| | |  | JAZZ MODERN & ROCK STYLES | Home » » » Etoiles - Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet | | | | | | | Description: | | ETOILES:DANCERS OF THE PARIS OPERA - DVD Movie | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Laurent Hilaire, Aurélie Dupont, Elisabeth Platel, Nicolas Le Riche, Manuel Legris | | Director:
| Nils Tavernier | | Format:
| Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen | | Language:
| French | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| FIRST RUN FEATURES | | Run Time:
| 100 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| October 21, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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50 of 51 found the following review helpful:
 More than just behind the scenes...Feb 07, 2005
By aliceblue
A variety of experiences are presented through interviews with members of the company, from the principal dancers (etoiles) to the understudies. It allows us to hear first-hand the opinions on issues such asthe pressures of being an etoile; the decision whether to start families from both the male and female dancer's perspectives; the reservations a former etoile has about her daughter's career choice, who is now in the company, as well as the pressure that daughter feels being the child of a former etoile; dancers who love dancing more important than life itself, to dancers who appear more cynical, and seem to take dancing as more of a career than a passion; the labors of the understudies to learn ALL the choreography knowing full well they will likely not get to perform them, but hopefully wait in the sidelines just in case...; dancers who have stage fright, etc.
You see how physically difficult dancing is, not just the beautiful illusion that is portrayed on stage. You see the process of rehearsal, including arguing like "No, you need to put your hand HERE, or else you'll drop me." You see the lines drawn on the stage to help dancers hit their mark; you see the beautiful swan-like ballerinas with sweat pouring down their faces during a performance; you see them leap gracefully on stage, and once they're backstage they pace about holding their backs and stomachs, panting in exhaustion just as a marathon runner would; you see rehearsals and find out how beneath the music, the chorus dancers sound like stampeding horses because of the pointe shoes; and the dancers bandaging their blisters, describing how uncomfortable rock hard pointe shoes are.
These are things you don't get to see and don't know about unless you are a dancer yourself. Throughout the film, scenes are intercut with black & white photographs which were taken at the same time, and the effect is very jarring and beautiful.
I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in the gritty reality of ballet, and to see how much heart and hard physical labor goes into the making of something so smooth and graceful when it makes it to the stage. If you're looking for performances, though, you will be very disappointed. There is not one complete performance in the entire dvd. This documentary focuses on what leads UP to the performance, and stops there.
40 of 43 found the following review helpful:
 etoilesApr 19, 2004
This is well-done, and 'a voyeur's look' at the Paris Opera Ballet, as promised. You do get a good behind the scenes look at this great company, how dancers are trained, how they work in both rehersal and performance, even how they make-up for a performance. My big criticism, though, is that the subtitles get cut off at the bottom. Usually the line, or the second line if there are 2 lines of text, is cut so that you only see the top half (or less) of the letters. This is a huge distraction as its hard to follow. The camera shots then seem too fast and chaotic, probably because it takes so much more time to decipher the subtitles that by the time you get it the picture's changing again. I'm not sure if it was meant for the wide screen, and they never edited the frames for a television, but I think this could have been avoided. It doesn't exactly ruin it, but it definitely detracts.
28 of 29 found the following review helpful:
A look into the french ballet styleFeb 11, 2004
By J. M WILINSKY
This dvd is beautifully done and very up to date. It provides a very interesting look into the life of ballet dancers in France. It has those wonderful segments of classroom rehersals that students of ballet ( such as myself ) long to see in documentaries ( for example, a very intersting classroom performance of the male solo adagio at the end of act one of Swan Lake is provided ). This dvd is a "must have" addition to any serious dance video collection.
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
EtoilesOct 29, 2003
For the ballet fans, the Paris Opera Ballet Company is the one of the best in the world, and this DVD tells & shows you what is like inside of the company. What you see on the stage and/or on screen is just a part of their hard work that you can't easily imagine. Being the top dancers of the company like Paris Opera & keeping their position as they are expected are not easy at all. You are able to see & hear how this ballet company is organized, and how the dancers feel about their passion of dance. I really enjoyed watching this documentary, and recommend to the people who are curious about the dancers' life not only how they dance.
13 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Subtitles cut offSep 28, 2006
By J. Bousman
If you speak french this dvd is probably fine - but for me there are better dvd's that focus on a dancer's life in a ballet company. The subtitles were cut off at the bottom and on the sides so you either looked at the dvd without knowing what was being said or you struggled to figure out the subtitles since they were only partially shown.
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