The last great dance film (vastly more fun than anything from modern Hollywood) was Ballets Russes five years ago, a celebration of old dancers’ nostalgia for golden days in the Thirties and Forties, ...

Minnesota Film Arts, god bless ‘em, has gotten a hold of director Frederick Wiseman’s much-talked-about new documentary, “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet.” The film opens this weekend at the St.

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To me, the best movies aren’t just movies, they are experiences. In the case of my own top ten, these are the films that really mattered to me, the ones that I watched and pondered, discussed and ...

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman applies his famously organic storytelling style to the Paris Opera Ballet, and the result is a dance film like no other. In the numerous rehearsal scenes ...

Frederick Wiseman has been making documentaries for the last 40 years, turning a sharp eye on a huge number of social and cultural institutions. His new film, "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet," ...