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The very embodiment of modern dance - Margie Gillis steps into the light, lifts her arms and unleashes her extraordinary mane into the air. Four decades into a remarkable career, Gillis is a beacon of compassion and creativity, inventing beauty in a world that needs more of it. High-speed cameras ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Film Board of Canada
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2011.
Series:	National Film Board Screening Room
Subjects:	Gillis, Margie, Gillis, Margie > Biographies. Gillis, Margie. Modern dance > Canada. Modern dance. Canada. Gillis, Margie > Canada Council for the Arts > Governor General's Awards > Women dancers Filmed performances. Spectacles filmés.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	The very embodiment of modern dance - Margie Gillis steps into the light, lifts her arms and unleashes her extraordinary mane into the air. Four decades into a remarkable career, Gillis is a beacon of compassion and creativity, inventing beauty in a world that needs more of it. High-speed cameras capture the delicate and savage joy of Canada's own Isadora Duncan.
Item Description:	Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. ; Quebec Centre.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 streaming video file (6 min.))
Playing Time:	00:06:08
Audience:	12-17.
Production Credits:	Director/writer, Pepita Ferrari ; director of photography, Sylvaine Dufaux ; editor, Miguel Raymond ; original music/sound design, Éric Auclair ; sound editing, Don Ayer ; makeup, Jacques Lee Pelletier ; esthetician, Emma Minaraki ; mix, Serge Boivin ; producer, Kat Baulu ; senior producer, Gerry Flahive.