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Le P'tit Bal

France (MIFF 1996, Reel Dance - Cinematheque de la Dance)

Director: Philipe Decoulflé

'I dream of Melies, of things phantas-magorical. All those elements that cruelly lack from present shows. A theatre is a space in volume, not just a stage with ants moving across it...The dream is the only thing that counts.

• Philippe Decoufle

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Josephine Baker

France (MIFF 1996, Reel Dance - Cinematheque de la Dance)

Extracts from Zouzou and PrincessTam Tarn "...Josephine entered the stage, a revelation of new world. Eroticism found a style. The expression of desire, its call, its wild ardor" ... • Paul ... More »

La Mort du Cygne

France, 1925 (MIFF 1996, Reel Dance - Cinematheque de la Dance)

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Lalala Human Steps - Sex Duo No.1

France, 1987 (MIFF 1996, Reel Dance - Cinematheque de la Dance)

A pristine, monochrome subterranean dance fantasy. Two members of the Montreal troupe Lalala Human Steps perform a tough, jumpy, tender pas de deux in a dream-like setting. ... (Winner, Best ... More »

46 Bis

France, 1988 (MIFF 1996, Reel Dance - Cinematheque de la Dance)

Filmed over 24 hours in an interior courtyard in the Belleville neighbourhood, in the black and white tones of the early mornings immortalized by the Nouvelle Vague. Rapid, crazy, streetwise and ... More »

La Lampe

France, 1991 (MIFF 1996, Reel Dance - Cinematheque de la Dance)

"The light fixes her body, searches through her nakedness. In a second, an opening is made for her to slip into dreams..." Joelle Bouvier and Regis Obadia transform a grungy disused public space with ... More »

Le Jeune Homme et la Mort

France, 1973 (MIFF 1996, Reel Dance - Cinematheque de la Dance)

"There was a side to Nureyev that was bestial' frenetic, like a centaur or Rasputin, even though he controlled every step. He was extraordinarily handsome, with a remarkably photogenic face the ... More »

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