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Norman McLaren takes a look at the choreography of ballet, with cinema effects that are all that you would expect from this master of improvisation in music and illustration. By exposing the same frames as many as ten times, the artist creates a multiple image of the ballerina and her partner (Margaret Mercier and Vincent Warren). A bare, black stage and back-lit figures, plus the remote, airy music of panpipes, produce a quiet and detachment similar to that of Lines. A film without words.

1968, 13 min 22 s

  • Production Agency
    National Film Board of Canada
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Pas de deux

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Top Film of the Festival
International Festival of Short Films
November 13 to 18 1971, Philadelphia - USA

Prix du Secrétaire d'État auprès du Premier Ministre chargé à la jeunesse, des sports et des loisirs
Festival of Music and Dance
June 1 1971, Menton - France

Trophy of the Festival
Festival du film à format réduit
October 12 to 18 1970, Salerno - Italy

Best Short FIlm Award
International Film Festival
October 8 to 15 1970, Panama City - Panama

Emily Award
Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival
May 12 to 16 1970, New York - USA

Blue Ribbon Award
Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival
May 12 to 16 1970, New York - USA

First Place - Category: Creative Art
Golden Sheaf Awards /Short Film and Video Festival
October 22 to 24 1969, Yorkton - Canada

Honourable Mention - Golden Plaque - Category: Short Film
Film Critics and Journalists Association of Ceylon
September 4 to 10 1969, Colombo - Sri Lanka

Honourable Mention - Category: Short Film
International Film Festival
September 4 to 10 1969, Colombo - Sri Lanka

Silver Orchid Award for the singular and rigorous application of the principle of animated cinema to a study of motion in dance
International Film Festival of Ballet
July 1 1969, Nervi - Italy

Grand Prize - Category: Short Subject
International Film Festival
June 6 to 21 1969, Melbourne - Australia

Best Animation Film
BAFTA / British Academy of Film & Television Awards
March 26 1969, London - England

First Prize - Best Short Film
International Film Festival
November 28 1968, Phnom Penh - Cambodia

Outstanding Film of the Year Award
London Film Festival
November 19 to December 5 1968, London - England

Special Plaque of the Jury
International Film Festival
November 9 to 17 1968, Chicago - USA

Silver Cabildo for the Most Original Film
International Short Film Festival
October 15 to November 15 1968, Buenos Aires - Argentina

Special Prize for Outstanding Artistic Achievement
Genie Awards
October 4 1968, Toronto - Canada

Diploma of Honour
International Film Festival
September 26 to October 6 1968, Locarno - Switzerland

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