Tales of Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter)

Tales of Beatrix Potter

“One of the strangest, most hypnotic films I’ve ever seen, Tales of Beatrix Potter is a charming little highbrow detour in children’s entertainment. Told entirely through pantomime, dance, and classical music, even in wraparound segments of Potter as a youth sketching her eventual creations, Beatrix Potter is somehow more engaging than that description would seem. Yes, I am aware of a pure ballet spectacle of adults in costumes of Potter’s beloved drawings is a strange thing to recommend, but I’m doing it.   At times I was a little lost as to what character is this one or that one was as Potter’s literary world passed me by as a kid, but the beats of the stories are simple enough to follow. It’s also a joy to watch the dancers express their characters through body language. T” read more