When producer Matthew Metcalfe realized that live broadcasts from The Met are very popular in New Zealand, he decided to turn the tables. Giselle, Toa Fraser’s cinematic treatment of the New Zealand Ballet production, held its international premiere at TIFF. On the way, László Kriston explains what ballet dancers learn from owls.
According to the TIFF website, “Toa Fraser’s beautifully photographed film captures the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s staging of the classic — about a deceptive nobleman’s punishment at the hands of vengeful spirits — while suggesting a fictionalized, parallel love story offstage between the two lead dancers.”
