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Tchaikovskii - 'Pas de deux'
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Watch it at the NFB site: https://www.nfb.ca/film/pas_de_deux_en/
Pas de deux (released as Duo in the United States) is a 1968 short dance film by Norman McLaren, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.[2]
Pas de deux is choreographed to Romanian pan pipe music by Ludmilla Chiriaeff.[3] Ballerina Margaret Mercier dances by herself (or rather, with images of herself), before being joined by Vincent Warren to perform the pas de deux of the title.[4]
It was filmed in a studio where the walls and floor were painted black. Lighting was from the sides, so only the dancers' silhouettes appear, and their images are repeatedly multiplied 10 times.[5]
The film was photographed on high contrast black and white 35mm Kodak stock,[6] with optical, step-and-repeat printing, for a sensuous and almost stroboscopic appearance.
Awards
22nd British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation, 1969
BFI London Film Festival, London: Outstanding Film of the Year, 1968
Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Special Plaque of the Jury, 1968
20th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Special Prize for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, 1968
FIBA International Festival of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires: Silver Cabildo for the Most Original Film, 1968
Cambodia International Film Festival, Phnom Penh: First Prize, Short Film, 1968
Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland: Diploma of Honour, 1968
Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne: Grand Prize, Short Subject, 1969
Film Critics and Journalists Association of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Golden Plaque, Short Film, 1969
International Film Festival of Ballet, Nervi: Silver Orchid Award, 1969
Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan: First Place, Creative Art, 1969
Colombo International Film Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Honourable Mention, Short Film, 1969
Salerno Short Film Festival, Salerno, Italy: Trophy of the Festival, 1970
Panama International Film Festival, Panama City, Panama: Award for Best Short Film, 1970
International Festival of Short Films, Philadelphia: Top Film of the Festival, 1971
American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, 1970
American Film and Video Festival, New York: Emily Award, 1970
Festival of Music and Dance, Menton: Prize of the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister in charge of Youth, Sports and Leisure, 1971
41st Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee (as Duo): Best Live Action Short Subject, 1969[4][7]
Pas de deux is choreographed to Romanian pan pipe music by Ludmilla Chiriaeff.[3] Ballerina Margaret Mercier dances by herself (or rather, with images of herself), before being joined by Vincent Warren to perform the pas de deux of the title.[4]
It was filmed in a studio where the walls and floor were painted black. Lighting was from the sides, so only the dancers' silhouettes appear, and their images are repeatedly multiplied 10 times.[5]
The film was photographed on high contrast black and white 35mm Kodak stock,[6] with optical, step-and-repeat printing, for a sensuous and almost stroboscopic appearance.
Awards
22nd British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation, 1969
BFI London Film Festival, London: Outstanding Film of the Year, 1968
Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Special Plaque of the Jury, 1968
20th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Special Prize for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, 1968
FIBA International Festival of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires: Silver Cabildo for the Most Original Film, 1968
Cambodia International Film Festival, Phnom Penh: First Prize, Short Film, 1968
Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland: Diploma of Honour, 1968
Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne: Grand Prize, Short Subject, 1969
Film Critics and Journalists Association of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Golden Plaque, Short Film, 1969
International Film Festival of Ballet, Nervi: Silver Orchid Award, 1969
Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan: First Place, Creative Art, 1969
Colombo International Film Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Honourable Mention, Short Film, 1969
Salerno Short Film Festival, Salerno, Italy: Trophy of the Festival, 1970
Panama International Film Festival, Panama City, Panama: Award for Best Short Film, 1970
International Festival of Short Films, Philadelphia: Top Film of the Festival, 1971
American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, 1970
American Film and Video Festival, New York: Emily Award, 1970
Festival of Music and Dance, Menton: Prize of the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister in charge of Youth, Sports and Leisure, 1971
41st Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee (as Duo): Best Live Action Short Subject, 1969[4][7]
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