Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clearq
Director Nancy Buirski not only is able to give rare insights into the dance world but a compelling tale of love, friendship and perseverance.
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clearq
Of the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. She mesmerized audiences and choreographers alike - her elongated, race-horse physique became the new prototype for the great George Balanchine. The muse to both Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, they loved her as a dancer and a woman. Balanchine married her and Robbins created his famous Afternoon of a Faun for Tanny. She was the foremost dancer of her day until it suddenly all stopped. At age 27, Tanny was struck down by polio and paralyzed. She never danced again.
Genre
Documentary,
Bio-pic,
Dance
Web Site
Runtime
91
Language
English
Director
Nancy Buirsk
Cast
George Balanchine,
Tanaquil Le Clercq
FEATURED REVIEW
Stephen Holden, New York Times
As you watch grainy kinescope footage of dancers in a mirrored studio executing a pas de deux in the documentary biography “Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq,” it is almost as though you are beholding mythological deities who have alighted briefly on the earth. Here today,gone tomorrow, they ...
Played at
Royal 4.11.14 - 4.17.14
Playhouse 7 4.11.14 - 4.17.14
Town Center 5 4.11.14 - 4.17.14
Lumiere Music Hall 4.18.14 - 5.01.14
Monica Film Center 4.19.14 - 4.27.14
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