La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
A film by Frederick Wiseman
The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies. LA DANSE shows how a ballet company functions from administration, technical support, and classes, to the rehearsal and/or performance of seven ballets. The film is a profile of all aspects of the ballet company, one of France’s principal cultural institutions.
Critical Reaction
One of the finest dance films ever made. A feast for ballet lovers. Sumptuous in its length and graceful in its rhythm. Transfixes you with the inner workings of an institution.
—A.O. Scott, The New York TimesAn absolute treat.
—VarietyA joyous experience
—David Denby, The New Yorker
External Links
- View the trailer
- New Yorker review
- 4 Star Chicago Sun-Times review
- Critic’s Choice, Chicago Reader
- The New York Times review
- Variety review
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Technical Information
- Production Year
- 2009
- Country of Production
- France, USA
- Language
- French, English with English subtitles
- Running Time
- 158 min
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