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Ballerinaliv

2004 · 60 min

A quiet, reflective look at lives devoted to dance, watching memory and craft settle into graceful hindsight.

Overview
Gerd Andersson and Ellen Rasch are both prima ballerinas who now look back on their rich dance lives and their collaborations with various choreographers.

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    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • memory
    • aging
    • work
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension1
    Darkness2
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Birgitta Öhman
    Written by
    Birgitta Öhman
    Starring
    Gerd Andersson, Ellen Rasch, Maurice Béjart, Birgit Cullberg, Birgitta Egerbladh, Jiří Kylián, Antony Tudor
    Runtime
    60 min
    Languages
    Swedish

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