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Oscar® Winner, Best Documentary (Short Subject), 1983

Flamenco at 5:15

1983 29 min
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This short film is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain, Susana and Antonio Robledo. The film shows the beautiful young North American dancers—inspired by the flamenco rhythms and mesmerized by Susana's extraordinary energy—joyously merging with an ancient gypsy culture.

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This short film is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain, Susana and Antonio Robledo. The film shows the beautiful young North American dancers—inspired by the flamenco rhythms and mesmerized by Susana's extraordinary energy—joyously merging with an ancient gypsy culture.

Dance All subjects
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  • director
    Cynthia Scott
  • producer
    Cynthia Scott
    Adam Symansky
  • executive producer
    Adam Symansky
    Kathleen Shannon
  • photography
    Paul Cowan
  • sound
    Hans Oomes
  • editing
    Paul Demers
    Cynthia Scott
  • sound editing
    Julian Olson
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • choreography
    Susana Robledo
  • music
    Antonio Robledo

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Education

Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
Arts Education - Dance Arts Education - Music
Film would complement any exploration of nationally-identified art forms and also explorations of undercurrents of political resistance in art, e.g. hip-hop, Jamaican reggae, Haitian rara. Students will also benefit from “Opre, Roma,” an NFB film about Roma (gypsies) in Canada. After watching the two films, students write an essay trying to get at the heart of the statement: “Flamenco is not a dance, it is a way of life.”
Flamenco at 5:15
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