WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—The Triplex Cinema and Jacob's Pillow have announced a special screening of the film "The Red Shoes" to benefit the Triplex Cinema.

 

The screening will take place on Saturday, April 5, at 3:00 PM. Speakers at the event will include Norton Owen, Director of Preservation at Jacob's Pillow, and Lynn Garafola, Professor Emerita of Dance, Barnard College.

 

Tickets are available for $75 at www.thetriplex.org.

 

"The Red Shoes," directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and released in 1948, is a film about ballet. The film underwent a digital restoration at the UCLA Film and Television archive between 2006 and 2008.

 

The film's plot is based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale and includes a ballet sequence. The film features Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Anton Walbrook, Leonide Massine, Robert Helpmann, and Ludmilla Tcherina. Filming locations included London, Monte Carlo, and the Cote d'Azur.

 

The film explores the theme of the tension between art and life. Anton Walbrook portrays Boris Lermontov, a character based on Serge Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes.

 

Norton Owen will participate as a guest speaker.

 

Lynn Garafola is a dance historian and critic.

 

The Triplex Cinema is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.