Frederick Wiseman – La danse – Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (2009)


Documentary master Frederick Wiseman’s 38th film in a career that has spanned more than that number of years, turns his attention to one of the world’s greatest ballet companies, the Paris Opera Ballet. John Davey’s camera roams the vast Palais Garnier, an opulent 19th century pile of a building: from its crystal chandelier-laden corridors to its labyrinthine underground chambers, from its light-filled rehearsal studios to its luxurious theater replete with 2,200 scarlet velvet seats and Marc Chagall ceiling. LA DANSE devotes most of its time to watching impossibly beautiful young men and women — among them Nicolas Le Riche, Marie-Agnès Gillot, and Agnès Letestu — rehearsing the choreography of Mats Ek, Wayne McGregor, Rudolf Nureyev and Pina Bausch. For balletomanes and the curious alike, LA DANSE serves up a scrumptious meal of delectable moments, one more glorious than the next, made even more precious by their ephemeral nature.
The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies. The film follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets: Genus by Wayne McGregor, Le Songe de Medée by Angelin Preljocaj, La Maison de Bernarda by Mats Ek, Paquita by Pierre Lacotte, Casse Noisette by Rudolph Noureev, Orphée and Eurydice by Pina Bausch, and Romeo and Juliette by Sasha Waltz.



La.Danse.2009.576p.BDRip.AC3.5.1.x264-MEPHiSTO786.mkv
General
Container: Matroska
Runtime: 2 h 38 min
Size: 4.59 GiB
Video
Codec: x264
Resolution: 960x576
Aspect ratio: 5:3
Frame rate: 23.976 fps
Bit rate: 3 500 kb/s
BPP: 0.264
Audio
#1: French 5.1ch AC-3 @ 640 kb/s (French)
https://nitro.download/view/2BDBC7E7FF48FDD/La.Danse.2009.576p.BDRip.AC3.5.1.x264-MEPHiSTO786.mkv
Language(s):French
Subtitles:French (for foreign parts), English, Italian





It’s admirable from you to feature the main works of Frederick Wiseman as a tribute to the death of one of the greatest documentarists of all time. Thank you, Sir.