From: Dara G (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Oct 14 2005 - 13:09:37 PDT
> Event: DANCE MOViES 2
> Date: Wednesday October 26, 2005
> Place: Rensselaer Campus, Troy, NY, in room 3303 of the Sage Building
> Time: 7:30 p.m
FREE
> EMPAC presents "DANCE MOViES 2"
>
> Troy, NY - A month after the successful first screening in this
> ongoing series, Rensselaer's Experimental Media and Performing Arts
> Center (EMPAC) presents "DANCE MOViES 2" at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
> October 26th, 2005.
>
> Whereas DANCE MOViES 1 was projected outdoors on Rensselaer's
> football field, this second installment will bow to the inevitable
> cooler weather and move inside. But once again, you will see a
> selection of short films and experimental videos made by
> contemporary dancers and filmmakers from all over the world.
> Dancers will be flying, dancing and acting out in more unlikely
> places: a peepshow in Canada, a photography studio in Finland, a
> funeral in the Netherlands, a bathtub in Britain, a decrepit
> hallway in the US, a faded town on the coast of England.
> Dysfunctional, hilarious, touching and sly, all captured for the
> screen.
>
> The videos and films presented in this second installment of DANCE
> MOViES were all created in the last five years. They represent a
> sampling of works made by dancers and directors who investigate the
> ongoing search for love and logic in human affairs, often with a
> strong eye for the absurd.
>
> The films include a comical take on the penny-arcade entitled
> "Peepshow" (2002), by the Canadian team of Robert Deleskie, Sylvie
> Bouchard and David Danzon. "Left or Right for Love?" (2002) by UK-
> based director Magali Charrier with choreography by Maria Lloyd,
> depicts the daydreams of a woman who disappears in a tub of milk to
> awaken in a white world of fantasy, memory and chaotic busywork.
> In "Rest In Peace" (2000) by Dutch filmmaker Annick Vroom, three
> siblings cut loose in the aftermath of their parents' funeral
> wake. The short film "Portrait" (2003) by Saara Cantell, a Finnish
> production, shows what happens when an older couple get left alone
> in a photography studio, whereas in "Measure" (2001), by Seattle-
> based choreographers Gaelen Hanson and Dayna Hanson, the duo use
> subtle gesture and rhythmic footwork to communicate. "The Cost of
> Living" (2004) follows the misadventures of two street performers
> as they roam the streets of a seaside town. Confronting issues of
> personal freedom, prejudice and fulfillment, this last film
> seamlessly merges theater, film and dance; it is a big audience
> favorite and has garnered nine international film awards, including
> a Rose D'Or from Lucerne.
>
> What are dance films? Dance films are a hybrid genre of work
> created specifically for the screen, combining the visceral
> physicality of movement and dance with the open possibilities and
> magic of film, pushing the boundaries of both.
>
> Admission to "DANCE MOViES 2" is free and open to the public.
> Parking is available in the Rensselaer garage on College Avenue.
>
> Additional information on "DANCE MOViES 2" may be found on the
> EMPAC website, http://www.empac.rpi.edu.
>
> EVENT INFORMATION:
>
> Event: DANCE MOViES 2
> Date: Wednesday October 26, 2005
> Place: Rensselaer Campus, Troy, NY, in room 3303 of the Sage Building
> Time: 7:30 p.m.
>
> EMPAC events hotline: 518.276.3921
>
> CONTACT: Hélène Lesterlin, Associate Curator, EMPAC at Rensselaer
> Phone: 518.276.3918
> Email: email suppressed
>
Dara Greenwald
Research Assistant, EMPAC
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