As the daily practice of hard work is becoming part of life at the school, with the pupils rehearsing the same movements over and over again to gain suppleness, another practice is underway: finding the personalities of the pupils.

The younger ones are introduced to expression work via three subjects: mime, corporal expression and folklore. For the older pupils, this work continues with "character dance".

This second film will track the quest for movement and what it expresses, in the search for the creative resources each dancer possesses.

How do the pupils gradually gain the autonomy they need to make their dream come true? We can measure how far they have come by looking at how the older pupils' behaviour differs from that of the younger pupils.

A coproduction ARTE France, SCHUCH Productions, the Paris Opera and NHK
With the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée, the PROCIREP - Société des Producteurs and of the ANGOA

Director: Françoise Marie
© SCHUCH Productions – ARTE France – Opéra national de Paris – 2012