Classic, samba or contemporary. Dance has the ability to encapsulate a wide list of emotions with a single movement. One look is enough to convey an amalgamation of sensations that cannot be expressed in words. This Monday, April 29, the International Dance Day, an artistic discipline that exudes elegance, power and enigma. Dance has always gone hand in hand with cinema, another entity capable of moving people with a simple shot. On the occasion of the anniversary, in Infobae Spain we have collected the Best Movies that happen in a dance class.
Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell They formed a modern story of the psyche of a dancer who had to choose between success or love. Tortured by not being able to compete for both awards, her fate holds a moral that draws from the fountain of Hans Christian Andersen. Some red satin sneakers will decide for her. The film has one of the best classical ballet scenes on the big screen: 15 minutes of dancing delicacy and non-verbal narrative that anticipates the film’s outcome. The expressiveness of Moira Shearer (who plays the protagonist, Victoria Page) enlarges the screen and immerses the viewer in her self-destructive spiral. A classic that talks about the pressure to win and that was ahead of the marathon of temporary mental health. Its premise is a dance between the verses of Sylvia Plath and the magic of the Bolshoi Russian.
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One of the best musicals in history by Vincente Minnelli. An explosion of beauty, color, truth and romance. A classic of hollywoodan exorcism of Gene Kelly. An American in Paris not only shows the artistic gifts of the protagonist (who also danced his own in Singing under the rain), also makes the audience fall in love with the passion of his dialogues and the scenes that freeze the city of Paris to showcase the feature film’s musical abilities. Beautiful and precious, its final scene is a display of glamor never surpassed on the big screen.
Considered the best performance of his career, Natalie Portman She put on ballet pointe and a black tutu to follow the orders of Darren Aronofsky in The black swana psychological horror film that draws (a lot) from The red sneakers. Its mysticism, the competitive aura and the madness that is locked in Nina Sayers’ head make it a key authorial film, as well as one of the best of its year.
A young man Jamie Bell He played one of the most iconic roles in British cinema, a working class boy who wants to dedicate himself to classical ballet, a discipline that connects with the harshest values of her father, a miner on strike who, furthermore, cannot afford to pay for her dance classes. The movie of Stephen Daldry It is an emotional treatise on class, family and belonging. A modern break that broke gender molds and that spoke of dance as an artistic entity that was not relegated to women.
Before succeeding with Close, Lukas Dhont raised a trans-themed film in which Lara, a 15-year-old girl who did not feel comfortable with her body, navigates the uncertainty of traffic while attending dance classes. Little by little, she begins to realize that she is not comfortable with her body when wearing the tutu or tights, and her impatience to become a woman takes over her spirit. Victor Polster is excellent in an emotional and raw film that talks about the vicissitudes of acceptance.
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Although Wim Wenders keep thinking about your Perfect Daysin 2011 created a 3D documentary in around the figure of the German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch, a dance master whom the German director pays tribute to in a film that includes the testimonies of many of her collaborators. An experimental film that captures the virtuosities of a magnanimous artistic discipline.
Icíar Bollain directs the biopic of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acostaa man who became a dance legend and who, through his efforts, managed to become the first black dancer in interpreting some of the most famous roles of ballet, always written for white men. The documentary-style film travels from his childhood to his maturity to narrate the steps that led him to prestigious companies such as the Houston Ballet or the Royal Ballet of London.
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