Afternoon of a Faun, an excellent documentary about Balanchine's muse Tanaquil Le Clercq, is being screened this week at the Bloor Cinema,
506 Bloor St. W. @ Bathurst, Toronto 416.637.3123
The film will be released on DVD June 24: http://www.amazon.ca/Afternoon-Faun-Tanaquil-Clercq/dp/B00JAGF9Y2/
The film will be released on DVD June 24: http://www.amazon.ca/Afternoon-Faun-Tanaquil-Clercq/dp/B00JAGF9Y2/
Film Info
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| Run Time: | 92 minutes |
| Director: | Nancy Buirski |
| Country: | USA |
| Released: | 2013 |
| Rating: | G |
| Distributed by: | Kino Lorber Inc. |
| Featuring: | Michael Stuhlbarg, Jacques d’Amboise, Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine |
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
Toronto Premiere!
Of all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq (Tanny)
may have been the most transcendent. With a body
unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and
choreographers alike—her elongated, race-horse
physique became the new prototype for the great
George Balanchine. Her unique style, humour and
authenticity redefined ballet for all dancers who
followed. Amazingly, she was the muse to not one great
artist but two; both George Balanchine and Jerome
Robbins loved her as a dancer and a woman. Balanchine
married her and Robbins created his famous version of
"Afternoon of a Faun" for Tanny. Tanny was the foremost
dancer of her day until her career came to a tragic end.
On a tour of Europe, she was struck down by polio and she
never danced again. The ballet world has been haunted
by her story ever since.
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