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MOVEMENT (R)EVOLUTION
City Dance Ensemble
presents
Dance on Camera
as part of a DC-wide campaign called "Dance is the Answer."
Thursday, April 26 at 7pm
Carnegie Theatre
at the National Music Center
(801 K Street NW, Washington DCCurated by Paul Gordon Emerson
MINOTAUR-EX
Bruno Aveillan, France, 2001, 9m
Inspired by the Greek myth of the Minotaur, this cine-dream brings us into the struggle of a three-faced monster attempting a metamorphosis of his being. Choreographer Philippe Combes worked with a score by Herve Taminiaux. for more information, see cie-cavecanem.com/ONE FLAT THING, REPRODUCED
Thierry de Mey, France, 2006, 26m
William Forsythe carved a formidable career in Europe with infrequent returns to NYC. His collaboration with Thierry de Mey, acclaimed for his screen adaptations of works by Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker, brings us insights into his ingenious choreography. Thierry de Mey follows a formal strategy to capture “the play of triggers, moments of waiting, visual and sonic cues, and to follow the conducting voices of Forsythe’s choreographic melodic montage and contrasting mounting rhythms that penetrates inside the playing space." Distributed by MK2 www.mk2-catalogue.com
OPIUM
Miles Lowry and David Ferguson, Canada, 2006, 24m
Suddenly Dance Theatre’s narrative is inspired by a three month episode in the life of the French artist Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). Originally written as a visual poem for the stage by Canadian author Miles Lowry, OPIUM imagines Cocteau’s harrowing stay at a clinic near Paris in 1929, where he hoped for a cure for his addiction to opium. Grania Litwin of the Times-Colonist wrote that OPIUM is “a tight, clever, troubling, moody and intense dance drama that starts out looking like a Masterpiece Theatre, but soon moves into new territory”. Produced in association with Bravo! Canada, a division of CHUM Limited; in collaboration with ARTV. Suddenly Dance.BREAK - 2007 JURY WINNER
Shona McCullagh, New Zealand, 2006, 14m
A moving tribute to a family’s dynamic from the perspective of a young boy that plays inventively with rhythm and narrative. From the director of wildly popular dance short FLY and the choreographer for KING KONG and the THE LION, WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE. For more information and to purchase her other shorts FLY and HURTLE, please e-mail Human GardenMOVEMENT (R)EVOLUTION AFRICA (A story of an art form In four acts)
Joan Frosch & Alla Kovgan, USA, 65m
In an astonishing exposition of choreographic formentation, eight African choreographers tell stories of an emergent art form and their diverse and deeply contemporary expressions of self. Stunning choreography and riveting critiques challenge stale stereotypes of “traditional Africa” to unveil soul-shaking responses to the beauty and tragedy of 21st century Africa.Artists: Company Kongo Ba Téria (Burkina Faso), Company Rary
(Madagascar), Sello Pesa (South Africa), Company TchéTché (Côte d'Ivoire),
Company Raiz di Polon (Cape Verde), Company Jant Bi (Senegal) and Kota
Yamazaki (Japan), Nora Chipaumire (Zimbabwe), Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (USA),
Faustin Linyekula (Democratic Republic of Congo) www.movementrevolutionafrica.com/Organized by:
CityDance Ensemble, Inc.
1111 16th Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.347.3909
Fax: 202.833.2686
www.citydance.netCityDance Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
N. Bethesda, MD 20852
Office: 301.581.5204
Fax: 301.581.5202CityDance Center at Mt. Vernon Square
801 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Office: 202.383.1841
Fax: 202.833.2686Presented as part of a DC-wide campaign called "Dance is the Answer."
This program was made possible through DFA's touring program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, NYSCA, the members of DFA, and the Susan Braun Trust. To become a touring partner, see the Touring Partnership Page