THE MORNING LIST
This week, the passion for dance and the entry of hip-hop into university; a “pigouilleur” boatman whom the “basins” bathe; mistreated, despised, forgotten harkis. And the “first media tenor”Hollywood star with the “blessed voice of the gods”, also forgotten.
The passion of ballet apprentices and the contemporary
Stéphane Carrel offers an immersion in the daily life of students at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance (CNSMD) in Paris, with their doubts, their emotions, their determination. The kaleidoscope of images that launches this web series immediately situates the teaching of this school of excellence. The apprenticeship of ballet and that of the contemporary live together in harmony. And, when one hundred and twenty students find themselves on a common project like that of the evening dedicated to the American choreographer Trisha Brown (1936-2017), the atmosphere is boiling. “There is a crazy atmosphere, happily exclaims a young woman. We all laugh together, there’s really a bond that is created between all and it’s just incredible. »
The title of the documentary clearly underlines the common trait of young people aged 16 to 18: only passion counts, that of dance, but also hard work and perseverance. “You all auditionedsays Cédric Andrieux, director of choreographic studies, in the introduction. You all had a great desire and a great curiosity to integrate this establishment and, to make it live, we need this desire and this curiosity…”
The immersion in the routine of the dancers makes it possible to take the temperature of their emotions, while observing their artistic progression. Direct, concrete, this web series films different key moments of the school year. The “carte blanche” given to everyone to choreograph a short eight-minute piece offers another, even more intimate point of view. As for the end-of-year exam, success or failure, it does not affect morale. ” Since the time I’ve been there and all the sacrifices I’ve made, repeating a year isn’t going to stop all of this.”, says Laura. Rosita Boisseau
Only dance, a year at the Paris Conservatory, web series directed by Stéphane Carrel (Fr., 2022, 3 × 20 min). Available online from Wednesday 7 December on Arte.tv.
When France parked the harkis behind barbed wire
With her first documentary, Dalila Kerchouche, born in Bias (Lot-et-Garonne), signs a touching film which highlights the way in which the Republic has welcomed those who had joined her side. A film without hatred, which highlights the drama of the harkis, these French people despised for so long. For twenty years, this journalist born “behind the barbed wire” de Bias, in 1973, strives to bring out the memory of the harkis and their descendants.
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