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Catalogue Number: NFB527507
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Norman McLaren
Directors: Norman McLaren
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Arts, Education, Experimental, Media and Communications
Language: English, French
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1967
Running Time: 13:22
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Pas de deux - Multilingual DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB527507
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Norman McLaren
Directors: Norman McLaren
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Arts, Education, Experimental, Media and Communications
Language: English, French
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1967
Running Time: 13:22
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The film acts as a sort of magic mirror to the dance, as McLaren captures and multiplies the grace in the movements of two dancers from the Grands Ballets Canadiens. Margaret Mercier and Vincent Warren move through a pas de deux, dressed entirely in white. Filmed in a studio where both the walls and floor were painted black, the film was lit from the side so that only silhouettes of the dancers appear, multiplied over and over again on the film. The result is a harmonious synthesis of research and creation.