Director Asa Mader and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, currently being celebrated for his choreography for Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, have collaborated on a short starring Millepied and French actress Lea Seydoux. (Update: Millepied is also being reported as Natalie Portman’s fiance and the father of her baby.) From Nowness:
After meeting at a dinner one night about five years ago, director Asa Mader and current principal of the New York City Ballet Benjamin Millepied struck up a friendship. “We immediately had a connection,” says Mader. The duo subsequently holed up over a long weekend in the Hamptons (they stayed at the former residence of veteran NYC ballet choreographer Jerome Robbins) to brainstorm a collaboration. The results of that session finally come to fruition today in the premiere of the directors’ edit of the evocative romantic short Time Doesn’t Stand Still, which will be released in its entirety in...
After meeting at a dinner one night about five years ago, director Asa Mader and current principal of the New York City Ballet Benjamin Millepied struck up a friendship. “We immediately had a connection,” says Mader. The duo subsequently holed up over a long weekend in the Hamptons (they stayed at the former residence of veteran NYC ballet choreographer Jerome Robbins) to brainstorm a collaboration. The results of that session finally come to fruition today in the premiere of the directors’ edit of the evocative romantic short Time Doesn’t Stand Still, which will be released in its entirety in...
- 12/27/2010
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
As Vincent Cassel's ballet director Thomas Leroy paces a rehearsal space filled with dozens of dancers, stretching and unsure whether to be overjoyed or fearful of a tap on the shoulder, he announces to his company his choice of what they will soon be performing: "'Swan Lake' - done to death, I know. But not like this." A guiding principle for Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan," a complete reinvention of Tchaikovsky's famed ballet was assured when the director hired the New York City Ballet's Benjamin Millepied as his choreographer. A sample is here:
"Dance films don't come around that often and they're not usually that good," admitted Millepied, which is probably just as well since he hasn't had much time to spare since studying under Jerome Robbins in his teens to gone on to become one of the world's most prolific and accomplished dancers. However, as a fan of...
"Dance films don't come around that often and they're not usually that good," admitted Millepied, which is probably just as well since he hasn't had much time to spare since studying under Jerome Robbins in his teens to gone on to become one of the world's most prolific and accomplished dancers. However, as a fan of...
- 12/7/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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