Pas De Deux
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada, Columbia Pictures
Synopsis
Norman McLaren takes a look at the choreography of ballet, with cinema effects that are all that you would expect from this master of improvisation in music and illustration. By exposing the same frames as many as 10 times, the artist creates a multiple image of the ballerina and her partner (Margaret Mercier and Vincent Warren). A bare, black stage and backlit figures, plus the remote, airy music of panpipes, produce a quiet and detachment similar to that of "Lines.."
Characters
Ballerina, Ballet Dancer
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Norman McLaren
Producing
- Producer
- Norman McLaren
Art Department
- Production Design
- Ludmilla Chiriaeff (uncredited)
Visual Effects
- Special Effects
- Wally Howard
Camera
- Photography
- Jacques Fogel
Sound
- Sound Editor
- Maurice Blackburn
- Sound
- Ron Alexander
Music Department
- Musician (Panpipes)
- Dobre Constantin
Crew
- Choreography
- Ludmilla Chiriaeff
Companies and other credits
- Music: United Folk Orchestra of Romania
Production notes
A film without words.
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Subject, Live Action, 1969.
Special Award, Norman McLaren, Canadian Film Awards, 1968.
BAFTA Award, Best Animated Film, Norman McLaren, 1969.
Grand Prix, Norman McLaren, Melbourne International Film Festival, 1969.
Best Short Film, Norman McLaren, Phnom Penh International Film Festival, 1968
Special Award, Norman McLaren, Canadian Film Awards, 1968.
BAFTA Award, Best Animated Film, Norman McLaren, 1969.
Grand Prix, Norman McLaren, Melbourne International Film Festival, 1969.
Best Short Film, Norman McLaren, Phnom Penh International Film Festival, 1968