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Dancing Beethoven
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Dancing Beethoven
| image = Premios Goya 2018 - Richard Perron, Arantxa Aguirre y Jos Luis Lpez Linares (Dancing Beethoven) 02.jpg
| caption = Richard Perron, Arantxa Aguirre, and Jos Luis Lpez Linares at the 32nd Goya Awards
| director = Arantxa Aguirre
| screenplay = Arantxa Aguirre
| music = Ludwig van Beethoven
| cinematography = Rafael Reparaz
| editing = Valeria Gentile
| starring = Zubin Mehta
| production_companies =
| distributors =
| released =
| runtime = 80 min
}}
'Dancing Beethoven' is a 2017 documentary film by the Spanish director Arantxa Aguirre. It is about the work of the choreographer Maurice Bjart, founder of the Ballet of the 20th Century and other dance companies. It was released on in Germany and on in Spain. Shooting took place in Lausanne and Tokyo over nine months.
It tells the story of a revival of choreography created by Bjart in the 1960s for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The performance is given in Tokyo and the dancers are from the Bjart Ballet Lausanne and Tokyo Ballet, accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta.
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Awards and nominations
'Dancing Beethoven' was nominated in the 32nd Goya Awards for Best Documentary Film and for the for Best Documentary Feature although finally won.
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