupont | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Dorothée Gilbert | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Marie-Agnes Gillot | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Agnès Letestu | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Delphine Moussin | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Clairemarie Osta | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Laëtitia Pujol | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Kader Belarbi | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Jérémie Belingard | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Emilie Cozette | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Aurélie Dupont | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Dorothée Gilbert | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Marie-Agnes Gillot | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Agnès Letestu | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Delphine Moussin | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Clairemarie Osta | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Laëtitia Pujol | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Kader Belarbi | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Jérémie Belingard | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Mathieu Ganio | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Manuel Legris | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Nicolas Le Riche | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Jose Carlos Martinez | Self - Les Étoiles |
| Hervé Moreau | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Benjamin Pech | Self - Les Étoiles |
| Wilfried Romoli | Self - Les Étoiles / Self |
| Isabelle Ciaravola | Self - Les Premiers Danseurs |
| Nolwenn Daniel | Self - Les Premiers Danseurs |
| Eve Grinzstajn | Self - Les Premiers Danseurs |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Frederick Wiseman | Producer |
| Pierre-Olivier Bardet | Producer |
| Françoise Gazio | Producer |
