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The Ballet of the Nations

Issue 11

Film

The Ballet of the Nations

Impermanence
Impermanence, The Ballet of the Nations, 2018, film still (dithered detail).
Figure 1 Impermanence, The Ballet of the Nations, 2018, 50 minutes.

Acknowledgements

This project was initiated by Dr Grace Brockington (University of Bristol) whose continued involvement has been instrumental. It has also benefited from partnerships with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, the University of Bristol, and the Unity Theatre Trust.
Based on the book The Ballet of the Nations by Vernon Lee
Directed by: Roseanna Anderson and Joshua Ben-Tovim
Director of Photography: Jack Offord
Production Design: Pam Tait
Composer: Robert Bentall
Producer: Gwenfair Hawkins, Kim Heron, Joshua Ben-Tovim, Roseanna Anderson
Executive Producer: Jack Tarling and Grace Brockington
Editor: Duncan Wood
Cast: Billy Zane (Narrator), Sonya Cullingford (Satan), Peter Clements (Ballet Master Death); Featured Dancers: Harry Alexander, Alessandro Marzotto Levy, Tilly Webber, Lennie, Roseanna Anderson, Joshua Ben-Tovim
Major Sponsor: Arts Council England



About the author

  • Picture of Impermanence
    Founded in 2011 and co-directed by Roseanna Anderson and Joshua Ben-Tovim, the Bristol-based company Impermanence create critically acclaimed work for stage and film that defy and challenge contemporary theatre norms. Impermanence have been supported by Arts Council England, British Council, The Linbury Trust and have presented work at Bristol Old Vic, Arnolfini, The Place, Royal Vauxhall Tavern and Glastonbury Festival amongst others.

Imprint

Author Impermanence
Date 29 March 2019
Category Film
Review status Peer Reviewed (Editorial Group)
License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Downloads PDF format
Article DOI https://doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-11/botn
Cite as Dance Theatre, Impermanence. “The Ballet of the Nations.” In British Art Studies: Theatres of War: Experimental Performance in London, 1914–1918 and Beyond (Curated by Grace Brockington, in Collaboration with Impermanence, with Contributions from Ella Margolin and Claudia Tobin). London and New Haven: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Yale Center for British Art, 2019. https://main--britishartstudies-11.netlify.app/issues/11/ballet-of-the-nations/.