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She Dances Alone

Director Robert Dornhelm casts Bud Cort for alter-ego purposes in She Dances Alone. Cort plays a documentary director, seeking to produce a film on the life of controversial ballet star Vaslav Nijinsky. He finds his goal of objectivity blocked by Nijinsky's elderly real-life daughter Kyra, who is as stocky as her father was sylph-like. Kyra's uncompromising insistence on total control over the project literally shapes (and frequently distorts) the film before our eyes. Adding to the Pirandellian atmosphere of the Australian-produced She Dances Alone is Max Von Sydow, also playing "himself."

Top Cast

  • Kyra Nijinsky

    Kyra Nijinsky

    Self

  • Patrick Dupond

    Patrick Dupond

    Ballet dancer

  • Max von Sydow

    Max von Sydow

    Nijinsky (voice)

  • Sauncy LeSueur

    Sauncy LeSueur

    Little Kyra

  • Rosine Bena

    Rosine Bena

    Ballerina

  • Jeanette Etheridge

    Jeanette Etheridge

    Girlfriend

  • Franco DeAlto

    Franco DeAlto

    Patient

  • Laura Hoover

    Laura Hoover

    Little Ballerina

  • Walter Kent

    Walter Kent

    Psychiatrist

Overview

Director Robert Dornhelm casts Bud Cort for alter-ego purposes in She Dances Alone. Cort plays a documentary director, seeking to produce a film on the life of controversial ballet star Vaslav Nijinsky. He finds his goal of objectivity blocked by Nijinsky's elderly real-life daughter Kyra, who is as stocky as her father was sylph-like. Kyra's uncompromising insistence on total control over the project literally shapes (and frequently distorts) the film before our eyes. Adding to the Pirandellian atmosphere of the Australian-produced She Dances Alone is Max Von Sydow, also playing "himself."

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