FaveDave

Well, that's a journey our main character makes. Giselle Act I is just a starting point for her. To include more of the ballet would divert from her own journey. It's a reference point that reflect her own state of mind, and her reaction to the ballet is revealing of her character. Her mother and cousin are crying at the emotion of the mad scene, while she is cynical. And she's only 9. I don't understand - what premise are you referring to?

Yes, I was asking about non-dance themed movies, though. I was wondering if anyone had seen a movie where it appeared but the rest of the movie was not about dance. Of course it's been in dance movies....

Hello all. I am a writer/director preparing to make a romantic comedy (movie), and in the opening, a young girl goes with her mother to see "Giselle". In voiceover, we hear the adult voice of the young girl say how disgusted she is with the whole plot and the codependence and neediness of the Giselle character. And when Giselle dies of a broken heart (in this version it's the broken heart, not the suicide), the voiceover declares "The lesson I learned from all this is that love will drive you insane and quite possibly kill you." The movie will only show about 90 seconds worth of ballet, basically the plot points of the first act: Giselle's weak heart, falling in love, Albrecht's disguise revealed, and the mad/death scene. All of it accompanied by our lead character's voiceover summarizing the ballet's plot. I wrote "Giselle" into the movie because it reinforces our movie's main character's low opinion of love that carries over into adulthood, which is where the rest of our movie takes place. Of course, this being a romantic comedy, she changes by the end of the movie and learns to fall in love, eventually happily declaring: "I learned love doesn't kill you, but it does make you insane." My question for this board is: has anyone ever seen ballet in a movie as metaphor or a major plot point? I can't think of one (one that wasn't about dance in the first place). Just curious. "Giselle" is so rich in meaning that I'm surprised it never made into a movie before. Or maybe there are no other writer/directors into ballet...? thanks.