DCW at REDCAT Walt Disney Concert Hall - June 4 & 5
REDCAT Theater Walt Disney Concert Hall
631 West Second Street (at Hope), Los Angeles
Tickets $10 • call 213-237-2800 or www.redcat.org

DANCE MADE FOR THE SCREEN
Opening Night Program: Friday, June 4, 8:00 pm

Burst Director: Reynir Lyngdal, Choreographer: Katrin Hall, Iceland, 2002, 5 min. A couple fights in their bedroom unleashing not only their passions but also the raging waters of a burst water pipe.

image/Word.not_a_pipe= Director: Evann Siebens, Choreographer: Yannis Adoniou/Tomi Paasonen, USA, 2002, 8 min. Text from Michel Foucault is transposed into programming code patterns and reflected over the performer who represents Magritte’s familiar symbol of the “Everyman.”

Driveby Director: Marianne M. Kim, Choreographer: Cheng-Chieh Yu USA, 2003, 2:25 min. Inspired by the vehicle culture of Los Angeles, Driveby traffics the constant flow of camera movement in relationship to the moving body.

Arcus Director: Alla Kovgan and Jeff Silva, Choreographer: Nicole Hawkins, USA, 2003, 4:30 min. Frames of video move and emerge from within each other as the dancers’ bodies bend and twist inside the frame.

Subways: 5 Variations on a Theme by Rilke Director: Daniel Conrad, Choreographer: Crystal Pite, Canada, 2001, 11 min. Filmed in Prague, the film conjures up a world of humans trapped underground who still think they are free because they can move back and forth.

Hasta La Proxima Director: Mark Adam, Choreographer: Victor Quijada, Canada, 2003, 7:30 min. In moments of great sadness love can traverse space and time; this duet exists in the place between waking and dreaming.

Uzes Quintet Director: Catherine Maximoff, Choreographers: Javier de Frutos, Emanuel Gat, Kitt Johnson, Collectif Peeping Tom, Nathalie Pernette and Andreas Schmid, France, 2003, 26 min. A cinematic tale where five choreographers, five worlds, and singular body languages create strange echoes.

Tango Octogenario Director: David Licata, Choreographer: Nancy Turano, USA, 2003, 6 min. Eva (79) and Adamo (84), are an ordinary, bickering, elderly couple until they’re on the dance floor! It treads the line between grim reality and fairy tale where mundane spats and mutual music can coexist. Music by Astor Piazolla.

DCW at REDCAT Walt Disney Concert Hall - June 5
DANCE MADE FOR THE SCREEN
Saturday, June 5, 8:00 pm

Entry Directors and Choreographers: Dayna & Gaelen Hanson USA, 2003, 5 min. A single phrase of movement occurs within the narrow bounds of an overgrown sidewalk in a celluloid equivalent to a notebook entry.

Second Hand Director and Choreographer: Chris Ho, England, 2003, 4 min. A striking duet in which the audience’s eye is brought close to the dancers bodies. Breath, slaps and clicks accompany the dynamics of their movement.

Baking Lessons Director and Choreographer: Lisa Porter, Canada, 2001, 5:50 min. A fun filled romp through an unusual tutorial in which a beautiful baker teaches eager students the art of baking bread. You’ll never view a two-bun loaf in quite the same way again!

Ghostworld Director: Alex Geng, Choreographers: Sioned Watkins and Sarah Williams, Canada, 2001, 7:23 min. The lens ponders the ephemeral essence of two souls lost in a transparent realm. “It’s beautiful. Wonderful dancing and a wonderful film.” –Author Michael Ondaatje.

Collateral Damage Director and Choreographer: Andrew Wass, USA, 2003, 4:40 min. Two toy action figures dance a Contact Improv duet, surrounded by the sounds of war and an air raid.

Amelia Director and Choreographer: Edouard Lock, Canada, 2003, 60 min. A portrait of today’s man and woman seen through the eyes of one of the most innovative artists of our time. In his work for La La La Human Steps, Edouard Lock continues to push the limits of dance by exploring human gesture through a breathtaking interplay of speed and extremes and the flawless weaving of choreographic, musical and cinematic strands. Score by David Lang with lyrics by Lou Reed.

DCW at the El Rey Theatre - June 11
DANCES OF ECSTASY
Luna Pictures presents a film by Michelle Mahrer and Nicole Ma
Friday June 11, Doors open at 8:00 pm, Screening at 8:30 pm,
dance party until 2:00 am

The ElRey Theater • 5515 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Tickets purchase: 323-936-6400
Tickets: $20 at the door $15 in advance, valet parking $7
www.theelrey.com
Kids are welcome and get free admission!
More Information: 323-632-5908

A SPECIAL EVENT featuring film screening followed by an uplifting global music dance party with special guest Afro Cuban percussion ensemble EMIKEKE and DJs Jason Bentley (KCRW and BossaNova), Janaka (Dhamaal), Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and Patrick Harvard, didJital and Regan/QofV. More info: www.dancesofecstasy.com

Dances of Ecstasy is an evocative, sensory documentary exploring how different communities around the world connect to a spiritual dimension through dance and rhythm. In these rituals, Whirling Dervishes from Turkey, Orisha priestesses from Nigeria and shaman healers from the Kalahari pulse to the same beat as thousands of young people at an all night techno dance party in an Australian forest.

