Ana Sendas belongs to both projects I am working on: "Muito cá de casa" (People from the house, so to say) and "Gente cá da terra" (Our people).
She is a ballet dancer in
Dansk Danseteater, Copenhagen Denmark where she lieves.
She is the main character in a Danish film directed by Mja Friis called
Ballerina available
here.
From
Toronto Film Scene
"
Director Maja Friis creates a unique look at the life of Swedish ballerina Elsa Marianne von Rosen in Ballerina. Combining newly choreographed scenes, archival material, and new recordings of von Rosen, the documentary explores the way in which ballet enriched von Rosen’s life, but also threatened to stand in the way of it.
Instead of creating a typical documentary looking at one person’s life, director Maja Friis creates a ballet expressing the ideas of Elsa Marianne von Rosen’s life. With minimal narration, viewers experience von Rosen’s world, instead of just hearing about it. It’s extremely interesting, but will ultimately leave audiences divided. If your interest was in learning the life story of a famous ballerina, disappointment may be the final outcome.
It’s not that Friis doesn’t explore the life of von Rosen, it’s the way in which it’s done that affects the film. Told mainly through dance routines, with quotes or small passages from von Rosen’s autobiography narrated over the scenes, this becomes less of a biography, and more of an artistic piece. It’s certainly a beautiful piece of art, but one that only appeals to fans of dance.".
What is for me very appealing is that I know his father and mother since we were 10 or so and that she is born a couple of days before my son. And... there is a lot more !
We had our homes nearby and kept contact for many many years even charing holidays in Algarve for some times.
Just a small detail: she and the previous young man Bruno Parreira, are cousins !
Here, I photographed her for the "Muito cá de casa" version.
I have a slightly different portrait for the other project, "Our people". Later.
BTW - Last Friday evening a small audience saw the film with her in a public session.