"(1944), ""Caravan"" (1946), ""Adam Zero"" (1946) and ""Elektra"" (1963). He performed roles from Shakespeare at the Canadian Stratford Shakespeare Festival and at the Old Vic theatre company in London, playing the title role in ""Hamlet"" two years after having danced the same part. Helpmann also appeared in many films, including the two Powell and Pressburger ballet films ""The Red Shoes"" (1948), for which he was the choreographer, and ""The Tales of Hoffmann"" (1951). In 1942 he played the Dutch Quisling in the Powell/Pressburger film ""One of Our Aircraft Is Missing"" (1942) and later played the Chinese Prince Tuan in ""55"
"Frances Langford, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen and Vilma Ebsen (in their first film debut). It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Irene Foster (Eleanor Powell) tries to convince her high school sweetheart, Broadway producer Robert Gordon (Robert Taylor), to give her a chance to star in his new musical, but he is too busy with the rich widow (June Knight) backing his show. Irene tries to show Gordon that she has the talent to succeed, but he will not hire her. Things become complicated when she begins impersonating a French dancer, who was actually the invention of"
"did the heavy tricks, she did the fouettés, but they only had her for a limited time, a couple of weeks, so I did the rest of whatever dance shots they needed."" In addition to the soloist performances, members of the Pennsylvania Ballet were cast as the corps de ballet, backdrop for the main actors' performances. Also appearing in the film are Kristina Anapau, Toby Hemingway, Sebastian Stan, and Janet Montgomery. Aronofsky and Portman first discussed a ballet film in 2000, after the release of ""Requiem for a Dream"", though the script had not yet been written. He told her"
"admirer of Michael Powell's films, originally convinced Robert De Niro to play the American impresario Sol Hurok The ensemble of the Leningrad Kirov Ballet danced the original choreography, and in original decor and most of Pavlova's repertoire is performed. There were tensions at Mosfilm during editing due to its almost three hour length. The contract stated that Loteanu had control over the English version, yet the film was shortened dramatically. Loteanu stated ""Had I known at the outset that the contract would be broken, I would not have made the film at all."" ""Anna Pavlova"" was theatrically released in the"
"and director, and Cooper Nielson (Ethan Stiefel), his best dancer, who also wants to choreograph. They also have issues because Kathleen Donahue (Julie Kent), Cooper's ex-girlfriend and fellow dancer, left him to wed Jonathan. Star student Maureen (Susan May Pratt), a closet bulimic who seems poised for success, discovers that life is passing her by when she meets a pre-med student (Eion Bailey) who shows her the merits of a life without ballet, to the dismay of her controlling stage mother (Debra Monk), herself a failed ballet dancer and current ABC employee. Sweet Jody Sawyer (Amanda Schull), despite underdeveloped turn"
"comedy film ""The Man Who Loved Redheads"" (1955), again starring Moira Shearer. Following that, he was ballet master for two Hollywood films. ""Invitation to the Dance"" (1956) is an anthology of three stories, each featuring Gene Kelly. Other dancers in the cast include Tamara Toumanova, Igor Youskevitch, Diana Adams, Tommy Rall, and Carol Haney. ""Ballerina"" (also 1956), directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, stars Elisabeth Muller as a famous ballerina stricken with polio and worried that her understudy will usurp her place. While doing his film work, Carter formed and directed the St. James Ballet for the Arts Council of Great"
"Ballet which for years had been the dream of her teachers and family. However, after witnessing a different type of dance at a festival, Polina decides to go to Aix-en-Provence and audition for a modern dance school there alongside her boyfriend, Adrien. They are both accepted though she is warned that modern dance is very different from the classical training she is used to. Polina struggles with the choreography and is criticized for focusing on her work to the exclusion of everything else. During a rehearsal she injures her ankle and is quickly replaced by her understudy, Sonia, who begins"
"show business, to be particularly interesting from a feminist perspective. When the film was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry, it was noted that ""The dancers, played by Maureen O'Hara and Lucille Ball, strive to preserve their own feminist integrity, while fighting for their place in the spotlight and for the love of male lead Louis Hayward."" Beyond ""Dance, Girl, Dance"", Arzner also worked with some of Hollywood's most formidable actresses—including Katharine Hepburn in ""Christopher Strong"" (1933) and Joan Crawford in ""The Bride Wore Red"" (1937). The experimental and avant-garde cinema is the genre considered to be closer"
"Clairemarie Osta, Benjamin Pech, Laetitia Pujol and Wilfried Romoli, and the ""premiers danseurs"" Yann Bridard, Stéphane Bullion, Isabelle Ciaravola, Nolwenn Daniel, Christophe Duquenne, Eve Grinsztajn, Mathias Heymann, Mélanie Hurel, Myriam Ould-Braham, Karl Paquette, Stéphane Phavorin, Stéphanie Romberg, Emmanuel Thibault and Muriel Zusperreguy. La Danse (film) La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet () is a 2009 French documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman. Besides aiming to reveal ""how the company functions as an organic whole"", the film follows the production of seven ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet. The ballets featured are: The film proceeds without commentary, and there are no"
"Honeymoon (1959 film) Honeymoon (), also shown as The Lovers of Teruel in the United States, is a 1959 film by the British director-writer Michael Powell based in part on the ballet ""El Amor Brujo"" by Gregorio Martínez Sierra. The film stars Anthony Steel, Ludmilla Tchérina and Spanish ballet dancer Antonio, and features Léonide Massine. The film is something of a travelogue around Spain with dance interludes, mainly set to the repeated theme of ""The Honeymoon Song"" by Mikis Theodorakis. Performed in the film by Marino Marini and his quartet, it was subsequently recorded by many performers, including The Beatles."
