DANCE CAMERA WEST 2003 PROGRAM

DCW AT THE GETTY CENTER:
DANCE MADE FOR THE SCREEN
Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m. Program A
& Saturday, May 3, 3:00 p.m. Program B

Both Programs:
The Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles
by calling 310-440-7300 or visit www.getty.edu
Admission is free • parking $5

PROGRAM A
Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m., 106 minutes

Horses Never Lie (6 min/Canada) A beautiful solo from Canadian director Kathy Prosser featuring the stunning dancing of Caroline Richardson.

Black Spring (26 min/France) A docu-drama by director Benoit Dervaux and choreographer Heddy Maalem that explores the passion and motivation in contemporary African dance.

X-ING (11 min/USA) A solo by L.A.’s own Butoh artist Oguri who dangerously dances the crossroads of some of L.A.’s busiest intersections under the direction of Morleigh Steinberg.

Ere Mela Mela (6 min/France) A duet between two men that uses stop-motion techniques to create a witty movement poem.

Hit and Run (57 min/Ireland) The dramatic and masterfully shot feature length film from choreographer David Bolger and director John Comiskey about young urban club kids whose lives are changed forever in one night.

PROGRAM B
Saturday, May 3, 3:00 p.m., 78 minutes

Boy (6 min/UK) Already a dance film classic, this enchanting solo by Peter Anderson and Rosemary Lee turns an ordinary boy into a superhero.

Ellie (6 min/USA) Seattle’s Corrie Befort charts a woman’s dynamic course through a dark city at night into the deserted wilderness.

Horse Play (7 min/UK) A playful trio from the UK that brings the youthful energy and sass of young girls to the screen.

Case Studies from the Groat Center for Sleep Disorders
(7 min/USA) Another crowd-pleasing comedy from L.A.-based filmmaker Mitchell Rose. This narrative series of solos and duets shows how much movement and emotion we unknowingly exhibit while asleep.

Her (4 min/Italy) A solo showing the many possibilities for movement in a confined space.

Georgia (27 min/Germany) This beautiful and imaginative narrative film by Stephanie Thiersch travels through the delectable mind of a young poet in search of his muse through the surreal streets of Paris.

City Particles (6 min/Germany) A stylish urban duet that layers bodies, cityscapes and film techniques to create a visually intoxicating work.

Duchess (15 min/USA) New York’s Eric Koziol collaborates with San Francisco Butoh artist Shinichi Momo Koga in the mind-bending drama about a royally dysfunctional aristocrat set in the Prussian palaces of San Souci and the ruins of the Fabrik Potsdam.

DCW AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE
American Cinematheque at The Egyptian
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
323-466-film • www.egyptiantheatre.com
Tickets $9, $8 seniors/students/DRC members,
$6 American Cinematheque members

Box office open Tues.–Sun. 1:00–4:00 p.m. and during evening programs

May 2–11 LAST DANCE Pilobolus Dance Theater
and Maurice Sendak
Saturday, May 3, noon matinee
Includes discussion with director Mirra Bank and Pilobolus Dance Theater members.

ADDITIONAL SHOWTIMES:
Fri., May 2: 7:15 & 9:30
Sat., May 3: noon & 5:00
Sun., May 4: 11:00 a.m. & 4:00 p.m.
Mon., May 5 - Fri., May 9: 7:15 & 9:30 p.m.
Sat., May 10: 3:00 & 5:00 p.m.
Sun., May 11: 11:00 a.m. & 4:00 p.m.

Witness a behind-the-scenes portrait of the stormy, often hilarious collaboration between author-illustrator Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) and the innovative acrobatic Pilobolus as they create a Holocaust inspired work of dance theatre. Bank and her crew were given total access to the film’s subjects throughout the process. Her film weaves verite rehearsal scenes, probing interviews, rare Holocaust footage and thrilling performance into a uniquely intimate look at the incredible tenacity and wit that drive the creative process.
84 MINUTES, 2002, USA, Color, English

SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE:
PIONEERS IN DANCE AND FILM
Tuesday, May 27
7:30 p.m. IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN
9:30 p.m. QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES
A Portrait of CARMEN AMAYA

7:30 p.m. IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN
Martina Kudlacek has fashioned a fascinating portrait and pitch-perfect introduction to the poetic body of work of Maya Deren, arguably the most important avant-garde filmmaker in American cinema. Starting with excerpts from her landmark films, At Land, Ritual In Transfigured Time, and the masterpiece Meshes of the Afternoon, Kudlacek seamlessly interweaves archival footage with observances from contemporaries such as filmmakers Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, dance pioneer Katherine Dunham, and Living Theater founder Judith Malina. With an original score by experimental composer John Zorn.
104 MINUTES, 2002, Austria/Switzerland/Germany, Color and B&W, English

