The Kudelka Method

20235 minFilm: Documentary

Direction: Yung Chang

Production: Maral Mohammadian (National Film Board of Canada)Robert McLaughlin (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: Yung Chang

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation.

After a lifetime in ballet—and honours including Officer of the Order of Canada, Dance Hall of Fame inductee and now, a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award —dancer, choreographer and professional breadmaker James Kudelka wonders, “What’s this all about?” Kudelka reflects on his relationship with ballet as a subversive art and an approach to life, examining his artistic practice as it changes in time and form.

Subject categories


  • Arts > Arts and Artists
  • Dance > ChoreographyPortraits
  • Food and Food Industries > Grains

Credits


recipient
James Kudelka
writer
Yung Chang
director
Yung Chang
director of photography
Alan Poon
sound recordist
Neil McIntyre
first assistant camera
Brandon Vieira
production assistant
Rodrigo Iniguez
editing
Andres Landau
sound design
Catherine Van Der Donckt
scan
Alexandre Roy
Éloi Champagne
administrator
Victoria Angell
senior production coordinator
Jasmine Pullukatt
technical coordinator
Luc Binette
titles
Cynthia Ouellet
online editor
Serge Verreault
re-recording
Jean Paul Vialard
producer
Maral Mohammadian
executive producer
Robert McLaughlin