Project Detail

Public: Private

Synopsis

Inspired by the work of Edgar Degas the film captures Scottish Ballet Corps stretching, chatting, improvising and preparing in the wings. We are presented with a palpable sense of not just what it looks like, but what it feels like to inhabit a dancer's body.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins 22 secs
Format
Mini DV
Director
Daniel Warren
Producer
Daniel Warren
Editor
Daniel Warren
Director of Photography
Daniel Warren
Sound
Hamish Brown
Composer
Hamish Brown
Principal cast
Scottish Ballet Corps

Production Status

Production Company

Daniel Warren

2f1, 14 Eyre Crescent
Edinburgh EH3 5ET, Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)131 557 0924

M+44 (0)7811 029 187

Sales Company

National Galleries of Scotland

Education Department
1 Queen Street
Edinburgh EH2 1JD, Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)13 1624 6440

hwatsonedu@nationalgalleries.org

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