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Sep 25, 2019 · Victor Polster only auditioned for Girl because he wanted to be in the same room as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, the film’s choreographer. He was 14 at the time and went along hoping to be picked as a background dancer in the drama about a teenage trans girl training to be a ballerina.
- Cath Clarke
Mar 15, 2019 · Girl, a debut for both its director Lukas Dhont and its star Victor Polster, aligns the euphoria and frustration of dancing with the peaks and troughs of adolescence – and its sheer bruising difficulty with the issues that beset 15-year-old Lara (Polster) as a result of being transgender.
Victor Polster and Lukas Dhont at a Paris premiere of Girl. The film was inspired by Nora Monsecour, a professional dancer and trans woman from Belgium. [11]
Girl first look: a touching portrait of a transgender ballet dancer. Lukas Dhont’s debut feature is a breathtakingly empathetic tale of a young woman struggling to be at peace in her body, with a breakout performance from Victor Polster. Katherine McLaughlin. Updated: 5 October 2018. Tweet.
Jan 11, 2019 · After leaving Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, an all-male drag ballet ensemble, in early 2018, he became the first male dancer to perform female roles with a traditional company, English...
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Mar 23, 2020 · To be able to dance as Lara, Victor trained for three months, ten hours a week. Next to that, all dance scenes were shot during the first six shooting days, which made it extra intense for Victor. The biggest challenge was: how do we make sure he can do all dance scenes himself, without getting injured?
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She graduated in contemporary dance at MUDA (the Institute for Dance and Drama) in Belgium, before entering the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds in 2015. LD: Tell me about your first encounter with Nora Monsecour.
