Dancing Beethoven

Dancing Beethoven is a 2017 documentary film by the Spanish director Arantxa Aguirre. It is about the work of the choreographer Maurice Béjart, founder of the Ballet of the 20th Century and other dance companies. It was released on 13 April 2017 in Germany and on 28 April 2017 in Spain. Shooting took place in Lausanne and Tokyo over nine months.

Dancing Beethoven
Richard Perron, Arantxa Aguirre, and José Luis López Linares at the 32nd Goya Awards
Directed byArantxa Aguirre
Screenplay byArantxa Aguirre
StarringZubin Mehta
CinematographyRafael Reparaz
Edited byValeria Gentile
Music byLudwig van Beethoven
Production
companies
  • Coproducción España-Suiza
  • Fondation Béjart Ballet Lausanne
  • Fondation Maurice Béjart
  • López-Li Films
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 13 April 2017 (2017-04-13) (Germany)
  • 28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) (Spain)
Running time
80 min
CountrySpain

It tells the story of a revival of choreography created by Béjart in the 1960s for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The performance is given in Tokyo and the dancers are from the Béjart Ballet Lausanne and Tokyo Ballet, accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta.

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