The Circadian Cycle
Filmed within the stunning South Australian landscape, The Circadian Cycle draws upon the choreography from Australian Dance Theatre’s award-winning mainstage work 'The Beginning of Nature' by choreographer Garry Stewart.
Year
2019
Duration
16 min.
Director
Garry Stewart
Choreographer
Garry Stewart
Country of production
Australia
Premiere
Dutch premiere
HAEX
What do you do when the one you love turns against you? In this supernatural sci-fi dance film, society is in total turmoil. A lethal struggle unfolds when some have obtained mysterious HAEX powers, handing them remote control of objects’ and people’s movements.
Year
2018
Duration
11 min.
Director
R. Tumpum Peters
Choreographer
Tumpum Peters
Country of production
Sweden
Premiere
Dutch premiere
Mass
The masses and the intoxication they can inspire are the subject of exploration in this semi-single-take video, shot in a Paris hangar with a crowd of 40 amateur dancers. As the choreography confronts the individual with the movements of the crowd, we observe how he resists or immerses himself.
Year
2019
Duration
12 min.
Director
Adrien Gontier
Fu Le
Choreographer
Fu Le
Country of production
France
Premiere
Dutch premiere
NEVER TWENTY ONE
Through testimonials of victims of the liberal gun market system, a young dancer expresses his rage. The loss of his loved ones and the vicious spiral he is locked into, push him to play with fire. He becomes the scar of these sacrificed lives, their memories, their words, engraved forever in the curse of number 21.
Year
2019
Duration
7 min.
Director
Kanouté Smaïl
Henri Coutant
Kevin Gay
Choreographer
Kanouté Smaïl
Country of production
France
Premiere
No premiere
It starts with a (heart)beat
Imagine a world in which you do not understand the language that is spoken. Now imagine a world where body language is the main means of communication. A world where the body's heartbeat connects the deaf with the hearing.
Year
2019
Duration
2 min.
Director
Mikki Sindhunata
Choreographer
Lucinda Wessels
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
No premiere
LADIA
Inspired by female superheroes like Lara Croft and Nadia Comăneci, LADIA explores themes of effort, pain and exhaustion. It portrays the struggle of many contemporary women who have to constantly overcome themselves while hiding the scars of their fight.
Year
2018
Duration
7 min.
Director
Alvaro Congosto
Choreographer
Sandra Kramerova
Country of production
Slovakia, Spain, United States
Premiere
No premiere
DEPARTURES
Departures tells the story of Giralda, an undertaker who accompanies deceased human beings into their afterlife. Interpreted with the means of Spanish flamenco dance and music, and set at an old East German ship canal lift, the film creates an associative fusion between Northern and Southern Europe, movement and silence, farewell and eternity.
Year
2020
Duration
10 min.
Director
Michael Fetter Nathansky
Country of production
Germany
Premiere
Dutch premiere
The ONLY THING YOU SEE NOW
'The Only Thing You See Now', is an intimate duet filmed in the early morning hours on a dock along the Seattle waterfront. Dancers Miles Pertl and Leah Terada create a moving tableau, seeking balance on unsteady ground, in an uncertain time.
Year
2020
Duration
5 min.
Director
SeaPertls
Henry Wurtz
Choreographer
SeaPertls
Country of production
United States
Premiere
Dutch premiere
Shorts 2
A selection of the best short dance films, featuring a variety of dance styles and filmic approaches, are competing in the International Short Film Competition. The programme is accompanied by a Q&A with the makers.
Viewings
Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 13:00
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