Three Dances
About two key pioneers of Swedish dance in the 1900s: Birgit Åkesson and Birgit Cullberg. Both were born in 1908 and became choreographers who made a big impression in the international dance history. Birgit Åkesson, in the serious "Fertility" directed by Alf Sjoberg, debuted in 1934 in Paris. She was co-designed the European avant-garde modern dance language, and created in the 1950s and 1960s, legendary works for the Stockholm Opera together with others including composer Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Erik Lindegren as librettist. Birgit Cullberg gives a much more relaxed and humorous impressions in "Antonius & Cleopatra", directed by Gerd Osten. Cullberg got her big break as a choreographer a few years in "Miss Julie" in 1950. After spending some time abroad Birgit Cullberg returned to Sweden and formed in 1967 the Cullberg Ballet, which she led until 1985. Topsy Håkansson, who performs the role as the gypsy.
Release Date
June 6, 1946Runtime
15 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Gerd Osten, Alf SjöbergWritten by
Topsy Håkansson, Birgit Cullberg, Birgit ÅkessonLanguage
SwedishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Similar movies
Play
September 28, 2018A Christmas Carol
December 4, 2020Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: Moon Water
January 1, 2000Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
November 10, 2019An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
May 1, 1986A Tribute to Alvin Ailey
January 1, 1990Destinies Fulfilled
January 12, 1914Irati
February 24, 2023Ranah 3 Warna
June 30, 2022Baxu and the Giants
September 14, 2019Lament for Arthur Leary
January 1, 1975Bharath Stores
April 5, 2013New Japan Cup 2020 Final
July 11, 2020ARXIV
April 25, 2019Kraanthiveera Sangolli Raayanna
November 1, 2012Lonesome Desert Cactus
December 4, 2019Lost and Found: An Athenian Story
September 22, 2017The Last Women
November 22, 1954The Day of Destruction
July 24, 2020Amal
July 1, 1952