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‘Afternoon of a Faun’ Review

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Christopher Campbell
Oct 09, 2013
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Afternoon of a Faun begins with, well, “Afternoon of a Faun.” Nancy Buirski’s new biographical documentary on famed ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq opens with a performance of Claude Debussy’s famous tone poem, choreographed by Jerome Robbins and danced by Le Clercq and Jacques d’Amboise. The two performers are very simply dressed and they dance in a studi…

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