Archive for the ‘UMOVE Festival’ Category

RED*

http://www.vimeo.com/2201832

Ally Voye, USA, 2007

This is a dynamic study of flying and falling. A beautiful executed example of a work whose splashes of movement were specifically designed for the screen. RED was made at MediaNet’s 2007 Dance for the Camera workshop with Victoria Marks Ellen Bromberg.

*Official selection for UMOVE Touring Festival

Nobody? Yes, Body!*

http://www.vimeo.com/5231568

Natalya Nikolaeva, Russia/Finland, 2007

A manifesto of contemporary dance is projected on the naked body of a dancer, who is both a participant in the discussion and its embodiment. If we let you in on the joke now, we’ll spoil the fun later!

*Official selection for UMOVE Touring Festival

Melody Box*

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Sabrina Mergey, France, 2008

A dancer and a musician are imprisoned together in their work area where their compulsory relationship devolves into distortion and trickery. One of our longer selections, the punk sensibility of BOX remains consistent in its score, art design, choreography, camera work and editing.

*Official selection for UMOVE Touring Festival


Low Lux 4

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Janne Eraker, Netherlands, 2009

One of a series of works exploring light and movement, Janne Eraker experiments with a single black light and a dancer in a white costume. Playing with distance, the dancer’s limbs fall away into the darkness, creating a mysterious portrait of the dancer half-concealed.

Differ

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Sara del Barrio, Netherlands, 2009

A handheld camera explores a body in the woods. Close-ups of limbs and shadows accelerate and then disappear in this brief work.

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