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Ric Burns: Filmmaker Interview on American Ballet Theatre

In this filmmaker interview, Ric Burns describes what camera techniques he used to capture the ephemeral nature of dance on film, as well as how he came to discover ballet through the process of filmmaking. The documentary American Ballet Theatre: A History premiered on American Masters in May 2015.

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