NFB Collection
First Stop, China
19861 h 20 min 55 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: John N. Smith
Production: John N. SmithAndy ThomsonElizabeth Klinck
Script: Donald Brittain
Produced by the NFB in association with the CBC, la Société Radio-Canada, and the Canadian Department of External Affairs.
When Les Grands Ballets Canadiens went on tour in Asia, it was the first such tour ever undertaken by a Canadian ballet company. Months of preparation were necessary to cope with the overwhelming logistics of moving 50 people through 40 performances in 20 cities across 55 000 kilometers. The tour was a resounding, if exhausting, success. First Stop, China is a record of the choreographed performances and the unrehearsed moments of a great ballet company on the road, against a backdrop of then-unfamiliar sights and sounds. Their itinerary included China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and Korea.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > Arts and CultureAsiaChina
- Dance > BalletCompaniesDance Performances
Credits
- director
- John N. Smith
- producer
- John N. Smith
- executive producer
- Andy Thomson
- associate producer
- Elizabeth Klinck
- script
- Donald Brittain
- narrator
- Donald Brittain
- photography
- Kent Nason
- David De Volpi
- sound
- Roger Hart
- editing
- Roger Hart
- Paul Demers
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau
- Bill Graziedi
- Michel Bordeleau
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- Adrian Croll
- music
- Vladimir Jelinek
- participation
- Annette Paul
- Gioconda Barbuto
- Betsy Ann Baron
- James Bates
- Andrea Boardman
- Katia Breton
- Mark Bush
- Jerilyn Dana
- Catherine Lafortune
- Betsy Carson
- Andréa Davidson
- Pierre Lapointe
- David La Hay
- Nicole Lamontagne
- Daniel Lauzon
- Josée Ledoux
- Maurice Lemay
- Marie-France Lévesque
- Robert Mason
- Nicholas Minns
- Rosemary Neville
- Ruth Norgaard
- Michelle Proulx
- Sylvain Senez
- Leanne Simpson
- John Stanzel
- Peter Toth-Horgosi
- Evan Van Hook
- Sylvain Lafortune