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Le cygne

Year of production
1983
Year of creation
1949

Sit down with her head thrown back and her trembliong arms, Yvette Chauviré goes again through « La Mort du Cygne ».

Seated, her head tilted back, her arms trembling, Yvette Chauviré relives La Mort du Cygne (The Dying Swan). Here she transmits to Dominique Khalfouni her knowledge and interpretation of one of the leading roles of romantic ballet.

Source : Patrick Bossatti

Created in Saint-Petersburg, by Michel Fokine, for the dancer Anna Pavlova, The death of the swan enters the legend in 1907. Written on a page drawn from the Carnival of the animals of Camille Saint-Saëns, this monologue where illustrated the most great artists, recalls with extreme poetry the last moments of a swan.

Source: Malandain Ballet Biarritz

Le Spectre de la danse (The Spectre of dance) is the title of the film that Dominique Delouche produced on classical dance in 1961. For this director who strives to show the Etoiles in a new light without tarnishing their aura or their disembodied image, this film is a manifesto. The title was then used as the generic name for the series of seven short films produced between 1961 and 1986 : 

Le spectre de la danse

L’Adage

Aurore

Autour de la Sylphide

Le Cygne

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Choreography
Year of production
1983
Year of creation
1949
Music
Camille Saint-Saëns
Performance
Yvette Chauviré, Dominique Khalfouni
Production of video work
Films du Prieuré, Cinémathèque française
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