"soloist for Coppelia. Kirsten recommends Mette for the part. The remaining part of the film follows Mette's rehearsals and the various ups and downs on the path towards the finale of Coppelia and her arrival as the company's newest star. A young Jenny Agutter also stars as a pupil at the ballet school who turns to Mette for guidance and mentorship. Ballerina (1966 film) Ballerina also known as The Copenhagen Ballet is the story of a young girl Mette Sorensen (played by Mette Hønningen) who aspires to be a dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, against the wishes of her"
"in which she dances a pas-de-deux from the ballet ""Manon"". In 2012, after a conflict with Malakhov, she moved to New York and became a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. In the same year she appeared in Brian de Palma's film ""Passion"" as a ballet dancer. In 2013 she was named professor at the Berlin State Ballet School. Her husband, Mehmet Yümak, dances with the Berlin State Ballet. In 2014, she returned to Berlin Staatsballett with her return-performance which was Maurice Bejart's iconic Bolero. Polina Semionova Polina Alexandrovna Semionova (; born 13 September 1984) is a Russian ballet"
"entertainment. ... But is it realistic? Only in the manner of an Expressionist painting. Powell and Pressburger create a stylized, intoxicating environment that fuses art and life and dance and cinema."" ""The Tales of Hoffmann"" (1951) also incorporated ballet in its adaptation of the original Offenbach opera, and André Bazin wrote at the time, ""The cinema thus creates here a new artistic monster: the best legs adorned by the best voice. Not only is opera liberated from its material constraints but also from its human limitations. Lastly, dance itself is renewed by the photography and the editing, which allows a"
"short film prequel to ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", titled ""The Departure"". The short film was written by the novelist Andrew O'Hagan and is part of Young Vic's short film series, which was produced in collaboration with ""The Guardian"". In 1995, an opera was adapted and composed by André Previn with a libretto by Philip Littell. It had its premiere at the San Francisco Opera during the 1998–99 season, and featured Renée Fleming as Blanche. A 1952 ballet production with choreography by Valerie Bettis, which Mia Slavenska and Frederic Franklin's Slavenska-Franklin Ballet debuted at Her Majesty's Theatre in Montreal, featured the"
"and Marfa Muravieva (as the Butterfly). A rose and a violet have both become enamoured by a gorgeous butterfly who flutters around them, paying court to their sweet embrace. The blossoms attempt to succeed the other with their floral charms, however at the end of these proceedings, the butterfly chooses to fly away rather than exclude one over the other. La Rose, la violette et le papillon La Rose, la violette et le papillon (""The Rose, the Violet, and the Butterfly"") is a ballet ""divertissement"" in one act, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Duke Peter Georgievich of"
"Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Belber adapted the play into the 2014 film ""Match"", which he also directed. Match (play) Match is a dramatic comedy by Stephen Belber. The character of Tobi is inspired by Alphonse Poulin, a professor of ballet at Juilliard School. Tobi is an aging dancer, choreographer and teacher who enjoys knitting. His quiet life is interrupted when Mike and Lisa enter his home under the pretense of interviewing him for Lisa's thesis. The Broadway production was directed by Nicholas Martin. The play starred Frank Langella as Tobi with Ray Liotta as Mike and"
"she also finds herself attracted to art student Oswald Grismer. Jim leaves for Paris to become an author. In this period, Steve and Oswald decide to marry each other. When Jim finds out, he returns home to win Steve over. In her 9th film, Marion Davies portrays a restless young woman torn between two men. Costume design for the film, which featured a prolonged ""Bal des Arts"" sequence, was done by Erté. This was the first collaboration between Joseph Urban and Cosmopolitan Productions. In ball sequence Marion Davies portrays Pallas Athena, and Norma Shearer appears as an extra. This would"
"dancer, the film was retooled to allow her several showcase musical numbers, one of which is the title number (one of the few songs retained from the Broadway show) with Powell dancing on top of a giant drum, one of the largest musical sequences ever filmed. Songs included ""Who Knows?"", ""I've A Strange New Rhythm in My Heart"", ""Rosalie"", ""In the Still of the Night"", and ""Spring Love is in the Air."" An excerpt from this scene is included in ""That's Entertainment!"" (1974). The film ""resembles the frothy operettas then so much in vogue, which means that ""Rosalie"" lacks much"
