9 Variations on a Dance Theme

United States

1967

13 Min

Black and White

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Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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MUSIC McNeil Robinson, Bonnie Lichter

Synopsis

In a bare, undecorated studio, a young woman (Bettie de Jong) in a cloth leotard enacts a simple series of dance movements, starting and ending in a reclining position on the wood floor, and in between gracefully flowing through an elegant, slow-motion set of pirouettes and fluid turns. She repeats this dance nine times, and each time Harris varies his filming methods to capture her movements in subtly different ways. —http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com

Director

Hilary Harris

Hilary Harris (December 9, 1929 — October 26, 1999) was a documentary filmmaker, one of the pioneers of time-lapse photography. The documentary, Seawards the Great Ships, directed by Harris, won the Academy Award for best short subject in 1962. —Wikipedia

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Zoe Diorama

13Nov10

Thanks to Cani, this short was saved from having a mediocre rate; I immediately appreciate both camera's movement and music, but i was expecting more form the title which, together with the beginnig, must have biased me a bit.

Cani

11Sep10

At first I focused on following her movements because I was reminded of a ballerina music box, but that was a mistake. Then I made the music a conductor of what my eyes were seeing, but that was also a mistake. Then I began to follow the camera's lead and realized that this is filming at its most immaculate. This is what the eyes could have never seen otherwise.