The Ballet of the Nations (2019)

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Released:
2019-04-03

Overview:
The film begins with Satan and Ballet Master Death discussing how to reintroduce chaos into a complacent society. Satan instructs Ballet Master Death to assemble an orchestra of human passions (Fear, Panic, Suspicion, Hatred, Heroism, Murder etc.) to provide the music for a corps de ballet of Nations to perform the dance macabre of war. What follows is an often-humorous assembly of the orchestra, filmed in the atmospheric cavernous tunnels beneath Bristol Temple Meads. Following this assembly, we see the core Nations perform their dance, joined by a larger cohort of Nations for the final act, Revenge. The film is interspersed with danced sections performed by a Chorus, evocative of the choric elements of classical Greek tragedy.

Directors:
Joshua Bentovim, Roseanna Anderson

Runtime:
0h 50min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Billy Zane
    as
    Narrator
  • Peter Clements
    as
    Ballet Master Death
  • Sonya Cullingford
    as
    Satan