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Claude Bessy, "danseuse étoile," then director of the Paris Opera Ballet School for the past 30 years, entered the world of dance at the age of 10--and has remained there ever since. She has danced everything, experienced everything, the pleasures and pains of a life in art. Her career is unique. The Palais Garnier is her real home. Revisiting the various locations of the opera house - the main staircase, the stage, the wings, the flies, the rehearsal rooms, the Zambeli and Lifar rotundas, the roofs - Claude Bessy talks about her memories, dreams, encounters, life, sorrows, regrets and secrets.

France - 2002 - 52 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Director Nicolas Ribowski Script Nicolas Ribowski Camera Jacques Boumandil Sound Bruno Charrier Editing Fabien Ferreri

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