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Gil Roman and the Bejart Ballet Lausanne
Of Heart and Courage
| Length: | 80 min |
| Released: | 2011 |
Selected by his mentor to lead the Bejart Ballet Lausanne (BBL), Gil Roman is well aware of the dauntingly large shoes he’s expected to fill. His choreography and his leadership must prove worthy to secure the future of the institution, which has never before operated without its founder’s active guidance. Daringly, Roman chooses to prove his mettle by staging BBL's first-ever bill absent of any Bejart works. Viewers are taken inside rehearsals and other behind-the-scenes aspects and granted interviews with dancers past and present. Excerpts from new dances and the climactic gala provide an exciting glimpse of life inside the company, punctuated with archival tape and stills of Gil Roman himself.
“Not the straightforward tribute to a famed ballet company and its recently deceased founder one might expect. . . finds a compelling narrative hook in the high-pressure transitional moment as succeeding artistic director Gil Roman prepares the BBL’s first, crucial post-Bejart program.”
‒Dennis Harvey, Variety
‒Dennis Harvey, Variety
Montreal Film Festival, 2011
