Rain (2012) [N/A]
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Featuring:
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Léonore Baulac, Jakub Truszkowski
Written by:
Olivia Rochette
Gerard-Jan Claes
Directed by:
Gerard-Jan Claes, Olivia Rochette, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Release Date:
October 17, 2012
Original Title:
Rain
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 80
A poetic portrait of the world-renowned Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris as they mount a new work by famed contemporary choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Rain is a formalist exercise in documentary filmmaking that at times resembles long lost outtakes from The Red Shoes.
On 25th May 2011 the world renowned Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris presented Rain, its first ever performance of a choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The filmmakers Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes followed the rehearsal process from the auditions to the opening performance. The documentary focuses on how De Keersmaeker and the Rosas dancers convey the dance idiom of the choreographer to the classically trained ballet dancers. The rigidity of ballet gives way to another kind of severity, namely the mathematical pattern of Rain, which, however, conceals a powerful emotional layering. A poetic documentary about searching, looking and hesitating within the walls of the opera.
