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From a Butoh-inspired portrait of a demented aristocrat (The Duchess), to a sensual bedroom metamorphosis (Horses Never Lie) to an intimate moment interrupted by a burst water pipe (Burst), this latest collection of award-winning dance films from around the world will "bewitch, bedazzle and bewilder!" (Deirdre Towers, Dance on Camera Festival Director)
| Catalog Number: MC-760 |
Type: Shorts Compilation |
Genre: Dance |
| Copyright: 2007 |
Length: 60 minutes |
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DVD Region: 0 (All) |
| TV System: NTSC |
ISBN: |
UPC: 720229913034 |
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Films In Compilation
Boy directed by
Rosemary
Lee
United Kingdom,
Art / Artist,
2007,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:06:00
Considered a dance film classic, this solo turns an ordinary boy into a superhero, as he moves with stealth and grace through a dramatic coastal landscape, responding to this empty universe, manipulating it and conjuring up his own imaginary world. Rosemary Lee has been choreographing, performing and directing for over twenty years, she has created large-scale site-specific work with cross-generational casts, solos for herself and other performers, installations and films.
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Burst directed by
Reynir
Lyngdal
Iceland,
Art / Artist,
2003,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:05:00
A couple's intimate dance in the bedroom is interrupted by a sudden and unexpected burst water pipe. The water may be cool, but this couple burns up the screen.
Reynir Lyngdal has directed several short films, commercials and music videos. Katrin Hall has been the Artistic Director of the Iceland Dance Company since 1996.
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Case Studies from the Groat Center for Sleep Disorders directed by
Mitchell
Rose
USA,
Art / Artist,
2007,
00:07:00
A faux-scientific investigation of ASDICT (Adult Sleep Disorder Induced by Childhood Trauma) as we're privileged to glimpse rare archival footage from the renowned (but fictitious) Groat Center for Sleep Disorders. Not a yawner.
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Cargo directed by
Kelly
Hargraves
Canada,
Art / Artist,
2007,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:03:57
One man’s pit stop on the road of life, where he pauses to rest and contemplate whether to continue the journey. Sometimes, dark, sometimes funny and always sexy, as the performer fills the interior of a 1969 Buick Skylark with his physical and emotional self.
Kelly Hargraves is a Canadian presently living in Los Angeles, where she is co-founder of the Dance Camera West International Dance Film Festival. She traveling internationally as a guest lecturer at dance film festivals. Her video works have been presented at numerous international festivals and video series
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Horses Never Lie directed by
Kathi
Prosser
Canada,
Art / Artist,
2003,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:04:47
This sensual film delves into the mythic concept of metamorphosis: issues of birth, development, and renewal are ignited through movement. A film counterpart to the original 17-minute staged version.
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Motion Control directed by
Liz
Aggiss
United Kingdom,
Art / Artist,
2002,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:08:00
Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie have collaborated and toured their live and screen work nationally and internationally for the past twenty five years. Their commissioned screen dance work has received numerous international awards including the Czech Crystal Prague Golden Film Festival (2002), Honourable Mention Paula Citron Award Toronto 2002, Special Jury Golden Award Houston (2003), Best Woman Film Media Waves Hungary (2003), The Romanian National Office of Cinematography Award (2003) and Special Jury Mention "Il Coreografo Elettronico-2004" at Napolidanza 2004. Aggiss and Cowie’s book Anarchic Dance published by Routledge, is a visual and textual record of their live and screen dance work. Aggiss is a Professor of Visual Performance at the University of Brighton where Cowie is a Principal Research Fellow in the School of Art.
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Duchess,The directed by
Eric
Koziol
USA,
Art / Artist,
2007,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:15:00
A psychological portrait of a lonely and demented aristocrat, who is filled with long repressed memories and conjured demons. Adapted from a Butoh stage performance, set in Germany amongst the opulent Prussian palaces of Sans-Souci and the textured ruins of the Fabrik Potsdam.
Eric Koziol is a media artist specializing in dance films and inter-active video environments for live performance. A founding member of H-Gun Labs, a media making collective operating in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1989 -2001, creating clips for artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Public Enemy, Soundgarden, De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Megadeth, and Diamanda Galas. His films and performances have been exhibited in multiple North American and European festivals. Originally a photographer, filmmaker and theater director, Shinichi Iova-Koga entered the life of Butoh dance in 1991 and in 1998, he founded the performance company inkBoat. whose productions have been experienced throughout the North America, Europe and Japan.
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