Danspubliek: Exclusief gefilmd interview met Mikhail Baryshnikov

01-09-2011

Interview met Mikhail Baryshnikov over In Paris van Dmitry Krymov door Altin Kaftira (huisfilmer Het Nationale Ballet) voor Danspubliek: 'Het publiek dezelfde gevoelens laten ervaren'.

Bekijk de video hier.

 

Mikhail Baryshnikov (born Riga, 1948) danced with the Kirov Ballet for five years, earning acclaim for his technical brilliance, his gravity-defying leaps, and his dramatic interpretations of classical roles. In 1974 he settled in New York City as a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. In 1979, Baryshnikov moved from American Ballet Theatre to work with master choreographer George Balanchine at New York City Ballet. In 1980, he returned to American Ballet Theatre, serving for 10 years as artistic director. The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) was established in 2005 to house the core activities of the Baryshnikov Dance Foundation.
In addition to his career in dance, Baryshnikov has pursued acting, starring in five films, including his Oscar-nominated performance in The Turning Point. He has been on numerous television shows, among them three Emmy Award-winning specials. In 1989, he appeared on Broadway in Metamorphosis, earning a Tony nomination and a Drama Critics Award. In 2011 Baryshnikov is to be seen in the stage production of In Paris by Russian famed director Dmitry Krymov.

Altin Kaftira is creative filmmaker and resident filmmaker at the Dutch National Ballet. Before his filming career Altin, Albanian from origin, was a principal dancer at Dutch National Ballet and English National Ballet. He won 3rd prize in Choreographic Captures 2011 in Munich, Germany and was a finalist of the East-End Film Festival and Dança em Foco in Rio de Janeiro. 'Personal Space is one of the best abstract dance movies we've seen for a while. Lovely music and lighting, very ethereal' (Dances with Films Festival committee).

Altin Kaftira was allowed 30 minutes with the legendary dancer, photographer, actor and director of the Baryshnikov Arts Center. As the staging of In Paris at the Noorderzon festival was being finalized there was no time to film actual material of the performance