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Biographical films about dancers
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The list Biographical films about dancers includes
Mao's Last Dancer, Nijinsky, Isadora, The White Crow and Desert Dancer.
The list consists of 8 members.
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Mao's Last Dancer
2009 Australian film
Overview: Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian film based on professional dancer Li Cunxin's 2003 autobiographical memoir of the same name. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi ...
Release date: 13 September 2009Genre: DramaDirector: Bruce BeresfordCast: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Christopher Kirby, Suzie Steen, Madeleine EastoeIn Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet ...
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Nijinsky
1980 film by Herbert Ross
Overview: Nijinsky is a 1980 American biographical film directed by Herbert Ross. Hugh Wheeler wrote a screenplay that explores the later life and career of Vaslav Nijinsky; it was based largely on the premier ...Release date: 20 March 1980Genre: Biography, DramaDirector: Herbert RossProducer: Nora Kaye, Stanley O'TooleWriter: Hugh Wheeler, Romola NijinskySet in the early 1910s at a time of passionate artistic experimentalism, and based on biographical fact... 0
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Isadora
1968 biographical film by Karel Reisz
Overview: Isadora (also known as The Loves of Isadora) is a 1968 biographical drama film directed by Karel Reisz from a screenplay written by Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, and Clive Exton adapted from the books ...
Release date: 1 December 1968Genre: Biography, DramaDirector: Karel ReiszProducer: Raymond Hakim, Robert HakimWriter: Melvyn Bragg, Margaret DrabbleA biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well ... 0
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The White Crow
2018 British film
Overview: The White Crow is a 2018 biographical drama film written by David Hare and directed by Ralph Fiennes. It chronicles the life and dance career of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, played by Oleg Ivenko.
Director: Ralph FiennesCast: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sergei Polunin, Olivier RabourdinProducer: Opasic Anja, Carolyn Marks BlackwoodWriter: David Hare, Julie KavanaghThe story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West. 0
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Desert Dancer
2014 film by Richard Raymond
Overview: Desert Dancer is a 2014 British biographical drama film directed by Richard Raymond and written by Jon Croker. Starring Reece Ritchie and Freida Pinto, the film is based on the true story of Afshin Gh ...
Release date: 10 April 2015Genre: Biography, DramaDirector: Richard RaymondProducer: Mohammed Al Turki, Zakaria AlaouiWriter: Jon Croker, Afshin GhaffarianAfshin Ghaffarian risks everything to start a dance company amid his home country of Iran's politically volatile climate and the nation's ban on dancing ... 0
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Yuli
Cuban 2018 ballet biopic
Overview: Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story is a 2018 dance biopic about the Cuban ballet director and dancer Carlos Acosta; based on his biography and starring Acosta as the adult version of himself, it was directed ...
Director: Icíar BollaínCast: Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez, Edlison Manuel Olbera Núñez, Laura De la Uz, Yerlín PérezProducer: Carlos Acosta, Martina Valentina BaumgartnerWriter: Paul Laverty, Carlos AcostaThe director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some ... 0
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The Dancer
2016 film by Stéphanie Di Giusto
Overview: The Dancer (French: La Danseuse) is a 2016 biographical historical drama film about dancer Loie Fuller, directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto from a screenplay she co-wrote with Sarah Thiebaud and Thomas Bi ...
Genre: Biography, Drama, MusicDirector: Stéphanie Di GiustoCast: Soko, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp, François Damiens, Louis-Do de LencquesaingProducer: Xavier Amblard, Alain AttalWriter: Thomas Bidegain, Giovanni ListaLoïe Fuller was the toast of the Folies Bergères at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec and the Lumière Brothers. The ... 0
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Lola, the Movie
2007 Spanish film
Overview: Lola, the Movie (Spanish: Lola, la película) is a 2007 Spanish biographical drama film directed by Miguel Hermoso from a screenplay by Antonio Onetti [es] which stars Gala Évora as the title character ... 0
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