Short film
Ballet Adagio
1972 · 10 min
A hushed, hypnotic ten minutes where slow-motion turns every lift and turn into something you can study and savor.
- Directed by
- Norman McLaren
- Genres
- Music
- Starring
- Anna Marie Holmes, David Holmes
- Overview
- A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet originally choreographed by the Russian ballet master Asaf Messerer is performed for this film by the internationally known Canadian pair, David and Anna Marie Holmes, to the music of Albinoni’s Adagio. A film to heighten the aesthetic appreciation of classical ballet and to afford observation of the technique and mechanics of the adagio movements.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Art, music, love
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Norman McLaren
- Genres
- Music
- Starring
- Anna Marie Holmes, David Holmes