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Shadow on the Prairie (A Canadian Ballet)
195314 min 37 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Roger Blais
Production: Roger Blais
Script: Norman Klenman
This is a screen presentation of a Canadian ballet created for and identified with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company. The theme centres around the settlement of the Canadian West and concerns the fate of a young wife who comes to the prairies with her pioneer husband to begin a new life. Ingeniously designed stage sets suggest a covered wagon and a rude homesteader's dwelling.
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Subject categories
- Dance > BalletChoreographyCompaniesDance Performances
- History - Canada > Immigration and SettlementWestern Canada
- Arts Education > Dance
- History > Early Colonization/Settlement
- Health/Personal Development > Mental Health/Stress/Suicide
Credits
- director
- Roger Blais
- producer
- Roger Blais
- script
- Norman Klenman
- camera
- Denis Gillson
- sound
- Joseph Champagne
- editing
- Victor Jobin
- choreography
- Gweneth Lloyd
- music
- Robert Fleming
- cast
- Carlu Carter
- Gordon Wales
Awards
- Third Award - Category: Creative ArtsYorkton Film Festival