The Ballet of the Nations: A film by Impermanence
A film inspired by the pacifist satire, The Ballet of the Nations, written by Vernon Lee in 1915 and illustrated by Maxwell Armfield as a response to the outbreak of war. Impermanence’s film incorporates original dialogue inspired by Lee’s text, among intricate and stylised dance pieces, with produc...
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| description | A film inspired by the pacifist satire, The Ballet of the Nations, written by Vernon Lee in 1915 and illustrated by Maxwell Armfield as a response to the outbreak of war. Impermanence’s film incorporates original dialogue inspired by Lee’s text, among intricate and stylised dance pieces, with production design by Pam Tait, an original soundtrack by composer Robert Bentall and cinematography by Jack Offord.
The original publication was rooted in a culture of experimental performance that developed in Britain during the war, against the grain of mainstream theatre and often in sympathy with the wartime peace movement. Impermanence’s production reanimates that world of movement, sound and design, using the evidence of archives, art works, footage, photographs and illustrated books to develop a richly-textured evocation of the wartime artistic response. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a034ce820ef403c86f0d8c64a822dc82022-12-22T03:34:00ZengYale UniversityBritish Art Studies2058-54622019-03-011110.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-11/botnThe Ballet of the Nations: A film by ImpermanenceRoseanna Anderson0Joshua Ben-Tovim1ImpermanenceImpermanenceA film inspired by the pacifist satire, The Ballet of the Nations, written by Vernon Lee in 1915 and illustrated by Maxwell Armfield as a response to the outbreak of war. Impermanence’s film incorporates original dialogue inspired by Lee’s text, among intricate and stylised dance pieces, with production design by Pam Tait, an original soundtrack by composer Robert Bentall and cinematography by Jack Offord. The original publication was rooted in a culture of experimental performance that developed in Britain during the war, against the grain of mainstream theatre and often in sympathy with the wartime peace movement. Impermanence’s production reanimates that world of movement, sound and design, using the evidence of archives, art works, footage, photographs and illustrated books to develop a richly-textured evocation of the wartime artistic response.http://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-11/ballet-of-the-nationsthe ballet of the nationsdancechoreographyartists' filmsvernon leemaxwell armfield |
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| title | The Ballet of the Nations: A film by Impermanence |
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