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2014
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 31 m

2014
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 31 m

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 w...

2014
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 31 m

2014
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 31 m

Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews

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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 w...

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Top Cast

Tanaquil Le Clerq

Self

Jacques d'Amboise

Self

Barbara Horgan

Self - George Balanchine's assistant

Randall Bourscheidt

Self - Tanaquil Le Clercq's friend

Patricia McBride

Self

George Balanchine

Self

Larry Mackenzie

Self

Joya Moore

Self

Jerome Robbins

Self

Arthur Mitchell

Self

Allegra Kent

Self

Suzanne Farrell

Self

Virginia Johnson

Self

Martha Swope

Self - photographer

Marianne Bower

Tanaquil Le Clercq

Michael Stuhlbarg

Jerome Robbins

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews

92% Positive
12 Reviews

8% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews

92% Positive
12 Reviews

8% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly

Mar 26, 2014

A spooky, heartbreaking documentary.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

Mar 27, 2014

Strangely haunting, often heartbreaking.

Los Angeles Times

Apr 10, 2014

Afternoon of a Faun offers privileged glimpses of Le Clercq's life.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

Feb 4, 2014

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

By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

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.

By Stephanie Merry FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Feb 4, 2014

The movie is unusual for its absence of gossip. Instead it offers hardheaded commentary about the rigors of a dancer’s life and how everyone who chooses a dance career is aware of its brevity.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

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.

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Production Company Augusta Films, Steeplechase Films

Release Date Feb 5, 2014

Duration 1 h 31 m

Rating Not Rated

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Website https://www.facebook.com/TannyFilm

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Awards

Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)

• 2 Nominations

Satellite Awards

• 1 Nomination

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