Six Gestures from 'Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach'

Réalisé par Patricia Rozema

Canada, 1997 (documentaire, 53 minutes, couleurs, anglais)

Autre titre : « Six Gestures (Suite No. 6) »

Six Gestures from 'Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach'

Image : © patriciarozema.com

Description du film [en anglais] :
« In 'Six Gestures' (Suite No. 6), ice dancers and Olympic champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean join Yo-Yo Ma in the last of the Suites, in which the cellist believes Bach most dramatically 'stretched the envelope' of musical possibilities. 'Six Gestures' takes its inspiration directly from Bach's life and experience, as filtered through Ma's performance. Torvill, Dean, and the film's director Patricia Rozema chose a distinct gesture for each of the Suite's movements—'looking upward' in the Prelude, 'looking inward' in the Allemande, 'hands and feet working' in the Courante, 'hand stroking the face' in the Sarabande, 'mannered and courtly gestures' in the Gavotte, and 'flight' or rebirth in the Gigue. »
-- patriciarozema.com (source)

Générique (partiel) :
Scénario :	Patricia Rozema
Interprètes principaux :	Tom McCamus
Participants :	Yo-Yo Ma, Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean
Images :	André Pienaar
Société de production :	Rhombus Media

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Citation sur Six Gestures from 'Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach' [en anglais]

« Using direct address with Bach, played by Tom McCamus, speaking to the audience, she constructs a filmic essay, footnotes and all. Combining dramatic enactments, with documentary style interviews, intimate direct address, Yo-Yo Ma's cello performance, the figure skating of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, and graffiti messages, [Patricia] Rozema creates a truly polyphonic structure. »
-- Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo (source)

Bibliographie sur Six Gestures from 'Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach'

Brèves parties de livres

WHITING, Jim. Yo-Yo Ma: A Biography, Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 2008. [en anglais] (pp. 122-127)

Articles de journaux, de revues grand public ou de sites d'information en ligne

STRATTON, David. « Six Gestures », critique de Six Gestures from 'Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach', Variety, 13 octobre 1997. [en anglais]