Dancing Beethoven

Dancing Beethoven
Richard Perron, Arantxa Aguirre and José Luis López Linares at the 32nd Goya Awards
Directed by Arantxa Aguirre
Screenplay by Arantxa Aguirre
Starring Zubin Mehta
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Cinematography Rafael Reparaz
Edited by Valeria Gentile
Production
companies
  • Coproducción España-Suiza
  • Fondation Béjart Ballet Lausanne
  • Fondation Maurice Béjart
  • López-Li Films
Distributed by

Márgenes Distribución

Arsenal Filmverleih
Release date
  • April 28, 2017 (2017-04-28) (Spain)
Running time
 80 min

Dancing Beethoven is a 2017 Spanish documentary film directed by Arantxa Aguirre[1] about the ballet during the 20th century by the choreographer Maurice Béjart.[2] It was released on April 28, 2017.[3] It lasted nine month to be shot.[3]

It tells the preparation of the Ninth Symphony, represented by the Béjart Ballet Lausanne and Tokyo Ballet, accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Zubin Mehta.[4]

Cast

  • Malya Roman
  • Julien Favreau
  • Elisabet Ros
  • Kateryna Shalkina
  • Óscar Chacón
  • Gil Roman as a member of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne
  • Kathleen Thielhem
  • Masayoshi Onuki
  • Alanna Archibald as a cello player
  • Simon Hoffman as a cello player
  • Zubin Mehta as the director

Awards and nominations

Dancing Beethoven was nominated in the 32nd Goya Awards for Best Documentary Film and for the XXIII Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué[5] although finally Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo won.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Dancing Beethoven". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ Cervera, Marta (April 29, 2017). "Arantxa Aguirre: "Dancing Beethoven' no es solo para balletómanos"". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "'DANCING BEETHOVEN' SE ESTRENA EN CINES". Danza.es (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música. April 25, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Dancing Beethoven". Antena 3 Noticias (in Spanish). Madrid. April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ Redacción (December 27, 2017). "Dancing Beethoven, nominada a los Premios Goya y Forqué". Mundo Clásico (in Spanish). Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ "'Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo', Goya al mejor documental". Radio Televisión Española (in Spanish). February 4, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ "'Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo', de Gustavo Salmerón, Mejor película documental en los Premios Goya 2018". Europa Press (in Spanish). Madrid. February 4, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
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