Dance On Camera Festival 2007
AMERICAN SHORTS AT GALAPAGOS

GALAPAGOS ART CENTER, 70 N. 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday January 14, 7pm, $10

For directions see www.galapagosartspace.com/directions.html

One of the objectives of this year's festival is to promote US artists making dance for the camera. Despite the difficulties of producing experimental media, US artists have been extremely prolific nevertheless, churning out work by the grit of their teeth and often with a gutsy, raw, DIY aesthetic that typifies American resourcefulness. Presented here is a small selection of some of the talented new filmmakers that are bringing the legacy of Maya Deren and other American dance film innovators of the past into the present. 8TH AVENUE and SHUFFLE HOP STEP pose interesting commentaries on the frenetic pace of urban life while SPRINGBACK/FALLFORWARD celebrates the vastness of the American landscape. New media trends are evident in KINETICUT, MICROCOSMATIC and THIRTEEN MOVEYOUS where movement and technology have come together in exciting partnerships. Other films bravely tread the emotional waters, and find authentic and powerful ways of expressing feelings and experiences. Curator Anna Brady Nuse

Pre-show performance: 6:30-6:45pm

"8th Avenue"
Created and Performed by Leigh Evans
Music by Djivan Gasparyan

Video Installation in the pool 6:45-9:00pm and 9:15pm-Closing

MOMENTS
Liliana Resnick, USA, 5.21 min

DANCEWITHOUTDRUGS? WHY NOT NOW
Hans Camille Vancol, Italy, 3.20 min

H2O
Monica Farne, Italy, 10 min

INNER VOICE/OUTER WORLD
Mimi Garrard, USA, 9.40 min

PAS DE DEUX DE FANTOMES
Amy Caron, USA, 16 min

PROJECT -FIVE SHORT MOVEMENTS
Campbell Farquhar, New Zealand, 5 min

Screenings

8TH AVENUE
Dave Rogers and Leigh Evans, USA, 2006, 2.55min
Based on Leigh Evans' Asian-influenced dance theater work, "8th Avenue" places a sublime solo in the midst of urban hustle and bustle.

SHUFFLE HOP STEP
Carly Short, USA, 2005, 1.34min
This film provides a funny commentary on everyday life by juxtaposing the movements of a pedestrian crossing the street with the sounds of a tap dance instructor conducting his class.

SPRINGBACK/FALLFORWARD
Director: Brent Felker, Choreographers/Performers: Eric Lorico & John Medina, USA, 2006, 15min
A choreographic and cinematic road trip that moves from LA to NYC, and emotionally progresses from a feeling of isolation to integration and freedom.

COLOURS
Francesca N. Penzani, USA, 2006, 7.52min
Dancers confront the camera and desperately try to communicate. Their high emotions seem to discharge as colours streaking across the screen.

KINETICUT (THE BODY ANSWERS)
Patrick Lovejoy, USA, 2006, 6min
Blurring the lines between video art, music video and dance for camera, Kineticut captures the body in fragments while its meaning is slowly pieced together.

THIRTEEN MOVEYOUS
Jonathan Bachrach and Mindy Zarem, USA, 2004, 6.11min
A series of short animated vignettes depict the novel and fantastic capabilities of digital dance.

MICROCOSMATIC
Abel Yares Costa & Keith Engel, USA, 2006, 5.22min
As screens split and multiply, their choreography elicits multilateral conversations.

THE CACAPHONY OF SOLITUDE
Harper Piver, USA, 2006, 1.30min
This delightful little short puts everyone’s private personal dramas in humorous perspective.

BREATHE ME
Carmen Rozestraten, USA, 2006, 9.30min
A man discovers a mysterious woman washed up on the beach. Her appearance conjures up a memory from his distant past only to be swept away with the tide.

STAIRS
Malene Schjoenning, Denmark/USA, 2006, 3.42min
A romantic story about a rendezvous in the park and the games people play…

ANGELS OF SUDJERAC
Kate Foley, USA-Croatia, 2006, 7.40min
Inspired by a pre-Christian graveyard in rural Croatia, this short explores the haunting shadows of a family legacy.

Dance On Camera Festival 2007:
INSTALLATION and LIVE PERFORMANCE in the Pool @ Galapagos
Sunday January 14th
6:30pm-Closing

Post-show performance 9:00-9:15pm

Red Rivers Run Madly to the Sea, an excerpt
Created and Performed by Leigh Evans
Music by Tibetan nuns from Nagi Gompa Nunnery