Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

Released Feb 5, 2014

1h 31m

Documentary

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100+ Ratings

The life and career of ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq.

Kerry Lengel

Arizona Republic

It is the mythic resonance of her story that makes it a worthy subject a documentary. But it is the down-to-earth human touches that make "Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq" worth watching.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 29, 2014

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

"Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq" presents enough teasing glimpses into the dancer's personal and inner life to demand a fuller picture.

Rated: 3/4

May 15, 2014

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

This 2013 profile of famed ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq divides its running time between biographical information and synopses of creative achievements, but it doesn't aspire to anything more than the sum of its parts.

May 8, 2014

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Bernard Boo

Way Too Indie

Afternoon of a Faun celebrates Tanny's unique physical gifts and profiles her phenomenal career in-depth, it more importantly gives the feeling that we know her.

Rated: 8.5/10

Apr 3, 2019

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Eleanor Ringel Cater

Saporta Report (Atlanta)

The film exists as both a chronicle of her astonishing talent and her formidable spirit.

Jul 7, 2017

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

The film would be valuable for collecting this footage... even if its lapses as documentary cinema and storytelling device were far more serious than they are.

Rated: 6/10

Nov 27, 2014

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jake s

Poilo was some scary stuff.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This is a beautiful film on many levels - the Debussy "Afternoon of a Faun" theme music that keeps floating through, all the wonderful telling of the story by friends and dancers that loved Tanaquil Le Clercq, and the really haunting images that span the extremes from ballet practice, to polio wards. This is the story of a fascinating person done beautifully by a director that "gets" it beyond belief.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

*** THIS IS A FILM THAT SHOULDN'T BE MISSED ***

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Nancy Buirski

Director

Nancy Buirski

Screenwriter

Krysanne Katsoolis

Executive Producer

Derek Britt

Executive Producer

Nancy Buirski

Producer

Ric Burns

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Synopsis

The life and career of ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq.

Director: Nancy Buirski
Producer: Nancy Buirski, Ric Burns
Screenwriter: Nancy Buirski
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Steeplechase Films, Augusta Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 5, 2014, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 8, 2017
Runtime: 1h 31m