Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

Name: Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Documentary
Released: February 5, 2014
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 76

2014

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: February 5, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Of all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. With a body unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike. Her elongated, race-horse physique became the new prototype for the great George Balanchine. Her unique style, humor and authenticity redefined ballet for all dancers whoOf all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. With a body unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike. Her elongated, race-horse physique became the new prototype for the great George Balanchine. Her unique style, humor and authenticity redefined ballet for all dancers who followed. Amazingly, she was the muse to not one great artist but two; both George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins loved her as a dancer and a woman. Balanchine married her, and Robbins created his famous version of Afternoon of a Faun for Tanny. Tanaquil Le Clercq was the foremost dancer of her day until it suddenly all stopped.… Expand

Director: Nancy Buirski

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Mar 26, 2014

A spooky, heartbreaking documentary. Read full review

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Leba Hertz

Mar 20, 2014

Director Nancy Buirski not only is able to give rare insights into the dance world but a compelling tale of love, friendship and perseverance. Read full review

Hedy Weiss

Mar 27, 2014

Strangely haunting, often heartbreaking. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Feb 4, 2014

Buirski clearly shows that the spark that made her great couldn't be snuffed out so easily. Read full review

Peter Keough

May 15, 2014

Presents enough teasing glimpses into the dancer’s personal and inner life to demand a fuller picture. Read full review

Stephanie Merry

Mar 20, 2014

What’s most fascinating about Afternoon of a Faun — and what the movie could spend more time delving into — is ballet’s grueling and fleeting nature. Read full review

Geoff Pevere

Apr 18, 2014

Watching De Clercq dance is not only what Nancy Buirski’s uneven documentary does to best effect, it helps you understand the movie’s otherwise restrictive emphasis on the men who became obsessed by her, primarily her discoverer and husband George Balanchine and the dancer/choreographer Jerome Robbins. Read full review

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BobbyPeru

Apr 17, 2014

Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq is a haunting and beautiful story that provides a glimpse inside the minds of many great performers and lingers in your own days after seeing it.

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