Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse


1h 55m 1996

Brief Synopsis

She came to the New York City Ballet as a teenager from Ohio and captured the heart and soul of the great Mr. B, inspiring the seminal ballets of her era and setting off a fevered and bizarre star-crossed love triangle. As the greatest ballerina of her time looks back on her amazing career, she crea

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1996

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 55m

Synopsis

She came to the New York City Ballet as a teenager from Ohio and captured the heart and soul of the great Mr. B, inspiring the seminal ballets of her era and setting off a fevered and bizarre star-crossed love triangle. As the greatest ballerina of her time looks back on her amazing career, she creates an intimate portrait of her own on-stage triumphs, notwithstanding her life's back stage turmoil.

Crew

Helene Alexopoulos

Other

Beth Barbre

Special Thanks To

Maurice Bejart

Other

Anne Belle

Producer

David Belle

Production Assistant

Maria Calegari

Other

Patrick Coleman

Production Assistant

Jacques D'amboise

Other

Elliot Deitch

Sound Editor

Stephanie Desibour

Special Thanks To

Kit Dibenedetto

Production Assistant

Deborah Dickson

Editor

Suzanne Farrell

Other

Fred Fehl

Camera Assistant

Carolyn Georges

Photography

Eric Grossman

Special Thanks To

Isabelle Guerin

Other

Ned Hallick

Gaffer

Wolfgang Held

Other

Wolfgang Held

Cinematographer

Samuel Henriques

Camera Assistant

Barbara Horgan

Special Thanks To

Tom Hurwitz

Cinematographer

Tom Hurwitz

Other

Sakae Ishikawa

Associate Editor

Susan Jaffe

Other

Paul Kolnik

Camera Assistant

Tom Krueger

Gaffer

Calen Lang

Production Assistant

Don Lenzer

Director Of Photography

Don Lenzer

Other

Conrad Ludlow

Other

George Platt Lynes

Photography

Peter Martins

Special Thanks To

Peter Martins

Other

Paul Mejia

Other

Gjon Mili

Photography

Marc E Miller

Special Thanks To

Peter G. Miller

Sound Recordist

Arthur Mitchell

Other

Marie-christine Mouis

Other

Dominique Nabokov

Photography

Bill Nisselson

Special Thanks To

Fabio Massimo Paciucci

Assistant Editor

Margaret Pine

Special Thanks To

David Pultz

Color Timer

Brenda Ray

Sound

Jerry Risius

Camera Assistant

David S Singer

Executive Producer

Elliot Sokolov

Special Thanks To

Richard Somerset-ward

Special Thanks To

Catherine Tambini

Coproducer

Dominick Tavella

Sound

Zeborah Tidwell

Sound Editor

Jac Venza

Executive Producer

Jeffery Victor

Camera Assistant

Edward Villella

Other

Rosalind P Walter

Special Thanks To

Gretchen Wiggins

Assistant Editor

Irwin Young

Special Thanks To

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1996

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 55m

Award Nominations

Best Documentary Feature

1996

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States January 1997

Shown at New York Film Festival September 29 - October 13, 1996.

Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.

Broadcast in USA over Thirteen-WNET June 25, 1997.

Dance Selections: "Apollo" "Diamonds" "Romeo and Juliet" "Chaconne" "Don Quixote" "Scotch Symphony" "Concerto Barocco" "Meditation" "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" "Davidsbundlertanze" "A Midsummer Night's Dream" "Tzigane" "Movement for Piano and Orchestra"

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States 1996 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 29 - October 13, 1996.)

Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.)