| "La Danse" - Le ballet de l'Opera de Paris is a | | | | Times-Picayune. Hah - dance fans are not fidgety! |
| wonderful dance film. By Frederick Wiseman, it gives | | | | You'll get an ongoing and interspersed revelation into |
| you the role of a fly on the wall. I saw it with a friend, a | | | | the rehearsals of "Medea". During the two and a half |
| real estate mogul, who is also a doll house maker and | | | | hours, between the studio rehearsals and stage |
| a seamstress. She said afterwards "I want to run | | | | rehearsals, I wondered what the buckets across the |
| away and join le ballet! In the wardrobe department!" | | | | back of the stage were for. Duh - uh. Oh, Medea, |
| Tutus galore, masks, wigs, and more...I can see her in | | | | every mother's worst sacrifice. If you are not familiar |
| Paris. | | | | with the Medea story, you may want to look it up |
| Oh....the wide shots of Paris..... wonderful | | | | before going to this ballet. |
| cinematography. | | | | You'll see rehearsals with le corps de ballet, and with |
| Shots from the roof - where beehives are harvested - | | | | soloists/principals. You'll see the dyeing of shoes, the |
| shots below with water filled causeways - the real | | | | sewing of crystals on tutus and the dyeing of costume |
| Phantom of the Opera location - | | | | fabric. |
| And then there's the dance! La Danse, le ballet.... | | | | You'll see it all! is where you can read about Brigitte |
| Rehearsals, performance, moderne, classique - office | | | | Lefevre, the current Director of Dance at the Paris |
| meetings, union meeting, you are a fly on the wall...... | | | | National Opera. |
| "Also, at two and a half hours, it's not a film for the | | | | If you love dance, you'll love this movie. |
| fidgety." reviews Mike Scott, of the The | | | | |