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"Some people describe the doc like a show and it definitely plays like a show with the clapping and the cheering," says Step director Amanda Lipitz. "I learned so much from being
Keep ReadingRebels on Pointe (Canada, 90 min.) Dir. Bobbi Jo Hart Programme: Singular Sensation(s) (Toronto Premiere) In Rebels on Pointe, Montreal filmmaker Bobbi Jo Hart profiles Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo,
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Like a confident performer, Step struts up to the stage with a cool swagger and throws down the glove before it makes your spirit soar.
Keep ReadingSteven Cantor's documentary Dancer profiles Sergei Polunin, aka the 'bad boy of ballet'.
Keep ReadingReset takes audiences behind the scenes as Benjamin Millepied embarks on his new responsibility as the dance director of the Paris Opera Ballet.
Keep ReadingPolish filmmaker Michal Marczak’s All These Sleepless Nights, which picked up the World Cinema Documentary Award at Sundance 2016, has been getting mostly favourable attention for evaporating distinctions between documentary and fiction,
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