La danse 2009
- Director: Frederick Wiseman
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: No cast, a documentary.
- Why? Dance
- Seen: 2 May 2020
Rehearsals, instructions, administration,
meetings, casting, costumes, maintenance, glimpses of Paris – it jumps back and
forth in a rather jerky collage.
The best parts are the clips of modern
dances, the short discussion on retirement (age 40 for dancers), the meticulous
work on costumes, the few seconds of the cleaner in the empty theatre. But all
this isn’t enough to save the film from being too long, too slow, boring at
times and very impersonal. The dancers themselves are almost never heard. So
much more can be done with a documentary and should have been done with this
one. It has received some glowing reviews, so I expected a 5* film but sadly it
was a disappointment.
2
½ * of 5
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