Pas de deux (film)
| Pas de deux | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Norman McLaren |
| Starring | Margaret Mercier Vincent Warren |
| Cinematography | Jacques Fogel |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada (NFB) |
Release date | 1968 |
Running time | 13 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
Pas de deux (released as Duo in the United States) is a 1968 short dance film by Norman McLaren, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
The film was photographed on high contrast stock, with optical, step-and-repeat printing, for a sensuous and almost stroboscopic appearance. It shows a ballerina (Margaret Mercier) dancing by herself (or rather, with images of herself), before being joined by a male dancer (Vincent Warren), to perform the pas de deux of the title,[1] as choreographed by Ludmilla Chiriaeff.
The film is choreographed to Romanian pan pipe music.[2]
Awards
Pas de deux received 17 awards, including the 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, an Academy Award nomination, as Duo[1][3][4] and the Golden Sheaf Award for Best of Festival at the 1969 Yorkton Film Festival.[5]
References
- ^ a b Alain, Dubeau (2001). Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada. Greenwood Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-313-29931-5.
- ^ Melnyk, George (2004). One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema. University of Toronto Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8020-8444-6.
- ^ "DUO". Academy Awards Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Bafta Home - The BAFTA site
- ^ "Our Collection: Pas de deux". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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- Collins, Maynard (1976). Norman McLaren (Canadian film series): Canadian Film Institute. ASIN B0006CVBIW
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