Dance for Reel, an evening of dance for camera

Curated by The Lucky Penny, the Emory University Dance Program presents Dance for Reel, an evening of dance for camera. Azure Barton of Afternoon of the Chimeras performed in Atlanta October 7th, Angelin Prejlocaj of Pavillon Noir was in Atlanta just last year (Read Q&A). And Kyle Abraham, the performer in Quarantine, was in residence at Emory University earlier this year. With all of this in mind, The Lucky Penny curated this screening to specifically tie together the Atlanta dance community events. Pavillon Noir Pierre Coulibeuf, France, 2006, 24 minutes Pierre Coulibeuf adapts contemporary artistic universes. His films invent a marginal language, are critical of established forms and question the ways of presentation. Pavillion Noir highlights the virtual relations between the choreography of Angelin Prejlocaj, the architecture, the urban space and the landscape. There Is A Place Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes, UK, 2010, 7 minutes There is a place is a collaboration between Tibetan Chinese dancer/ choreographer Sang Jijia and Scottish screendance artists Simon Fildes and Katrina McPherson, shot on location in the Scottish Highlands. Afternoon of the Chimeras Daniel Conrad, Canada, 2006, 15 minutes Filmed in collaboration with choreographer Aszure Barton, this dance for camera merges humanity, movement, and the environment with admirable simplicity. Quarantine Gabri Christa, 2008, US, 9 minutes An elder observes a young man exploring an abandoned Quarantine building, once a house for African slaves, creating an empowering ode to those who came before him.