EXCLUSIVE: The memoir of a choreographer trainer who secretly taught Princess Diana to bounce to be was a 90-minute function documentary.
Canadian producer-distributor Sphere Media has secured rights to Anne Allan’s ‘Dancing with Diana: A Memoir‘ and can co-produce it with Alan Clements’ Glasgow-based Two Rivers Media. Sphere Abacus, the gross sales arm of Sphere, will store the doc internationally.
Scottish-Canadian dancer and London Metropolis Ballet mistress Allan was the late Princess Diana’s dance trainer, and co-choreographed her ‘Uptown Woman’ routine at London’s Royal Opera Home, which she shocked Prince Charles with in 1985. Allan’s memoir, which recounts the efficiency, was launched final yr.
The doc will chronicle the 9 years from 1981 throughout which Allen secretly skilled Diana as a dancer. The pair joined for a whole bunch of one-hour classes at a personal dance studio over time, and solid a detailed bond as Diana struggled together with her stratospheric fame after marrying into the British royal household.
Diana’s son, Prince Harry, has been within the press this week after his courtroom motion towards Rupert Murdoch’s Information Group Newspapers was interrupted by a sequence of delays throughout which the 2 sides reportedly transfer near a settlement. The California-based Prince sued The Solar‘s proprietor for alleged illegal info gathering by journalists and their contractors.
The newest function doc about his mom will discover pleasure of motherhood, alongside together with her crumbling marriage to Charles and battle with bulimia. Producers say may even embrace never-seen-before archive materials, together with images, private presents and notes from the Princess. Royal insiders, celerities, Hollywood stars and several other of Diana’s closest mates will seem in interviews.
“I’m thrilled that Sphere Media and Two Rivers Media have chosen to convey to display screen Dancing with Diana,” mentioned Allan. “As a Glaswegian that lives in Canada, this can be a very particular partnership for me, that I’m so wanting ahead to seeing realized. Throughout my time with the Princess, I used to be so lucky to witness not solely Diana’s profound love of dance, however a way more private aspect of her. I hope that viewers of the documentary will admire this recent look in addition to uncover a deeper understanding of simply how extraordinary she was.”
Sphere Media President Marlo Miagza mentioned: “It’s a uncommon factor to discover a recent angle on such an adored and explored public determine, however Anne’s memoir is a treasure trove of latest views and intimate insights into one of the crucial scrutinised girls in historical past. It’s additionally thrilling to be partnering with Two Rivers for the primary time on a mission that brings collectively each of our heritages with a narrative that may certainly resonate with audiences world wide.”
Alan Clements, Managing Director and exec producer at Two Rivers added: “This mission hits all the fitting notes for a co-production between our corporations. The mix of our monitor data in producing exceptional tales from numerous views with a distributor that leaves no stone unturned find audiences is a strong partnership for fulfillment. Diana’s story is, in fact, as enduring as it’s poignant. The gems to be present in these memoirs symbolize an ideal and natural alternative and we’re very excited to take it.”
Two Rivers is understood for applications such because the upcoming BBC doc The Final Musician of Auschwitz and the five-part Channel 4 doc sequence Travels with Agatha with Sir David Suchet, a co-production with Soho Studios. Each are distributed by Sphere Abacus, which relies within the UK however now owned by Sphere after a multi-million greenback acquisition final yr. Two Rivers can also be making Particular Forces: Most Daring Missions for Paramount+ UK and Eire, narrated by Venom actor Tom Hardy and one other co-pro with Ian Lamarra’s Soho Studios.
Sphere, which has places of work throughout Canada and produces throughout genres, is understood for the likes of grownup animated sequence Crimson Ketchup, animated children’ present Riley Rocket, documentaries Storm the Skies 911 and 100 Days to Victory, theatrically-released function doc Monkey on A Stick: Homicide, Insanity and the Hare Krishnas, unique comedy docuseries Mark McKinney Wants a Interest and fact-ent sequence Drag Bruch Saved My Life.
The corporate is taken into account one in every of Canada’s largest Indies by quantity.