A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.
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- 2 nominations
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- TriviaAnastasia Shevtsova is a talented dancer: she was part of the renowned Vaganova Academy in Saint Petersburg before shooting the movie, and was afterwards admitted in the famous Mariinsky ballet, also in Saint Petersburg. Originally from a classical background, she practiced modern dance for as long as six months for the movie.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Au fil des mots: Episode dated 14 November 2016 (2016)
- SoundtracksConcerto for violin and orchestra
Music by Philip Glass
Violin by Adele Anthony
Ulster Orchestra
Conducted by T. Yuada
Featured review
The dancers' dance film
The problem with contemporary dance is that it can end up as a parody of itself. This film is a band apart, however. Polina resonates with true passion for movement and creativity that is young, fluid and beautiful. It may look like an art film but it's actually more real than that. The struggle to find true expression of herself, the exhausting work to get there are laid out as Polina finds her way from classical to interpretive dance via improv and hip hop. Every time this film comes up on SBS World Movies, I have to dip into it again and I find something new. Europe takes dance to extraordinary heights and this film ends with Polina dancing in a duet of her own exceptional, poetic choreography that will blow you away.
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- lisbethinsydney
- Oct 5, 2022
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- Also known as
- Polina, danser sa vie
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $165,203
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,588
- Aug 27, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $1,000,474
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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