ROCHESTER DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL

7 Nights! 20 extraordinary dance films and videos from 7 countries!
On tour from DFA'S 34th Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center!
Curated by Betty Jenkins
choreographer/filmmaker/DFA Board Member

September 15 - Sept. 21, 2006 (click here for 2007 Schedule)
All screenings at 7:15pm
The Little Theater, 240 East Avenue. Rochester, New York

Tickets: $9 for general admission; $56 Festival Pass
$5 for Little Theatre Fiilm Society Members, students, children, and seniors
Advance tickets available August 15th at: Parkleigh 215 Park Avenue, call: (585) 244-4842 Any questions as to press and group sales, please contact Betty Jenkins

FRIDAY - Sept. 15
"Pretty Big Dig" - Newfoundland, 2002 - Anne Troake’s lovely ballet of three earth-moving vehicles, produced by Bravo!FACT.

"The Nutcracker Family: Behind the Magic" - special appearance by director Virginia Brooks, US, 2006 -An unprecedented inside look at the School of American Ballet’s children in the 2003 production of George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker.”™ With rehearsals, archival footage, and interviews with former “Maries,” this engaging documentary is sure to charm all ages.

SATURDAY - Sept. 16
“Oatka Trail” – Garth Fagan and Carvin Eison, USA, 2005; TELLY Award Winner 2006 -"The lyrical 1979 opus Oatka Trail [was] inspired by an old Seneca Indian Trail near Rochester, New York, performed to the music of Antonin Dvorak. This male trio reveals the innermost nature of Fagan's lyricism. It is a rare sensibility, without a hint of either sentimentality or prettiness. Oatka Trail also underscores Fagan's exceptional musicality,” Jamak Highwater. The performance was recorded during the summer of 2002 at Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, Massachusetts and in the Oatka Trail. Carvin Eison is director of photography and editor.

"Carmen & Geoffrey" - 2005 Honorary Jury Award -2004, U.S. - This documentary traces the spectacular lives and careers of Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder. Among the dancers who appear on camera are Judith Jamison, Gus Solomons, Jr., Dudley Williams, Ulysses Dove and the great Alvin Ailey.

SUNDAY - Sept. 17
"The God"- Russia, 2003 - A humorous animated short that theorizes what might happen when an ancient deity of dance encounters the humblest of insects, a fly.

"Shadow Pleasures: The Cinnamon Peeler" - Jury Award Nomination, Canada, 2004 Michael Ondaatje’s reading of his sensual poem inspired this lush duet choreographed and directed by Veronia Tennant.

"Back to Kinshasa" - France, 2004 - An engrossing portrait of choreographer and dancer, Faustin Linyekula.  Included are excerpts of his newest works in which he explores his African/French heritage and identity through movement.

"Jean-Pierre Perreault: Giant Steps" - 2006 JURY WINNER - Canada, 2005 - A superb film about a Quebecois choreographer and the unique artistic legacy he leaves us. Perreault’s vision of a group of faceless average “Joe’s,” boot-clad and black-hatted, moving as a block of humanity through inhospitable space, made a profound impression on audiences.

MONDAY - Sept. 18
"Phoenix Dance" - 2006 Jury Prize Nomination, US, 2005 - Homer Avila, an extraordinary dancer who worked with Twyla Tharp, Bill T. Jones, Mark Morris and Momix, is the subject of this moving documentary by Karina Epperlein that features a duet created for him by San Francisco-based choreographer Alonzo King.

"Damen Und Herren Ab 65" - 2004 Jury Prize Nomination, Germany, 2003 - The queen of European Dance Theater, Pina Bausch, choreographs for ladies and gentlemen over 65 in this “love letter” to humanity.

TUESDAY - Sept. 19
"The Cost of Living" - 2005 JURY WINNER , 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.

"Valse Wals" - Netherlands, 2005 - Two veterans of wordless theatre
productions offer a duet by turns absurd, outrageous and poignant, exploring an embattled yet enduring relationship in ways that recall Buster Keaton and Becket simultaneously.

WEDNESDAY - Sept. 20
"Destino" - Salvadore Dali, Walt Disney, France/US, 2002 - Academy Award Nomination for Animated Short - A collaboration between two genuises, Salvadore Dali and Walt Disney, that began in 1946 and finished posthumously in 2003. Set to a Spanish song, it follows a dark-eyed ballerina on a journey among strange objects through a desert landscape in a dreamlike atmosphere.

"Peep Show" - Robert Deleskie, Canada, 2002 - "[Peep Show] is an ingenious bit of screen work from the dance theatre duo David Danzon and Sylvie Bouchard doing a mock naughty duet in skin-tight PVC suits... In four minutes this performance video manages to be sexy, funny and aesthetically pleasing." Toronto Star

"Burst" - Reynir Lyngdal, Iceland, 2002 - Choreographer Katrin Hall
A couple fights until a water pipe comes to the rescue with its timely
explosion.

"Tap Heat" - Danny Daniels / Dean Hargrove, US, 2003 - A tap extravaganza illustrating two distinct tap styles; Award-winning tapper Jason Samuels Smith, raised on urban funk, and Arthur Duncan, elder statesman of sophisticated tap, are the two leads, supported by a great back-up team of tappers.

"Doze" - Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver, US, 2005 (excerpt) -Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's STYLE WARS released in 1984 tackled the art and culture of graffiti.  DOZE is a fascinating excerpt from STYLE WARS REVISITED.

"From Mambo to Hip Hop" - Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver, US, 2005
There’s a postage stamp of an urban sidewalk known by people of a certain age for having burned to the ground. A more recent generation know it as the place where, out of the ashes hip hop and break dancing were born. An older generation remembers when this turf, The South Bronx, produced salsa. A testament to the neighborhood’s power to revitalize itself through music and dance and to take the world’s pop culture by storm.

THURSDAY - Sept. 21
"Carnival of Rhythm" - Stanley Martin, US, 1941 - Presented in honor of the legendary Katherine Dunham and the world-wide legacy she leaves to dance. She choreographed and performed in this musical short just after her return from Haiti. Appropriate for all ages.

“Oatka Trail” – Garth Fagan and Carvin Eison, USA, 2005; TELLY Award Winner 2006 -"The lyrical 1979 opus Oatka Trail [was] inspired by an old Seneca Indian Trail near Rochester, New York, performed to the music of Antonin Dvorak. This male trio reveals the innermost nature of Fagan's lyricism. It is a rare sensibility, without a hint of either sentimentality or prettiness. Oatka Trail also underscores Fagan's exceptional musicality,” Jamak Highwater. The performance was recorded during the summer of 2002 at Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, Massachusetts and in the Oatka Trail. Carvin Eison is director of photography and editor.

"Been Rich All My Life" - Heather Lyn MacDonald, US, 2005 - Five women who danced in New York City’s hottest clubs during the Harlem Renaissance are the subject of this inspiring and heartwarming documentary. In 1985, they regrouped as “The Silver Belles” and began appearing in theaters to standing ovations from the Apollo to Carnegie Hall. Appropriate for all ages.
“Never mind the Rockettes! See this beautiful movie!” (Savion Glover)
"Enchanting! A splendid slice of African American history. [4 stars]"
(BlackNews.com)
"Sassy humor and startling frankness. (Time Out NY)
"Marvelous...a real treasure, and they still swing!" (New Yorker)
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