Kurzbeschreibung
"Struggle for Hope" with Tamasaburo Bando (choreographer) Featuring Suite No. 5 for Unaccompanied Cello J.S. Bach Directed and Produced by Niv Fichman Master Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando sets out on a journey to discover, through traditional Japanese dance, the universality end emotion of Bach's Fifth Suite. The result is this revelatory, cross-cultural and trans-oceanic collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, sensitively documented by filmmaker Niv Fichman. "Six Gestures" with Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean Featuring Suite No. 6 for Unaccompanied Cello J.S. Bach Directed by Patricia Rozema Produced by Niv Fichman Bach and ice dance? Yo-Yo Ma believes that world champion ice dancer Torvill and Dean have done for their sport what Bach did for the cello: that is, to dramatically redefine the artistic possibilities and to shatter all preconceptions. Patricia Rozema's mesmerizing film explores the outcome of this unlikely collaboration, with Bach himself as the dramatic counterpoint.
Synopsis
"Struggle for Hope" with Tamasaburo Bando (choreographer) Featuring Suite No. 5 for Unaccompanied Cello J.S. Bach Directed and Produced by Niv Fichman Master Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando sets out on a journey to discover, through traditional Japanese dance, the universality end emotion of Bach's Fifth Suite. The result is this revelatory, cross-cultural and trans-oceanic collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, sensitively documented by filmmaker Niv Fichman. "Six Gestures" with Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean Featuring Suite No. 6 for Unaccompanied Cello J.S. Bach Directed by Patricia Rozema Produced by Niv Fichman Bach and ice dance? Yo-Yo Ma believes that world champion ice dancer Torvill and Dean have done for their sport what Bach did for the cello: that is, to dramatically redefine the artistic possibilities and to shatter all preconceptions. Patricia Rozema's mesmerizing film explores the outcome of this unlikely collaboration, with Bach himself as the dramatic counterpoint.