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Last Dance (2002)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
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In 2001, author and artist Maurice Sendak entered into an unusual collaboration with the Pilobolus Dance Company to create A Selection, a contemporary ballet inspired by true stories of the Holocaust. As Sendak and the Pilobolus creative team construct the piece from the ground up, they find themselves clashing over creative issues as they also juggle the weighty issues of how to honestly deal with the issues of the Holocaust within the context of a dance piece without trivializing them in the

Nov 23, 2004

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It's a rare window on an artistic collaboration.

October 31, 2002 Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results. Last Dance, whatever its flaws, fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether, in this case, that's true.

August 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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Discursive but oddly riveting documentary.

July 12, 2002 Comment
New York Post
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The movie provides an intimate glimpse of how sensibilities as compatible as oil and water forced themselves to blend and create a successful work despite their aesthetic differences.

July 11, 2002 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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Riveting when it focuses on the challenges of crossing a generational divide.

July 11, 2002 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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A fascinating look into the creative process

December 1, 2004 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | Comment
culturevulture.net

Stripped of pretentions, Last Dance offers up a wholly human, tantalizingly imperfect struggle to create beauty and resonance.

November 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Mixed Reviews | Comment

I'll admit: I've never had much exposure to, or interest in, the world of interpretive dance. While I'm not necessarily a convert, I am grateful for at least the brief exposure to this stunning form of art.

June 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

The culmination of everyone's efforts is given life when A Selection appears in its final form [in "Last Dance"].

August 21, 2002 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | Comment
Reeling Reviews

an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle, seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times, then found its sweet spot

August 20, 2002 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | Comment
Reeling Reviews

Unfortunately, neither Sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate.

July 27, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

What is captured during the conceptual process doesn't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work, The Selection, became in its final form.

July 12, 2002 Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

Provides an illuminating glimpse into what goes on in the dance studio.

July 11, 2002 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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