Pas de deux (released as Duo in the United States) is a 1968 short dance film by Norman McLaren, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Production Pas de deux is choreographed to Romanian pan pipe music by Ludmilla Chiriaeff. Ballerina Margaret Mercier dances by herself (or rather, with images of herself), before being joined by Vincent Warren to perform the pas de deux of the title.
It was filmed in a studio where the walls and floor were painted black. Lighting was from the sides, so only the dancers' silhouettes appear, and their images are repeatedly multiplied 10 times.Classical ballet transforms into a dance of the surreal in this duet from 1968|Aeon
The film was photographed on high contrast black and white 35mm Kodak stock,CanadARThistories with optical, step-and-repeat printing, for a sensuous and almost stroboscopic appearance.
Awards 22nd British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation, 1969 BFI London Film Festival, London: Outstanding Film of the Year, 1968 Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Special Plaque of the Jury, 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Special Prize for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, 1968 FIBA International Festival of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires: Silver Cabildo for the Most Original Film, 1968 Cambodia International Film Festival, Phnom Penh: First Prize, Short Film, 1968 Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland: Diploma of Honour, 1968 Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne: Grand Prize, Short Subject, 1969 Film Critics and Journalists Association of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Golden Plaque, Short Film, 1969 International Film Festival of Ballet, Nervi: Silver Orchid Award, 1969 Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan: First Place, Creative Art, 1969 Colombo International Film Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Honourable Mention, Short Film, 1969 Salerno Short Film Festival, Salerno, Italy: Trophy of the Festival, 1970 Panama International Film Festival, Panama City, Panama: Award for Best Short Film, 1970 International Festival of Short Films, Philadelphia: Top Film of the Festival, 1971 American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, 1970 American Film and Video Festival, New York: Emily Award, 1970 Festival of Music and Dance, Menton: Prize of the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister in charge of Youth, Sports and Leisure, 1971 41st Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee (as Duo): Best Live Action Short Subject, 19691969|Oscars.org
References
Collins, Maynard (1976). Norman McLaren (Canadian film series): Canadian Film Institute. ASIN B0006CVBIW
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