"was originally cast in the lead role, but was fired for absenteeism due to illness and replaced by Powell. In the film, Powell's love affair with a wealthy Englishman (Peter Lawford) threatens to ruin the brother-sister act, while Astaire finds his own romance with (Sarah Churchill). The film is loosely based on Astaire's real-life career with his sister and early dancing partner Adele Astaire, who retired after marrying an English lord in 1932 and includes one of Astaire's most famous dance sequences: the ""You're All the World to Me"" number where he defies gravity by dancing first on the walls"
"Molina, that repeatedly frustrates his romantic and sexual desires. In recent years, the film has been highly acclaimed by critics. A dysfunctional and sometimes violent romance happens between Mathieu (Fernando Rey), a middle-aged, wealthy Frenchman, and a young, impoverished, and beautiful flamenco dancer from Seville, Conchita, played by Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina. The two actresses each appear unpredictably in separate scenes, and differ not only physically, but temperamentally as well. Most of the film is a flashback recalled by Mathieu. The movie opens with Mathieu travelling by train from Seville to Paris. He is trying to distance himself from"
"ballet was choreographed by Peter Darrell, while the music was composed by David Earl. The ballet was danced by the Scottish Ballet with the lead roles of ""Léa"" and ""Chéri"" danced by Patrick Bissell and Galina Samsova. The set was designed by Philip Prowse. This ballet was revived by the Hong Kong Ballet in 1989. The novel has been adapted to the silver screen by Stephen Frears in 2009, with Rupert Friend as the young Chéri and Michelle Pfeiffer as Léa. Christopher Hampton wrote the screenplay. Chéri (novel) Chéri is a novel by Colette published in French in 1920. The"
"Born to Dance Born to Dance is an American musical film starring Eleanor Powell and James Stewart, directed by Roy Del Ruth and released in 1936 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The score was composed by Cole Porter. The film stars dancer Eleanor Powell and was a follow-up to her successful debut in ""Broadway Melody of 1936"". The film co-stars James Stewart as Powell's love interest and Virginia Bruce as the film's resident femme fatale and Powell's rival. Powell's ""Broadway Melody"" co-stars Buddy Ebsen and Frances Langford return to provide comedy and musical support. Highlights of the film include a rare musical number"
"Night Moves, Christian Petzold’s Barbara and Phoenix both starring Nina Hoss, from Saudi Arabia Wadjda, Brazilian award-winner The Second Mother, Icelandic breakout hit Rams, French thriller Disorder starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger and the Oscar nominated documentary Finding Vivian Maier, as well as on the Canadian side Lone Scherfig’s The Riot Club, Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and the Western Slow West starring Michael Fassbender. They also have a partnership with Miramax Films under which they are releasing The Ninth Life of Louis Drax starring Jamie Dornan and Southside with You based on the Obama’s first date in 1989. Upcoming they"
"the conflict between structure and independence affects her performance in both genres. The film is set soon after the original. Sara has made the first part of her dream come true. Her audition with the Juilliard School of Dance worked out well and she was accepted, resulting in her moving from Chicago to New York City. Sara would soon find out that as rough as it was to get there, staying would require raising the bar to almost painful heights. Her idol and ballet instructor, Monique Delacroix (Jacqueline Bisset), is old school when it comes to demanding each student master"
"combining music and ballet. Niebeling edited the film based on his original screenplay. Prior to this, Niebeling had first created the short film ""Apotheosis of Dance"" in 2015, based on the last movement of the seventh symphony. In the 1970s, Niebeling additionally planned a film on Beethoven's ninth symphony, which was supposed to interweave the orchestra, singers and dancers. He had drafted a detailed screenplay, but it was not realized. ""Giselle"", Niebeling's first ballet-film featuring Carla Fracci, Erik Bruhn and the American Ballet Theatre, premiered in 1969 at the Lincoln Centre in New York under patronage of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis"
