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5 March 7pm
Jiri Kylian – memoires Oubliettes
2011
In English and French
52 min.
Director : Don KENT
Author : Christian Dumais-LVOWSKI
Produced by: ARTE, Bel Air Media SYNOPSIS
At 64 years of age, Jiri Kylian is one of the most important choreographers of his generation. He is the creator of more than one hundred works, several of which form part of the repertories of some of the greatest dance centres throughout the world. In spite of his international fame, to this day there has never been a documentary dedicated to Kylian. This isn’t a mere coincidence, but is due to the choreographer’s extreme reluctance to engage in such an exercise. The fact that he has accepted to participate in a documentary is therefore exceptional.
6 March 7pm
Ravi Shankar, l'extraordinaire leçon
2010
in English with French subtitles
52 min.
Directed by Fréderic LECLAIR
Writing credits: Said ASSADI, Fréderic LECLAIR, Bernard TOUMOIS
Produced by: ARTE, Camera Lucida Productions
This rare documentary revisits the life and the art of Ravi Shankar, the most famous Indian sitar virtuoso and first ambassador of Indian music. From 1956 he popularized Indian music in the Western world. The film shows Ravi transmitting his art to his daughter Anoushka. He gave his last European concert in Paris, at the Salle Pleyel, and the only public lesson on his art he ever held, a moment of great emotion. This documentary which mixes scenes of musical performances, teaching and sound recording, is a sort of farewell by and to the artist.
6 March 8pm
Wayne McGregor, une pensée en mouvement
2010
in English with French subtitles
52 min.
Directed by: Catherine MAXIMOFF
Camera: Samuel DRAVET
Produced by: Les Films du Présent
Wayne McGregor never looks behind. The British choreographer multiplies experiences that are sources of infinite experimentation and improvement. Illustrated by fantastic and even extreme clips, this documentary makes us discover this passionate artist and contagious creativity. Dancers from his company are his research material, but during a workshop led by a doctor in neurology they turn out to be researchers themselves.
7 March 7pm
Danser Ravel et Debussy
Directed by: Thierry de Mey
Produced by ARTE
60 min.
Three choreography devised from orchestral works of Ravel and Debussy. Mother Goose (Ravel) brings together over sixty dancers and choreographers in a forest. Poetry of nature, wild impulses of the body, evocations of myths, fairies and witches. Prelude to An Afternoon of a Faun by Debussy, choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, is filmed in Kazakhstan, in the desert left by the Aral Sea disappeared. An evocation of the first ballet choreographed by Nijinsky, with a wind of sand and incredible light. Ravel's La valse is like a tornado dizzying: a flock of birds form random waves on the roofs of the tallest buildings in Brussels. An improvisation group led by choreographer Thomas Hauert.
Jiri Kylian – memoires Oubliettes
2011
In English and French
52 min.
Director : Don KENT
Author : Christian Dumais-LVOWSKI
Produced by: ARTE, Bel Air Media SYNOPSIS
At 64 years of age, Jiri Kylian is one of the most important choreographers of his generation. He is the creator of more than one hundred works, several of which form part of the repertories of some of the greatest dance centres throughout the world. In spite of his international fame, to this day there has never been a documentary dedicated to Kylian. This isn’t a mere coincidence, but is due to the choreographer’s extreme reluctance to engage in such an exercise. The fact that he has accepted to participate in a documentary is therefore exceptional.
6 March 7pm
Ravi Shankar, l'extraordinaire leçon
2010
in English with French subtitles
52 min.
Directed by Fréderic LECLAIR
Writing credits: Said ASSADI, Fréderic LECLAIR, Bernard TOUMOIS
Produced by: ARTE, Camera Lucida Productions
This rare documentary revisits the life and the art of Ravi Shankar, the most famous Indian sitar virtuoso and first ambassador of Indian music. From 1956 he popularized Indian music in the Western world. The film shows Ravi transmitting his art to his daughter Anoushka. He gave his last European concert in Paris, at the Salle Pleyel, and the only public lesson on his art he ever held, a moment of great emotion. This documentary which mixes scenes of musical performances, teaching and sound recording, is a sort of farewell by and to the artist.
6 March 8pm
Wayne McGregor, une pensée en mouvement
2010
in English with French subtitles
52 min.
Directed by: Catherine MAXIMOFF
Camera: Samuel DRAVET
Produced by: Les Films du Présent
Wayne McGregor never looks behind. The British choreographer multiplies experiences that are sources of infinite experimentation and improvement. Illustrated by fantastic and even extreme clips, this documentary makes us discover this passionate artist and contagious creativity. Dancers from his company are his research material, but during a workshop led by a doctor in neurology they turn out to be researchers themselves.
7 March 7pm
Danser Ravel et Debussy
Directed by: Thierry de Mey
Produced by ARTE
60 min.
Three choreography devised from orchestral works of Ravel and Debussy. Mother Goose (Ravel) brings together over sixty dancers and choreographers in a forest. Poetry of nature, wild impulses of the body, evocations of myths, fairies and witches. Prelude to An Afternoon of a Faun by Debussy, choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, is filmed in Kazakhstan, in the desert left by the Aral Sea disappeared. An evocation of the first ballet choreographed by Nijinsky, with a wind of sand and incredible light. Ravel's La valse is like a tornado dizzying: a flock of birds form random waves on the roofs of the tallest buildings in Brussels. An improvisation group led by choreographer Thomas Hauert.
