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Elimination Dance
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'Elimination Dance' is a 1998 Canadian short drama film.John Haslett Cuff, "Thirty-two short things about Don McKellar". 'The Globe and Mail', September 10, 1998. Directed by Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar and Michael Ondaatje based on Ondaatje's poem of the same name, the film stars McKellar and Tracy Wright as a couple in a jazz dance competition, in which various couples are eliminated as the announcer (Michael Turner) calls out various elimination criteria drawn from Ondaatje's poem.Craig MacInnis, "Forever an outlaw". 'Ottawa Citizen', December 6, 1998.
Other people appearing in the film as non-speaking dancers include Meryn Cadell, Carole Pope, Laura Bertram, Valerie Buhagiar, Chas Lawther, Anna Stratton, Duke Redbird, Ryan Black, Esta Spalding, Leah Cherniak, James Allodi and Clement Virgo.
The film premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival.Marc Horton, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93313990/ "The omnipresent Don McKellar"]. 'Edmonton Journal', September 14, 1998.
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 19th Genie Awards in 1999.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93263043/ "Major Genie nominees"]. 'Vancouver Sun', December 8, 1998.
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