Macalester College
Dance Department
presents

Rolling Footage Dance Film Festival
John B. Davis Hall (Campus Center)
in collaboration with DFA

February, 9 & 10, 2007, 7:30 PM
curated by Jenn Henry and Becky Heist

The Cost of Living
2005 Dance on Camera Festival JURY WINNER
Lloyd Newson, England, 2004
Lloyd Newson of London's famed DV8 takes us to a faded seaside town where street performers David and Eddie struggle to find work and romance. A film that hurls provocations and scalding humor at notions of how the fit and unfit are supposed to act. THE COST OF LIVING sets itself apart by defining a potent new direction for the concept of dance for the camera.

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.

Also shown will be films by local artists: Olive Bieringa, Amber Ellison, Nancy Mason Hauser, Becky Heist, Emily Johnson, Shawn McConnelough, Christopher Watson and Cathy Wright.

Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-696-6000

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. To become a touring partner, see the Touring Partnership Page

 

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