Ballet in the Making

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

600

Date Released

1 Dec 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Gobblers!
2. 2Hats, with a Tilt
3. 3Ballet in the Making
4. 4Over and Under

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

NoS Summary - Young ballet dancers in training at Mayfair School of Dancing
British Pathe synopsis: L/S of group of young girls ballet dancing in a hall. Other girls watch the display. The girls are probably preteens. "Well, they catch ‘em young" M/S of two young girls being given ballet lessons in front of a mirror. We see the teacher’s reflection as well as the girls’. They carry out various ballet exercises. "- develop these graceful toe steps and dainty arm movements" Older girls perform a routine whilst the younger ones watch. Various shots of the dancing display. "- and start them whirling - " Six girls do lots of pirouettes. "The supply is inexhaustible, for dancing attracts both old and young - " Group of girls dance from the back of the room to the front. "And these "buds" blossom forth into flowers of the Ballet." The girls dance around a lake.

Keywords

Education and training; Music and dance; Children

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.250
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP250
National Film Archive Catalogue

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