April 2, 2010
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
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Ghislaine Thesmar,
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One of America's most respected documentary filmmakers, Frederick Wiseman, presents a glimpse into the inner workings of a respected ballet company in 2009's La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet. Wiseman ... read more
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January 29, 2010
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
It is an insider's look at the ballet, but one that only an insider will get the most out of. Full Review
December 16, 2009
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
A unique kind of magic: a documentary about the work in art that is itself a work of art. Full Review
December 4, 2009
John R. Killacky, San Francisco Chronicle
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet, Frederick Wiseman's astoundingly beautiful documentary, has sumptuous delights to satisfy every balletomane. Full Review
December 2, 2009
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
A rapturous (if occasionally disorienting) dance film precisely choreographed with seeming artlessness. Full Review
November 19, 2009
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Bodies in motion tend to remain in motion, but almost never with the heart-stirring beauty and grace on view in Frederick Wiseman's exceptional portrait of the Paris Opera Ballet, La Danse. Full Review
November 6, 2009
A.O. Scott, New York Times
One of the finest dance films ever made, but there's more to it than that. Full Review
November 3, 2009
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
Offers a portrait of suppleness and agility -- not just that of the dancers' bodies, but also of the august institution of the title. Full Review
November 2, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
A portrait of one of the world's great companies by one of the world's great vérité documentarians. Full Review
October 26, 2009
David Denby, New Yorker
It's a joyous experience to see an institution in full flower-- to see not dereliction and disorder but the many forms of striving and virtue. Full Review
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