Relève: Histoire d'une création

Jan 13 2017 Not Rated 1h 50m
Documentary

In early 2013, it was announced that choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied, known as the man behind the ballet of Black Swan, would take over as director of the Paris Opera Ballet. Reset finds Millepied on the eve of his first gala with the Opera, designing and refining his inaugural choreography for the esteemed institution. As a film, Reset possesses of the same artistic assuredness as its subject as he blocks out the preliminary steps for his choreography. It explores various concepts of space simultaneously: the digital space, the space of the opera house (each scene opens with a declaration of which studio it’s in) and the space of the stage, the distance from stage right to stage left. It’s a portrait of a watershed moment for one of the ballet's oldest institutions and one of its brightest new stars, both on the cusp of great transition.

Plot

Reset documents the creation Benjamin Millepied's first ballet as Artistic Director of the Paris Opera Ballet, the oldest national ballet company in the world, and one of the most prestigious. The appointment of Millepied, best-known for his choreography for the film "Black Swan," was an untraditional choice and his first ballet was eagerly anticipated. The film shows a work of love and the creation of beauty.

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Directed by

Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai

Cast

Benjamin Millepied

Crew

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Languages

Français

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Reset Official Trailer 1 (2017) - Documentary
Scores
# of Votes
178
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
62
Popularity
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