Season 5 Episodes
5 episodes1
Lara Glew
Lara Glew , a student at Manchester's Northern Ballet School, carries British hopes in the biennial European Young Dancer competition. This film follows the 18-year-old from Surrey through her
British audition, the weeks of preparatory work and rehearsals with Matthew Hart , and on to the competition proper in Lyon, France, where 17 countries are taking part.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
The series focusing on the world of dance and choreography continues with an all-dance version of Shakespeare's surreal comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, choreographed by George Balanchine , the Russian-American who died in 1983. Recorded in February at London's Sadler's
Wells theatre, the work is performed by the Seattle-based Pacific Northwest Ballet, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
3
Suzanne Farrell - Elusive Muse
An intimate portrait of the American ballerina Suzanne Farrell that provides an insight into her professional and private lives, both of which involved the great choreographer George Balanchine. Balanchine created many roles for Farrell, including Dulcinea in Don Quixote , a ballet that echoed their relationship of older man in love with much younger girl. Illustrated with performances from many Balanchine ballets, the film includes comment from former dance partners Jacques d'Amboise, Arthur Mitchell, Edward Villela, and Paul Meija, as well as from Farrell herself.
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Adventures in Motion Pictures' Swan Lake
The series continues with Matthew Bourne 's innovative interpretation of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, in which an all-male cast of swans replaces the traditionally female corps de ballet.
5
In Between
Deborah Bull introduces three dance pieces - entitled Romance... with Footnotes, Raid and Palimpsest - by Shobana Jeyasingh, the British choreographer who founded her own dance company and uses invented movement, Indian dance forms and martial arts.