Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun - Trailer
Preview: 6/20/2014 | 2m 21s
The ballerina's career, struggle with polio, and influence on great choreographers.
Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929–2000) was a mesmerizing ballerina with the New York City Ballet who greatly influenced choreographers George Balanchine (her husband) and Jerome Robbins (her friend). Filmmaker Nancy Buirski spotlights Le Clercq’s ballet career, influence on dance, and her struggle with polio, which paralyzed her at the height of her fame. The film premieres June 20 at 10 pm on PBS.
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Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun - Trailer
Preview: 6/20/2014 | 2m 21s
Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929–2000) was a mesmerizing ballerina with the New York City Ballet who greatly influenced choreographers George Balanchine (her husband) and Jerome Robbins (her friend). Filmmaker Nancy Buirski spotlights Le Clercq’s ballet career, influence on dance, and her struggle with polio, which paralyzed her at the height of her fame. The film premieres June 20 at 10 pm on PBS.
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Tanaquil Le Clercq in Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun
Watch an excerpt of Le Clercq and partner performing Jerome Robbin's love pas de deux. (1m 35s)
Western Symphony: One of Tanaquil Le Clercq's Last Dances
Watch a clip of Le Clercq in Western Symphony, one of the last ballets she performed in. (56s)
Polio and Iron Lungs in the 1950s. Le Clercq's Illness.
An iron lung allowed Tanaquil Le Clercq to breathe after she contracted polio in 1956. (1m 42s)
Tanaquil Le Clercq, the Ideal Balanchine Dancer
Le Clercq was one of Balanchine's muses and her body and style became an ideal in ballet. (1m 7s)
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Support for American Masters is provided by AARP, The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Burton P. and Judith B. Resnick Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation,...