This documentary about the Paris Opera Ballet gave interesting insights about the industry by showing the process by which such amazing presentations come into being. The dancers were amazing, especially when they showed the actual presentations in set with costumes and lights.
It was great to see how a piece goes from the fist clumsy and un-choreographed steps, which are strongly criticized by the choreographers, to amazing performances on stage. In addition, as a business major, it was interesting to see the managerial side of this industry such as understanding how they treat their new choreographers, their dancers, and investors.
However, I thought that as a documentary about the Paris Opera Ballet, they missed the most important testimonies: the dancers. We can see choreographers and managers talk, however, we never get to know how the dancers feel about subjects that affect them directly such as early retirement, fatigue, strict hierarchy, and constant criticism. I have always thought that it is amazing when people are brave enough to dedicate themselves to do something they really love even if it is extremely difficult to succeed and it has a short life span. Therefore, I was wishing to learn about certain insights of the life of these dancers. Given the lack of this information, I thought that the movie was too long. It was filled with things that could have being cut and made the movie more light and easy to seat through.
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