A Dancer's grammar

Many films which pertain to dance and dancers tend to show only the seemingly effortless end product, while generally ignoring the hours of preparation that are involved. This film succinctly communicates the paradox of beauty achieved through sweat and diligence by focusing on the different preparations of two ballet dancers, Lois Bewley and Lawrence Rhodes. Photography by Peter Sova. No commentary - music only.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

production company

Phoenix Films

director

Nina Feinberg

Duration

00:17:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1977

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016306

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Movement, Aesthetics of

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Movement, Aesthetics of

Music & Performing Arts → Ballet

Music & Performing Arts → Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.

Music & Performing Arts → Dancers

Music & Performing Arts → Dancing

Music & Performing Arts → Movement, Aesthetics of

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/77911--a-dancers-grammar/ |title=A Dancer's grammar |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=1 October 2023 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United States, 1977

Please note