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L'homme qui danse = The man who dances : males in contemporary ballets
Title
L'homme qui danse = The man who dances : males in contemporary ballets / ARTE France, Les Films Pénélope, France ; Valérie Urréa, director.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : ARTE France : Les Films Pénélope, France, [2004]
Copyright Notice Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (58 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
In French.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
What is being a man? Contemporary dance brings unconventional and intimate answers. This movie questions gender construction through contemporary dance. Particularly, when a man dances, he presents an unsettled masculinity and develops a new relation with it. A new dynamic in contemporary dance is for male choreographers to create all men cast shows. This practice is to be seen as a search for intimacy within the male group, outside of the pre-conceived ideas and of the stereotypical social role of men. Crucial figures of contemporary creation like Angelin Preljocaj, Christian Bourigault, Mark Tompkins and Kader Belarbi present extracts of their show through which they explore their identities. All of them are heirs to the great Vaclav Nijinski who reintegrated men dancers in the corps de ballet with the Ballet Russe in the beginning of the 20th century.
Variant and related titles
Man who dances
Males in contemporary ballets
Medici.tv classical. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
French
Added to Catalog
November 08, 2021
Performers
Interviews with choreographers, Kader Belarbi, Mark Tompkins, Christian Bourigault, Angelin Preljocaj.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Internet videos.
Internet videos.
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ARTE France, production company.
Films Pénélope, production company.
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