November 9, 2005

Mirror Dance Documentary Premiers Next Week On PBS

The new Mirror Dance website went up yesterday on PBS. Mirror Dance is a documentary, airing on November 15th, that traces the lives of Cuban-born identical twins that followed different dance careers and live paths after the Cuban Revolution of 1959.

By age 11 Ramona and Margarita de Saa both intended to pursue a lives in the ballet and both eventually became members of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. But in 1964 Margarita left Cuba for political reasons and her family moved to Narbeth, Pennsylvania where she eventually founded the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet. And Ramonda, who stayed in Cuba, became director of the Cuban National Schools of Ballet.

This one-hour documentary, filmed in the US and Cuba, traces the lives of both sisters and their eventual reunion in Cuba after being separated for 40 years.

Just reading the website for Mirror Dance is moving - It will be great to see the film next week. The website features a Q&A with the filmmakers, background info. about the Cuban Revolution and a video clip. You'll find another clip on the website for Frances McElroy, the films co-producer and co-director.

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