Screendance: A New Visual Language
Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6
At REDCAT in downtown LA
(contains adult content)
Opening night screening and party on Friday followed by two different programs on Saturday. In three unique screenings over two days, this collection of 25 innovative dance films from around the world explores the intersection between movement and cinema.
3 different programs:
- Friday, June 5, 8:00pm Screening and Opening Night Reception
- Saturday, June 6, 6:00pm
- Saturday, June 6, 8:00pm
REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex
631 West 2nd Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213 237-2800; http://redcat.org)
Tickets: $15 opening night ($10 for CalArts or DCW members), $10 for other screenings ($7 for CalArts or DCW members)
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2009 REDCAT Programs
Screendance: A New Visual Language
Friday, June 5, 8 pm, 9 Films, 74:00
Becoming (Canada, 2009) 6:52
Director: Ayelen Liberona/Joseph Johnson Cami
Choreographer: Ayelen Liberona
A man and a woman come together in an ancient ritual act amid a cornfield. - World Premiere!
The Mysteries of Nature (South Korea, 2008) 10:00
Director: Dahci Ma
Choreographer: Jai-young Park
It’s torn into bits, gone with the wind.
- Jury Prize Winner, Reel Dance Film Festival and Dance on Camera Fest.
Weightless (Sweden, 2007) 6:40
Director: Erika Janunger
Choreographer: Malin Stattin/Tuva Lundkuist/Erika Janunger
What happens when you look at the world from a different angle?
Danse MacaBre (Canada, 2009) 7:47
Director: Pedro Pires
Choreographer: AnneBruce Falconer
The intimate journey of a body after its death.
33rd Floor (Canada, 2009) 5:41
Director: Kenneth Sherman
Choreographer: Farley Johansson, Shannon Moreno Through the common vehicle of an elevator, an executive and a bike courier are temporarily trapped and come undone in a confined space.
Risen (Canada, 2008)
Director/Producer: Kenneth Sherman; Choreographer: Shay Kuebler
By contemplating the questions of perception vs. reality as raised in quantum physics, a young dancer struggles in the rehearsal hall to synchronize his mind, body and soul while looking at the original seed of street and hip-hop culture.
Cannes 2009
Insyn (Sweden, 2007) 14:00
Director/Choreographer: Klara Elenius
In a dark, silent house we meet the film’s slightly tense and subdued characters. There’s a dream just around the corner as they twist through a familiar interior in a somewhat unusual slice of everyday life. - Winner of Screen Choreo. Jury prize IMZ Festival 2007
en Vuelta (Argentina, 2008) 3:00
Director/Choreographer: Johanna Borchardt
A woman, a suitcase and a conveyor belt.
I Want You Back (USA, 2008) 11:30
Director/Choreographer: Gaelen Hanson
In her quest to transcend heartbreak, Hanson employs technical wizardry to solicit the help and advice of two of her alter egos, Betty and Dr. Faker. Fervent dancing ensues.
Created with support from the Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
Saturday, June 6, 6 pm, 9 Films, 56:00
Baba (Canada, 2008) 4:15
Director: Jonathan Lawley
Choreographer: Tracey Armstrong
Different people, cultures, and styles of dance come together in one expression of love and life.
La Surprise (Switzerland, 2007) 4:19
Director/Choreographer: Manuel Goliath Scheiwiller
A nonsense tale based on a Christmas narrative takes place in an abstract dream world.
After Durer (New Zealand, 2007) 7:51
Director: Daniel Belton
Time traveling as both alchemist and object a dance is created within the digitized architecture of Albrecht Durer’s famous engraving of ‘Melencolia.’
2Soon (Sweden, 2005) 5:00
Director/Choreographer: Cristina Caprioli
Two light-headed women digitally shredded, big eyes, fast feet, feathers and gestures, pounding score, bad taste for a happy generation.
Of The Heart (USA, 2007) 6:00
Director: Douglas Rosenberg/Allen Kaeja
Choreographer: David Dorfman/Lisa Race - A poignant metaphoric movement portrait full of longing and desire slowly unfolds in a windblown field in late Fall.
Rewind (Sweden, 2004) 5:00
Director: Marten Nilsson
Choreographer: Gunilla Heilborn
Exactly what happens on the day Henry moves into his new house?
