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What is it like to be followed for years for a documentary?


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Weronika Frodyma was followed by the director Aneta Popiel-Machnicka and her husband, Michał Popiel-Machnicki for the documentary called "Sometimes I dream I'm flying" released in 2013. During 6 years, from the Warsaw Ballet School to the Berlin Staatsballett, the two Polish cinematographers got to film her professional and private life, in the dance studio, on stage, at home, in hospital and more.

Get to know Weronika's impressions on this experience and how this chapter of her life - approached from the angle of frustration, loneliness and pain - made her grow and blossom.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Aneta Popiel-Machnicka
• Michał Popiel-Machnicki
• Warsaw Ballet School
National Opera in Warsaw
Vaganova Academy
American Ballet Theatre
• Carmen de Robles Dance Academy in Las Palmas, Anatol Yanowsky and Carmen Robles
Berlin Staatsballett
Polina Semionova
• knee injury (patella)
• rehabilitation and physiotherapy
Xenia Wiest

The documentary is available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuOtBdghrjY

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dancersFAQBy Alix Reigner