Notes on a Triangle

Notes on a Triangle

5 mins | Animation, Music | Jan. 1, 1966

In this short animation film the triangle achieves the distinction of principal dancer in a geometric ballet. The triangle is shown splitting into some three hundred transformations, dividing and sub-dividing with grace and symmetry to the music of a waltz. The film's artist and animator is René Jodoin, whose credits include Dance Squared and several collaborations with Norman McLaren.

Notes on a Triangle

5 mins | Animation, Music | Jan. 1, 1966

Notes on a Triangle
In this short animation film the triangle achieves the distinction of principal dancer in a geometric ballet. The triangle is shown splitting into some three hundred transformations, dividing and sub-dividing with grace and symmetry to the music of a waltz. The film's artist and animator is René Jodoin, whose credits include Dance Squared and several collaborations with Norman McLaren.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Notes on a Triangle
Directors René Jodoin
Writers René Jodoin

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