Drama
Music
Directed by Norman McLaren
1968
13 min
Two ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal after-image visuals.
Margaret Mercier
Ballerina
Vincent Warren
Ballet Dancer
Norman McLaren
Director
Jacques Fogel
Director of Photography
Maurice Blackburn
Music Editor
Ron Alexander
Sound
Wally Howard
Special Effects
Ludmilla Chiriaeff
Cinematography
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CinemaSerf
It's really hard to describe this work of art, so I'm not going to try. Suffice to say that whether or not you are a fan of ballet, I doubt you will be able to watch this without becoming enthralled. Monochrome throughout, and using some very effective stop-frame photographic techniques, we follow Margaret Mercier and Vincent Warren's gorgeously choreographed duet take shape. The panpipes from Dobre Constantin are hauntingly effective at enveloping this inspired presentation of symmetry and imagery and it's simplicity has got to be a key to it's success. Give it ten minutes, you will enjoy it.
