Entering the bowels of the Palais Garnier, Frederick Wiseman follows, during twelve weeks, the production of seven ballets by the world-renowned Paris Opera Ballet. From rehearsal studios to costume rooms to administrative offices, La Danse navigates through the whole structure of the institution.

From the unparalleled documentarian Frederick Wiseman — undeniably one of the greatest living filmmakers — comes this behind-the-scenes look at how an organisation operates as an interdependent “organic whole,” the work done from the top down and from the bottom up, to keep the art alive.