Today, I am delighted to say, is the day to celebrate all things ballet in film! Co-host Michaela and I will be updating the posts as they arrive throughout the weekend. Her home page for this event can be found, here.
Just a quick reminder! Because of how popular the ballet blogathon proved to be, we added an extra day. The blogathon is now from August 4th-6th.
It has been wonderful to discover so many other fans of ballet and to discover just how often ballet has been the theme of film. It has helped me to appreciate that ballet is very much alive and well, with a well-founded presence on screen and stage.
Day 1
Realweegiemidget Reviews – Black Swan (2010)
Love Letters to Old Hollywood – Twelve Favorite Water Ballets from Esther Williams
Thoughts All Sorts – Ballerina (aka Leap!) (2016)
Caftan Woman – The Mad Genius (1931)
The Midnite Drive-In – White Nights (1985)
Taking Up Room – An American in Paris (1951)
Wolffian Classics Movies Digest – Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Movies Silently – The Dancer’s Peril (1917)
Christina Wehner – “The Jealous Lover” from A Story of Three Loves (1953)
Diary of a Movie Maniac – Dancers (1987)
Into the Writer Lea – Dance as a Means of Showing, Not Telling, Cinderella (1955)
Sat in Your Lap – On The Town (1949) and The Pirate (1948)
Silver Scenes – The Death of the Swan : The Unfinished Dance (1947) and Ballerina (1937)
Charlene’s (Mostly) Classic Movie Reviews – Limelight (1952)
Day 2
Taking Up Room – Save the Last Dance (2001)
The Dream Book Blog – Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel (1932)
To 10 Film Lists – The Red Shoes (1948)
Lifesdailylessonsblog – The Song of Scheherazde (1947)
Love Letters to Old Hollywood – Shall We Dance (1937)
Cary Grant Won’t Eat You – The Fun of Center Stage (2000)
Pure Entertainment Preservation Society – Hans Christian Andersen
Critica Retro – Never Let Me Go (1953)
Anybody Got a Match? – Silk Stockings (1957)
Day 3
Crimson Kimono – Exposed (1983)
Cinematic Scribblings – Red Shoes (1948)
Silver Scenes – Russian Ballet Films of the 1940s-1960s
Christina Wehner – “A Winter’s Tale” (2014)
The Wonderful World of Cinema – The Ballet Scenes from Les Uns et les Autres (1981)
Phyllis Loves Classic Movies – Never Let Me Go (1953)
Blogferatu – Black Swan (2010)
Christina Wehner 
Katrina Morrison
August 4, 2017 at 10:11 am
Sometime late tonight I will post my submission to this lovely Blogathon 😊
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christinawehner
August 4, 2017 at 10:15 am
I look forward to it!
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Constance Rose Metzinger
August 4, 2017 at 5:15 pm
https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-death-of-swan-unfinished-dance-1947.html
This was almost an “unfinished post” but I got it done in time! Thanks for hosting this blogathon, Christina. I just recently caught ballet-fever so I’m looking forward to reading the entries.
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christinawehner
August 4, 2017 at 5:24 pm
Me too!!! I’ve been watching so many ballets and ballet-related films recently. 🙂
It has been so much fun to co-host and I’m so glad you could join!
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charsmoviereviews
August 4, 2017 at 8:20 pm
Hi Christina! I have my post attached here for the blogathon 🙂 https://charsmoviereviews.wordpress.com/2017/08/04/limelight-1952/
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christinawehner
August 4, 2017 at 9:20 pm
Thanks so much! I’m looking forward to reading!
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rebeccadeniston
August 5, 2017 at 10:02 am
Hi Christina! Here’s my second post: https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/save-the-last-dance/
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christinawehner
August 5, 2017 at 10:41 am
Wonderful!
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rebeccadeniston
August 5, 2017 at 1:33 pm
Thanks, Christina! This is going to seem weird, but I went to answer the comment you made on this post, and WordPress trashed it. Even when I hit Undo, it didn’t come back. I wanted to reply, too. Derp. 😛
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rebeccadeniston
August 5, 2017 at 1:46 pm
Never mind, I figured out how to restore it. Ah, modern technology… 🙂
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christinawehner
August 5, 2017 at 3:00 pm
It is a mystery at times!
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rebeccadeniston
August 5, 2017 at 3:08 pm
Yep, what fun. *sigh* 🙂
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carygrantwonteatyou
August 5, 2017 at 3:20 pm
Mine’s up! Thanks for cohosting such a marvelous event: http://carygrantwonteatyou.com/center-stage-ballet-movie/
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christinawehner
August 5, 2017 at 3:22 pm
Our pleasure! And thank you for participating!
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Crimsonkay
August 6, 2017 at 1:50 am
My post for the blogathon is up. Thanks for hosting! http://crimsonkimono.com/2017/nureyev-and-kinski-exposed/
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christinawehner
August 6, 2017 at 1:09 pm
Thanks! It has been so fun!
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Erin
August 6, 2017 at 2:07 pm
Here’s my post: https://cinematicscribblings.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/devoured-by-an-ambition-the-red-shoes-1948/ Thank you!
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christinawehner
August 6, 2017 at 2:18 pm
Wonderful! Thanks!
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Constance Rose Metzinger
August 6, 2017 at 2:41 pm
Second post is up! Sorry about the delay, I was having computer trouble this afternoon.
https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2017/08/russian-ballet-films-of-1940s-1960s.html
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christinawehner
August 6, 2017 at 2:43 pm
No problem at all! Computers can be so finicky, can’t they? Looking forward to reading it!
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Virginie Pronovost
August 6, 2017 at 3:18 pm
Hi Christina! 🙂 Here is my entry for the blogathon. Thanks a lot to you and Michaela for hosting!
https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/the-ballet-scenes-from-les-uns-et-les-autres-1981/
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christinawehner
August 6, 2017 at 3:19 pm
And thank you! It has been a pleasure for us!
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