Leather
Hank does not fit in. Riding his motorcycle enables him to clear his mind. Riding over 130kmh everything turns black and white. During his nightly drives his thoughts and reality become deeply entwined.
Year
2018
Duration
9 min.
Director
Thomas Bos
Choreographer
Erik Bos
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
No premiere
AKIN
A voice talking about a man’s struggle to find peace with himself and take control of his life, frames this energetic hip hop dance performance. A bar provides the scene for both temptation and catharsis. “In the end, you have to leave yourself to understand that you value yourself.”
Year
2019
Duration
3 min.
Director
Stephan Cornelio Velema
Choreographer
Virgil Denzel Dey
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
No premiere
Tremble
A mysterious energy roams around a dining room, turning random dinner guests into waiters who start moving under the spell of their cocktail trays. Starring 26 dancers of the Scottish Ballet and set to Anna Meredith’s brassy track Nautilus, Tremble depicts a contagion that gradually takes over the entire party.
Year
2019
Duration
5 min.
Director
Jessica Wright
Morgann Runacre-Temple
Choreographer
Jessica Wright
Morgann Runacre-Temple
Country of production
United Kingdom
Premiere
No premiere
And So Say All of Us
In honor of Joseph V. Melillo’s 35 years of service as executive producer at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, 52 seminal international choreographers link up in a chain love letter to dance. Featured artists include Ohad Naharin, Mark Morris, Elizabeth Streb, Billy T. Jones, Meredith Monk, William Forsythe, and Lucinda Childs.
Year
2018
Duration
10 min.
Director
Mitchell Rose
Country of production
United States, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Israel, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan
Premiere
Dutch premiere
RIVERLANDS - Dance Locale
One of five films made in the Dance Locale project during the constraints of the Covid-19. The films celebrate the civic spaces of New South Wales Australia, bringing the dancers of Sydney Dance Company out of the studio and into open spaces. In Riverlands we see the dancers inhabit Sydney Olympic Park, in perpetual motion. Filmed on Wann-gal Country, an Aboriginal prehistoric site.
Year
2020
Duration
7 min.
Director
Pedro Greig
Choreographer
Rafael Bonachela
Country of production
Australia
Premiere
Dutch premiere
Out of body
John is a man in his thirties, whose drug use makes him loose the perception of who he is and what surrounds him. Are such experiences only the fruit of the imagination of those who live them, or do these mind states promote access to real, untapped sources of information?
Warning: depicted rape and sex under the influence.
Year
2018
Duration
16 min.
Director
Briére Eddy
Pascal Beugre-Telier
Choreographer
Pascal Beugre-Telier
Country of production
France
Premiere
Dutch premiere
Competing for Sunlight: Ash
Not too long and the ash tree will be extinct on the European continent. A fungus has taken over this part of the world and infected almost all the trees. Dagmar Dachauer was inspired by the sad fate of the European ash and linked the story to a personal loss in her own life.
Year
2018
Duration
4 min.
Director
Dagmar Dachauer
Choreographer
Dagmar Dachauer
Knut Vikström Precht
Country of production
Austria
Premiere
No premiere
Shorts 6
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
Sat 27 Mar 2021 at 14:00
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