Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers (1980)
장르 : 다큐멘터리
상영시간 : 1시간 29분
연출 : Michael Blackwood
시놉시스
Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of dance and the evolution of their own work. Filmed at rehearsals, performances, and during interviews, the film is a unique primary source. The artistic roots of these seven artists can be found in Martha Graham's concern with modern life as a subject for dance and in Merce Cunningham's emphasis on the nature of movement. In the 1960s, the interaction of art forms generated choreographic innovations. Especially influential was John Cage, whose radical ideas served as a point of departure for much of the new choreography. Each of the choreographers in Making Dances draws inspiration from the Graham/Cunningham tradition, yet each makes a highly distinctive statement. Structure, movement in non-fictive time and space, and the nature of movement itself are recurring themes.
정통 클래식 발레단 ‘아메리칸 발레 컴퍼니(ABC)’는 재정 위기를 타파하고자 클래식 발레와 모던 댄스를 결합한 모던 발레를 선보이기로 하고, 오디션을 통과한 12명의 후보자들을 대상으로 집중 훈련 캠프를 열어 단원을 선발한다는 계획을 발표한다. 카페에서 웨이트리스로 일하며 꿈을 키우는 벨라 파커(니콜 무노즈)는 유명 발레리나 케이트의 동생이라는 사실을 숨긴 채 오디션에 지원한다. 테크닉은 미숙하지만 가능성에 합격점을 받아 선발된 벨라는 실력파 발레리나 알레그라(모드 그린), 15세의 천재 댄서 그웬(클로이 루카지액), 그리고 파트너로 배정된 발레리노 데이먼(바톤 코우퍼스웨이트)과 서로 도와가며 연습에 매진한다. 그런데 ABC의 총감독 조나단(피터 갤러거)이 케이트와의 거래를 통해 다음 시즌 특별 출연을 조건으로 벨라를 최종 합격시키로 했다는 루머가 퍼지는데…
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