University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
presents Dance on Camera at
Dance Works
1661 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 277-8480

July 12, 2008, 9:15 $8

Program curated by Annie Melchior

INEARTHIA
Simon Halbedo, Nazario Branca, Maren Sandmann
Switzerland, 2006; 2:15m
A creative attempt to spin the Earth.

MORNING HERD
Rick Harvie, New Zealand, 2007; 7.25m
A comic insight into the battle of a farmer wrestling with the confinement
of his animals in his yards.

SCRAP LIFE
Su-En, Sweden, 2006; 8.30m
An homage to the art of recycling set at a scrap yard.

FLYING LESSON - Winner of DOCF 2008 Jury Prize
Phil Harder, Rosanne Chamecki, Andrea Lerner, USA, 2007; 4'37m
A sweet sail one foot above Brooklyn, accomplished by Rosanne Chamecki and Andrea Lerner who are old friends from their native Brazil.

CAR MEN
Boris Paval Conem and Jiri Kylian, The Netherlands, 2006; 28m
Sabina Kupferberg, Gioconda Barburo, Donald Krugel, Karel Hrusko play
off the famous opera creating a metaphor for time, speed, stillness, movement, youth and age, while saluting the era of slapstick silent films. Czech born choreographer Jirí Kylián and director Boris Paval Conen made this black-and-white film in a coalmine in the Czech Republic. Dutch composer Han Otten arranged Bizet’s music and added extra music specially composed for the film. The key prop in the film is a ‘scrap car’ reminiscent of the futurist Czech Tatra of the 1930s.

ScreenDance unites the Danceworks DanceLAB and UWM Peck School of the Arts Departments of Dance and Film to bring innovative dance films to Milwaukee audiences. This year’s event also features work of local film artists in addition to showcasing international Dance on Camera Films. The award-winning international films are selected through Dance Film Association, a non-profit dedicated to heightening awareness of dance films and dances created specifically for the camera. ScreenDance is an exciting outdoor film experience, with a screen hung outside of the Danceworks building. Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets.

For more information on this screening, call 414.229.6015; or e-mail Annie Melchior.

This program was made possible through DFA's touring program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the members of DFA, and the Susan Braun Trust.

Get involved. Send us your films for Dance on Camera Festival 2009 Become a touring partner, see the Touring Partnership Page

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