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- This film follows dancer Ulyana Lopatkina, and the art that is her life passion. She dances in Swan Lake and according to specialized critics, she is to date the most beautiful swan they ever seen in the history of classical ballet.
- One of the world's most renowned ballet dancers gives her stage swan song in this documentary. French artist Agnès Letestu gives her career farewell with "La Dame aux Camélias", a 2013 performance at the Opéra national de Paris. This doc follows the extraordinary artist, reflecting on her past, present, and future: a life devoted to dance.
- First dance slippers at age 4, admission to the Paris Opera Dance School just five years later, Dominique Khalfouni became an étoile dancer in 1976 on the evening she performed the role of Anastasia at the premiere of Ivan the Terrible. She worked with the likes of Roland Petit, Mikhaïl Barychnikov, and the American Ballet Theater, crisscrossing the American continent in the process. Since the 1990s, Dominique Khalfouni has invested her talents in teaching the next generation of dancers, first in Marseille, and then in Paris. In this documentary by Marlène Ionesco, viewers meet both her and her son Matthieu Ganio, another étoile dancer to whom she transmitted her intense passion for the great roles of the ballet repertoire.
- The Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris and the Mariinsky Theater are two of the most influential and important institutions in classical ballet. In her documentary Backstage, Marlène Ionesco goes behind the scenes with these two extraordinary ballet companies. Backstage, before the curtain rises, in the rehearsal studios... from extreme concentration to exhaustion to self-doubt, we discover the lives behind-the-scenes of exceptional artists like Isabelle Ciaravola, Aurélie Dupont, Nicolas Le Riche, Agnès Letestu, José Carlos Martinez, Ouliana Lopatkina, and others. From those who recently bid the stage farewell, to those who are just beginning their careers, this film follows several generations of ballet's greatest stars.
- A documentary on the life of the legendary ballet reconstructionist, Pierre Lacotte and his wife and longtime dance partner Ghislaine Thesmar.
- The son of two étoile dancers-from the Paris Opera Ballet and Roland Petit's Ballet national de Marseille-Mathieu Ganio was destined for ballet greatness. His elegance and excellence as a partner have brought him renown in his own right, working with brilliant ballerinas like Olesia Novikova, Ouliana Lopatkina, Svetlana Lounkina, and Evguenia Obraztsova. This documentary by Marlène Ionesco focuses on the dancer's relationship with his mother, Dominique Khalfouni, a touching story that brings the viewer into the intimacy of their family life while simultaneously exploring some of the greatest roles of the ballet repertoire.