"Joyce Theater in 2015. And at The Symphony Space in 2017, in collaboration with The New York Jazzharmonic. This was the first time that an entire evening of ballet in varied styles was set solely to the accompaniment of a jazz orchestra. Ashley Bouder is a fearsome technician, who is known for her athleticism. Due to her enthusiastic dance and her happiness, Bouder is one of NYCB's most popular dancers. She was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2000 and of The Janice Levin Dancer Award in 2003. She is married to financier Peter"
"of $409,000. We Were Dancing (film) We Were Dancing is a 1942 MGM romantic comedy film based loosely on Noël Coward's 1935 play of the same name, together with ideas from ""Ways and Means"", another play in Coward's """" play cycle, and Coward's ""Private Lives"". It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, written by Claudine West, Hans Rameau and George Froeschel, and starred Norma Shearer and Melvyn Douglas. Vicki Wilomirska, an impoverished Polish princess, falls madly in love while dancing with the charming but penniless Austrian baron Nicki Prax. She ends her engagement to wealthy lawyer Hubert Tyler. They marry"
"Giorgio Moroder's score, propelled the story of an aspiring ballerina (Jennifer Beals, in her film debut) who works in a factory by day and dances in a club at night. The film generated over $200 million worldwide and was the third highest-grossing film of 1983. The film was also nominated for three Academy Awards, with the theme song, ""What a Feeling"", winning the Oscar for Best Song. In 1986, Lyne attracted controversy with ""9½ Weeks"". Based on a novel by Elizabeth McNeill, the tale of a sexually obsessive relationship starred Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. Although considered too explicit by"
"piece for a programmer who books them into the Montpellier Festival. Polina (film) Polina () is a 2016 French drama film directed by Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj, based on the graphic novel ""Polina"" by Bastien Vivès. The film was screened as part of the Venice Days programme at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. As a child Polina auditions for ballet school and is accepted. She catches the eye of the head teacher and choreographer, Bojinski, who is particularly hard on her because he senses her talent. However she continuously struggles with the rigidity of training for ballet and"
"Match (film) Match is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Stephen Belber, based on his 2004 play of the same name. The film stars Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard. The film was released on January 14, 2015, by IFC Films. The film revolves around Tobi, a middle-aged ex-dancer now working as a ballet instructor at the Juilliard School in New York City. He is asked for an interview by husband and wife Mike and Lisa, who claim they are preparing a dissertation on the dance community of the 1960s. Through the course of the interview,"
"both Odette and Odille in American Ballet Theater's 2005 production, choreographed by Kevin McKenzie after Petipa. In 2010 Murphy appeared as herself in season 4, episode 8 of ""Gossip Girl"" with Ethan Stiefel. Murphy was also a ballet consultant on the movie ""Black Swan"" along with her colleague Julie Kent. She also starred in the film ""Giselle"" by The Royal New Zealand Ballet. On September 19, 2015, Murphy married her longtime boyfriend, Ethan Stiefel, former principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet. Stiefel had proposed to her in May 2011 after her performance in American"
"film debut of a young dancer named Eleanor Powell, here performing a ""specialty dance"". Powell, already a Broadway star, had played bit parts in a couple of films prior to this, but ""Scandals"" was her first major film role. According to her introduction to the book ""Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance"", a mix-up in the make-up department resulted in her being made to look almost Egyptian and she left the production so disenchanted with movie-making, she initially rejected a contract offer by MGM that later in the year placed her in the popular ""Broadway Melody of 1936"". Reportedly, Bill ""Bojangles"" Robinson"
"Lap Dance (film) Lap Dance is an American drama produced by Datari Turner Productions and directed by Greg Carter. The film's ensemble cast includes Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Ali Cobrin, Datari Turner, James Remar, Mariel Hemingway, Omari Hardwick, Lynn Whitfield, Carmen Electra, Nia Peeples, Stacey Dash, Junie Hoang and LisaRaye. The film is described as a modern-day ""Indecent Proposal"", and it revolves around Monica (Ali Cobrin), an aspiring actress who, in order to care for her cancer-stricken father, makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer. However, once the pact is broken, the couple's"