Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks, Jonathan Wolken, Michael Tracy, Robby Barnett
In 2001, author and artist Maurice Sendak entered into an unusual collaboration with the Pilobolus Dance Company to create A Selection, a contemporary ballet inspired by true stories of the Holocaust.... read more
DVD Release Date: November 23, 2004
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Rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results. Last Dance, whatever its flaws, fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether, in this case, that's true. Full Review
Discursive but oddly riveting documentary.
The movie provides an intimate glimpse of how sensibilities as compatible as oil and water forced themselves to blend and create a successful work despite their aesthetic differences. Full Review
Riveting when it focuses on the challenges of crossing a generational divide. Full Review
A fascinating look into the creative process Full Review
Stripped of pretentions, Last Dance offers up a wholly human, tantalizingly imperfect struggle to create beauty and resonance. Full Review
I'll admit: I've never had much exposure to, or interest in, the world of interpretive dance. While I'm not necessarily a convert, I am grateful for at least the brief exposure to this stunning form o... Full Review
The culmination of everyone's efforts is given life when A Selection appears in its final form [in "Last Dance"]. Full Review
an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle, seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times, then found its sweet spot Full Review
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