Dance with Pietragalla: “On the tips of toes”

Cocktail reception: Thu 09 Jun, 6.30 pm
Film screening: Thu 09 Jun, 7 pm
Vietnam National Documentary and Scientific Film Production Studio

From L’espace:
You are invited to film screening “On the tips of toes” as part of European Documentary Film Festival. This is the meeting between two styles of dance: contemporary and hip hop, which are combined in the new play of choreographer Marie-Claude Pietragalla, presented on the occasion of Beijing Olympics 2008.

Young dancers had serious and hard exercises, dancing with nude chest, and suffering in silence. The camera of director Stéphane Gillot followed closely the young dancers who trained themselves on the streets and now they had to confront strict requirements of contemporary dance.

In 6 months, this film followed the young dancers (among them there was one Vietnamese French dancer) from their arrival in Paris to their first performance in Beijing Opera House, with a lot of training and exercise.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle

Free entrance.