The Greater the Weight (Canada, 2009) 5:29
Director: Marlene Millar/Philip Szporer
Choreographer: Dana Michel
A reflection on the moment when one stumbles, whether by accident or on purpose.
La Boule d'Or (Switzerland, 2008)12 Director: Bruno Deville/MariodelCurto Choreographer: Phillipe Saire
The bowling club, La Boule d’Or, in Lausanne, Switzerland help create a ‘dance’ to the passing of time, team spirit, and the peaceful life. Number 9 is part of the ‘10 Choreographic Interventions in an Urban Landscape.’ DCW has screened earlier Cartographies by Mr. Saire in previous festivals.
Frying Pan (France, 2006) 8:30
Director: Valere Terrier
Choreographer: Jung Woong Kim/Marion Ramirez
A love story in an animated dream sequence.
Captain (USA, 2008) 6:30
Director: Rae Shao-Lan Blum/Pooh Kaye
Choreographer: Rae Shao-Lan Blum
Captain whimsically explores the nakedness of a triumphant character dropped unarmed, from stage into wilderness- a setting that forces apart her identity in natural light.
Saturday, June 6, 8 pm, 9 Films, 65:00
The Last Martini (USA, 2008) 6:16
Director/Choreographer: Vickie Mendoza -Inside a corner gin joint, a lovesick hombre remembers heartbreak. Inspired by the noir films of the 1940’s and 1950’s, The Last Martini plays out the rain soaked reverie of a lonesome man, lost in his last drink.
Tila (Finland, 2007) 4:00
Director/Choreographer: Alexandra Campbell
Tila is Finnish for space, place or state, it is also a state of mind; a concept of moving between a distorted dream and an absurd reality.
At Table (Germany, 2008) 14:00
Director: Regina Bartschi/Michaela Isabel Funfhausen
Choreographer: Michaela Isabel Funfhausen
Gestures, images, a woman and two men form a montage of sound and movement.
Becoming (Canada, 2009) 6:52
Director: Ayelen Liberona/Joseph Johnson Cami
Choreographer: Ayelen Liberona
A man and a woman come together in an ancient ritual act amid a cornfield. - World Premiere!
Wildmenspark (Netherlands, 2006) 13:00
Director: Gonny Jungst/Vloeistof
Choreographer: Yuri Bongers/Anja Reinhardt
Wildmenspark is an abstract reflection on our hasty and competitive life in modern society.
Fragile (Cuba, 2006) 6:00
Director: Javier Garcia/Claudio Frola
Choreographer: Isabel Bustos
How fragile our lives are in love and life.
En Cadena (Spain, 2008) 4:50
Director: Hammudi Al-Rahmoun Font
Choreographer: Juan Carlos Garcia
In the documentary dance style surrounded by an assembly line of people with ‘different abilities’ an exploration of connection begins.
Coppia2 (Canada, 2009) 4:27
Director/Choreographer: Ginette Laurin
A reflection on the continuity of the human species as each generation takes over from the last.
Karohano (South Africa, 2008) 8:55
Director: Jeannette Ginslov
Choreograpehr: Thebiso Pule/Thami Manekahla/Haja Saranouffi
Aspects of African male identity, physical satire and ironic gestures are depicted through a fusion of video technology and urban dance energy featuring three dancers in collaboration from Madagascar and South Africa.
- Cinedans Festival 2008, nominated for Jury Shorts Award
Opening Night Lobby Screenings
Raft of Medusa (Germany, 2008) 17:00 Director: Lutz Gregor
Choreographer: Federicapaola Capecchi/asst. Karl Schreiner
The spiritual and political body with a strong commitment to the iconography of the Italian school (Duccio, Fra Angelico, Caravaggio, Signorelli).
An Issue of Trust (USA, 2007) 12:00
Director: Allison Fischer
Choreographer: Ashley Browne
This highly stylized film is a loose narrative that explores one aspect of the self-destructive nature that plagues us as sensual beings: temptation.
Rapture (USA, 2008) 6:30
Director/Choreographer: Noemie Lafrance Set atop the undulating rooftops of the Frank Gehry-designed Fisher Center, Rapture features six dancers retained by ropes,performing on the buildings sloping surfaces.
Becoming (Canada, 2009) 6:52
The Mysteries of Nature (South Korea, 2008) 10:00
