Southeastern Louisiana University
presents Dance on Camera at
Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in
Hammond, Louisiana

Curated by Martie Fellon

April 19, 2007, 7:30pm - Free!

Program

BABEL
Peter Sparling, USA, 2005, 7:22m
A former member of Martha Graham Dance Company returns in a solo that would only be possible on screen. Mirroring the voices in Arvo Part’s score, he reveals four physical personalities. He transcends boundaries of gender and character while charting a man’s struggle to embody his own metamorphosis.

WILL TIME TELL?
Sue Healey, Australia, 2006, 12:30m
Funded by Asia Link, OZCO, this short plays with rhythms and counterrhythms in this meditative, playful piece shot in Japan that gives one a sense of the outsider’s experience.

CAUGHT IN PAINT
Rita Blitt, USA, 2003, 6m
A film that has been shown at over 60 film festivals nationally and has won seven awards, CAUGHT IN PAINT is a film that brings together the painter Rita Blitt, choreographer David Parsons and his Parsons Dance Company, and photographer Lois Greenfield, in a union of paint, dance and photography. www.ritablitt.com ..See clip

BITTERSWEET
David Rousseve, U.S., 2005; 15m
Dancer/choreographer/director David Rousseve explores the relationships of three women of color to their husbands, lovers, and to one another in this alternately lyrical and violent look at race and gender politics. From the maker of the award winning PULL YOUR HEAD TO THE MOON.

BREAK **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 Garden

BLACK SPRING
Benoit Dervaux (France) 26 min., 2002 Choreographer: Heddy Maalen; Dance Company: Compagnie Ivoire; Dancers: Simone Goris, Serge Anagondu; Producer: Heure d'Ete; Sponsors: Arte, Sinsa Finn, Derives; Distributor: Ideale Audience International The simplicity and purity of the filmmaking approach is deceptive, as the film challenges Western notions of African bodies in movement. The dance is interspersed with scenes of contemporary life in Africa which serve to heighten awareness of the social and political sensitivities inherent modern African dance.

For more information on this screening, e-mail Martie Fellom or call (985) 549-2133

Funded by Lyceum Arts and Lectures Committee at Southeastern Louisiana University. This program was also made possible through DFA's touring program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the members of DFA, and the Susan Braun Trust. To become a touring partner, see the Touring Partnership Page

 

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