NFB Collection
The Making of a Dancer
199349 min 45 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Douglas Jackson
Production: Ian McLarenLeonid MenakerSally BochnerColin NealeVladimir Yufit
Script: Douglas JacksonLeonid Menaker
Co-produced by Productions Grand Nord Québec Inc., Lenfilm Studios "Diapazon" and the NFB with the financial assistance of la Société générale des industries culturelles - Québec and Telefilm Canada, in collaboration with Société Radio-Canada, the CBC, TV5 and The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation and in cooperation with Vision TV.
Stéphane Léonard went from a Québec factory floor to the stage of St. Petersburg's legendary Kirov-Mariensky Theatre in three short years, an unprecedented feat in the annals of classical ballet. At age 20, Stéphane was ten years late in starting his career. Nevertheless, he was accepted into a world-famous dance academy where Nureyev and Baryshnikov also trained. This video shows Stéphane's relentless drive in the studio, culminating in a triumphant graduation performance.
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Subject categories
- Dance > BalletEducationPortraits
Credits
- director
- Douglas Jackson
- producer
- Ian McLaren
- Leonid Menaker
- Sally Bochner
- executive producer
- Colin Neale
- Vladimir Yufit
- script
- Douglas Jackson
- Leonid Menaker
- photography
- Savas Kalogeras
- Alexander Chirov
- sound
- Jacques Drouin
- Larisa Maslova
- Valery Mikhnevich
- editing
- Denise Beaudoin
- Gerald Vansier
- sound editing
- Les Halman
- re-recording
- Shelley Craig
- narrator
- Tony Robinow