9:30 p.m. QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES
A Portrait of CARMEN AMAYA
This new documentary by Jocelyn Ajami is the first American biography of legendary Gypsy dancer, and star of classic Hollywood films, Carmen Amaya, who was renowned for bringing the fury, raw grit and electricity of Flamenco “puro” to the international stage. She changed the role of women in Flamenco dance from one of passive posture to ferocity and virtuosity by surpassing men in the speed, complexity and attack of her footwork, yet still embodying sensuality and expressiveness that remains unequalled even today. Interviews with family, scholars, friends and former company members give a personal dimension.
80 MINUTES, 2002, USA, Color and B&W, Spanish, French and English with subtitles

DCW AT BERGAMOT STATION
Track 16 Gallery Nights at Bergamot Station
Friday, May 9, 8:00 p.m.
2525 Michigan Ave. Bldg C1 Santa Monica
RSVP Recommended 310-264-4678 • $5
www.track16.com for complete evening
program and directions

Dance Camera West contributes several short films to an evening of performance art presented by Track 16 Nights at Bergamot Station. The films selected show dance film as a whole new contemporary art genre—a hybrid art form belonging neither to the purely representational arts nor to just the visual arts.

DCW AT LAEMMLE'S MUSIC HALL
Opens Friday, May 9, with daily screenings
ETOILES: DANCERS OF THE PARIS
OPERA BALLET
Laemmle’s Music Hall, Beverly Hills
9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills
310-274-6869

Showtimes Monday-Friday at 5:05, 7:30 and 9:55 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 and 9:55 p.m.
For more information: www.laemmle.com

ETOILES celebrates the legacy of the Paris Opera Ballet by weaving together rehearsals and tour snapshots of classical ballets such as Swan Lake and La Sylphide and contemporary works such as Maurice Bejart’s Ninth Symphony, Jiri Kylian’s Doux Mensonge (Sweet Lies) and Pierre Darde’s Orison. Celebrated filmmaker Nils Tavernier endeavors to understand the psychology of dance by talking candidly with some of the biggest stars in dance today who give perspectives on how and why they endure the emotional and physical hardship of their profession in the drive to be on stage.
100 MINUTES, 35MM, 2001, France, Color, French with English subtitles

DCW AT EZTV VIEWING LIBRARY
Viewing Library Screening
Wednesday, May 14 to Saturday, May 17 noon–4:00 p.m.

18th Street Arts Complex
1629 18th #6, Santa Monica
310-829-3389 • www.eztvmedia.com

EZTV graciously hosts our selected video archive from 175 entries for this year’s festival. A chance to select your own personal festival in a casual way. No reservations needed.

DCW AT EZTV CYBER GALLERY
Reception and Screening with the Artists
Saturday, May 17 7:30 p.m.

18th Street Arts Complex
1629 18th #6, Santa Monica
310-829-3389 • www.eztvmedia.com

Meet your dance film community in an open call and celebration for all festival entrants, who will show and discuss their works in person. View works from the entire festival catalogue followed by a party with refreshments and music.

DCW AT SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
DANCE UNDER THE SWASTIKA
Sunday, May 18, 7:30 p.m

Screening and Post Screening Discussion
with Susan Manning and Jennifer Fisher
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90049
Tickets: 323-655-8587 • www.skirball.org
Tickets $8 general/$6 Skirball members,
DRC members, students and seniors

When the National Socialists seized power on January 30, 1933, this undoubtedly affected dance as an art form. Seventy years later, the groundbreaking WDR documentary Dance Under the Swastika explores the careers of dancers and choreographers and the aesthetics of dance during the Nazi era, within the historical and political context.

Post screening discussion with Susan Manning (Ph.D. Columbia University) dance scholar and author of the prize-winning book, Ecstasy and the Demon: Feminism and Nationalism in the Dances of Mary Wigman (1993) and Jennifer Fisher (Ph.D. University of California, Riverside) dance scholar and a contributor to the Los Angeles Times.

DCW AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE
SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE:
PIONEERS IN DANCE AND FILM
Tuesday, May 27

See details in Egyptian Theatre section above.

All content © Dance Camera West, 2003.

HOME | PROGRAM DETAILS | SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE | SUPPORT DCW | DVD | BOOK | CONTACT