En corps (Canal+): Paris Opera dancer Marion Barbeau’s first steps as an actress

En corps (Canal+): Paris Opera dancer Marion Barbeau’s first steps as an actress

The director of The Spanish Inn is the author of several documentaries on dance. This time, this challenging art on stage and behind the scenes is the driving force behind his fifteenth film…

Elise was injured during her first major role in La Bayadère. Curtain falling, emergencies, plaster cast, forced rest… His doctor is pessimistic. Won’t stand up again…

Marion Barbeau, a dancer at the Paris Opera, took her first steps as an actress in front of Cédric Klapisch’s camera. Its elegance, slim silhouette reminds of Audrey Hepburn. Is this why the filmmaker Russian dolls chose for him in the body, his dance movie? “There is something more, elegant, somewhat indescribable that has escaped Marion’s eye. It is connected with spontaneity, charisma. The camera loves it!”

If cinema was not part of her aspirations, working in front of a camera lens did not frighten this first dancer of the Paris Opera. Cinderella, by Rudolf Nureyev, worked with choreographer Benjamin Millepied, director of the Paris Opera from 2014 to 2016, and founded the Sub-company with dancer Simon Le Borgne. Receive. Three weeks after casting, Marion landed the lead role in En Corps. “I, who spent twenty years of my life without sleep, slept that night!“What does he dream of for the future? “Keep dancing and playing if given the opportunity.

Most corps: Tuesday, October 18th at 21:10 on Canal+

Isabelle Magnier

Source: Programme Television

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