Dance is jumping-off point // Suzanne Farrell film puts focus on a life filled with passion

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: June 29, 1997| Author: MARY CAMPBELL | Copyright information
NEW YORK When filmmakers started a project about ballerina Suzanne Farrell, she thought they were going to concentrate on her dancing.

She had written about the great choreographer George Balanchine's passion for her in her 1990 memoir, Holding on to the Air, and felt she had told that story.

But moviemakers Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson were interested in both aspects of Farrell's life. So "Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse" has footage of elegant dance and conversation about Farr...

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