Elsa and Her Dancers

(Elsa y su ballet)
Darío Doria | Documentary

2011 | 100 minutes | Argentina

At 87, Elsa Agras directs ballet, doing almost everything (choreography, costumes, and lighting) in rehearsals that go on for months searching for perfection, and for passion.

Synopsis

There are professional women and house wives; they're married, widowed, or divorced. They´re all “girls” between 47 and 81 years old joined by their spirit, of course, but mostly united by Elsa, who at 87 is still going through one of the peaks of her artistic life.

Inspired by the work of Pina Bausch, Elsa directs the 40/90 ballet accompanied always by her walking stick. She does almost everything (choreography, costumes, and lighting) in rehearsals that go over for months searching for some kind of perfection, but also something even more vital: passion.

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Main credits

Doria, Dario (film director)
Doria, Dario (film producer)
Agras, Elsa (on-screen participant)

Other credits

Cinematography and editing, Darío Doria.


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Festivals

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Darío Doria

NATIONALITY: Argentina

YEAR: 2011

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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