Only When I Dance

Name: Only When I Dance
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 2, 2010
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 59

2010

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Film Movement | Release Date: July 2, 2010

Summary: This feel-good documentary follows Irlan and Isabela, two teenagers from the violent favelas of Rio de Janeiro, as they pursue their dreams of becoming professional ballet dancers. This inspiring story takes us from Rio - where their communities must raise the funds to support their ambitions - to exhilarating ballet competitions in NewThis feel-good documentary follows Irlan and Isabela, two teenagers from the violent favelas of Rio de Janeiro, as they pursue their dreams of becoming professional ballet dancers. This inspiring story takes us from Rio - where their communities must raise the funds to support their ambitions - to exhilarating ballet competitions in New York and Switzerland. It's a film about their determination to dance, and the price one must pay for talent, ambition and success. (Film Movement)… Expand

Director: Beadie Finzi

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 78 min

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V.A. Musetto

Finzi's lovingly filmed movie draws viewers into the lives of its two young heroes. You don't have to be a ballet buff to be moved by Isabela's and Irlan's stories. Read full review

Michelle Orange

British director Beadie Finzi follows both dancers to international competitions, where the difficult questions raised by their struggles are set aside. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

A more probing exploration of the subjects' diverse challenges would have been welcome. But your heart connects to these young artists. When they soar - onstage and off - you feel it. Read full review

Eric Hynes

What’s unique to Beadie Finzi’s debut feature is what it reveals about the financial, physical and emotional costs of talent. Read full review

Mike Hale

The lack of information about the school, or about any aspect of the two dancers’ lives that doesn’t involve training for and competing in international competitions, can be startling. When another Centro de Dança student, a petite woman, is a winner at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne, we’re stunned. We didn’t even know she was there. Read full review

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