Dance Instructor
Present day. Chile. Legendary bank robber Vergara Grey is getting out of prison after 5 long years and is looking forward to a quiet, uneventful life together with his wife and son whom oddly he hasn't heard from in years. But soon his resolve is tested when he meets 19 year old Angel a young thief who insists the two join up to score the biggest heist of all time. Though tempted, he resists until he finds out that his beloved wife has gone off with a millionaire and his son wants to change his last name. Then Victoria, a graceful and mysteriously mute dancer living in a conservatory, steps into the picture. She captivates Vergara and Angel, as well as all others that cross her path, drastically changing their lives.
"Lady of the Camellias" (Kameliendame) was premiered in Jan 1978 at the Stuttgart ballet. Choreographer and text writer was John Neumeier who had been requested in 1972 by ballerina Marcia Haydee to write a full length ballet. He suggested "Lady of the Camellias" , the Dumas fils autobiographical novel. The idea of using Chopin music was suggested by ballet conductor Gehart Markson. The ballet was a success and this version was also presented in 1979 at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Neumeier revised it for the Hamburg Ballet now directed by Brazilian ballerina Marcia Haydee after the death of famous director John Kranko. The revised version with sets and costumes by Jugen Rose and conducted by Heribert Beissel was recorded as a movie in 1987.
Artist of American Ballet Theatre
뉴욕의 명문 발레 학교에서 떠오르는 스타였던 디디는 극단내에서 만난 동료 댄서와의 관계로 임신을 하고. 결혼한 뒤 학교를 떠나 오클라호마에서 발레 학교를 직접 운영하면서 동시에 세 아이의 엄마로서 소임을 다한다. 반면 디디와 함께 발레 학교의 유망주였던 엠마는 오직 발레에만 전념한 끝에 최고의 프리마돈나 자리를 거머쥔다.춤에 뛰어난 소질을 보이고 있는 디디의 16살 난 딸 에밀리아는 발레 학교로부터 입학 허가를 받지만. 12살 난 아들은 춤과 야구사이에서 아직 결정을 갈등하는 중이다. 결국 디디는 여름 방학동안 아이들을 데리고 뉴욕으로 가 댄스 교습을 받기로 한다. 발레 학교에서 실력을 인정 받아 여름 공연에서 중요한 역을 맡게 된 아멜리아는 러시아에서 건너 온 유명한 발레리나인 유리와 사랑에 빠지지만. 그가 다른 발레리나와 키스하는 장면을 목격한 뒤 상처받는다. 한편 엠마는 자신이 점점 젊은 발레리나들에게 밀리고 있다는 사실 때문에 불안한데다가. 사귀고 있던 유부남이 자신에게 냉담해 진것을 알아차리게 된다.
Herself
Dedicated to Dieter Meier. voice-over by Gregory Markopoulos, reading an excerpt in English translation of Paul Valéry’s L’Homme et la nuit (Man and the Night).
