Pas de deux (film)
Pas de deux is a 1968 short dance film by Norman McLaren, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
The film was photographed on high contrast stock, with optical, step-and-repeat printing, for a sensuous and almost stroboscopic appearance. It shows a ballerina dancing by herself, before being joined by a male dancer, to perform the pas de deux of the title, as choreographed by Ludmilla Chiriaeff.
The film is choreographed to Romanian pan pipe music.Awards
Pas de deux received 17 awards, including the 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film and an Academy Award nomination, as Duo.