“It is not often that a film comes along that offers its audience such compelling insight into the role dance plays in the lives of so many diverse groups of people.”
– Ruth Williams Cinephile

“Dances of Ecstasy is enthralling in its evocation of a mental and physical release that most of us long for.” – Adrian Martin The Age Australia

Luna Pictures, Film Finance Corporation Australia, Film Victoria, Australian Film Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Opus Arte, ZDF, Nederlandse Programma Stichtung, the Ann and Erlo Van Waveren Foundation and Australia-Korea Foundation.

DCW at the Ford Amphitheatre - June 16
THE RED SHOES

Wednesday June 16, 8:00 pm
A surprise celebrity guest will introduce the film

2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood, CA 90068
Tickets: $10 (suggested donation)
Tickets purchase: 323-461-3673
Ticket purchase and venue information (including parking, shuttle service, picnicking and dinner options): www.fordamphitheatre.org

DCW presents a rare screening of The Red Shoes, one of Powell and Pressberger’s best-loved films and still considered a favorite among dance and film audiences alike. It has inspired generations of filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Brian DePalma and Gene Kelly. Scorsese credits the dramatic ballet sequence as a major influence in his films such as Raging Bull and The Last Waltz.

Based on the preposition that “art is worth dying for” The Red Shoes, released in 1948, interweaves the story of an ambitious young ballerina, Vicky (Moira Shearer), with that of The Red Shoes ballet, inspired by a folk tale by Hans Christian Andersen. With this dramatic ballet as its centerpiece The Red Shoes is the most dazzling flight of fantasy in Powell and Pressberger’s career, scarcely matched in cinema.

Special thanks to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for their continuing support of the John Anson Ford Theatres, a County Regional Park operated by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

"One of the top ten films of all time!”
–Martin Scorsese

DCW at TreePeople at Coldwater Canyon Park - June 26
OUTSIDE THE EDGES

Closing Night of Festival – Saturday, June 26, 8:00 pm

12601 Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
at Coldwater Canyon Blvd. above Studio City
Ticket information: 213-480-8633.
For directions and information go to www.treepeople.org

Sixteen films shown in an outdoor screening experience inspired by the very nature of dance film, which inherently uses every setting or landscape imaginable. By extending beyond the edges of the screen onto surfaces integrated into the surrounding landscapes, this event stretches the way we view and think about dance. Audiences can freely wander through the installation along the trail or sit in the amphitheater.

Supported in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.

DCW Festival Audience Award and Reception to follow

DCW at the UCLA Hammer Museum - June 13 & 20
MODERN MASTERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Two Sunday afternoons June 13 & 20, 2 pm

10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-443-7000 • www.hammer.ucla.edu • FREE ADMISSION


June 13 Program
Anna Halprin: Returning Home 45 min, 2003. A testament to the importance of honoring the human and earth bodies, this unforgettable film takes us on a mythic and intimate journey home. Andy Abrahams Wilson gives an intimate look at Halprin, a pioneer of post-modern dance, who uses movement as a means of connecting the individual to nature and art to real life.

Kurt Jooss: A Commitment to Dance 60 min, 2003. Annette von Wangenheim (Dance Under The Swastika). The first portrait of choreographer Kurt Jooss (1901-79) recalling his life as a dancer, choreographer and teacher and examining his influence as a pioneer of modern dance-theatre who left his mark on the creativity of Birgit Cullberg and Pina Bausch. Archival material, including home-movie footage; numerous performance extracts, some not seen before; interviews with Pina Bausch, Jean Cebron, Johann Kresnik, Anna Markard and Jooss himself.

June 20 Program
Thoughts on the Art of Dance: Isadora Duncan 15 min 2003. A collection of writings and drawings on the Art of Dance by Isadora Duncan organized by dance film scholar Allegra Fuller Snyder.

Jose Limõn: Moving into the Future 27 min 2003. Limõn is considered one of the major founding voices of American Modern Dance. Evann Siebens documentary shows the challenges The Limõn Dance Company faces in maintaining his choreographic legacy. Former company members join current dancers in rehearsals and reconstructions to pass down their experience and vision.

Mary Anthony: A Life in Modern Dance 64 min 2003. Tonia Shimin’s vibrant portrait of this exceptional and cherished American dance artist and pioneer. The documentary traces Mary Anthony’s life and work from 1916 to the present and includes excerpts of 11 works of choreography.

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