Jan
17
2010
I blogged about dance film ‘The cost of Living’ (2004) by DV8 Physical Theatre almost two years ago, What dance could be… in DV8 and David Toole’s vision… and I still admire Lloyd Newson’s choreography. Hence, for today’s Body cinema screening I’ve picked up for you exactly this film.

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Dec
22
2009
Japanese animated film Cornelis by Ayaka Nakata has won the Award for Excellence at last year’s edition of Asia Digital Award in the Moving Images category… it’s a classic animated film ‘that stems from a foundation of dance choreography’, as nicely said by people form Cartoon Brew.

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Sep
19
2009
Documentary film ‘Rize’ on hip hop dancing culture in LA directed by internationally acclaimed photographer David LaChapelle was his directorial debut in 2004.

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Sep
16
2009
Dancer and choreographer Maja Drobac could be with certainty described as multi-talented artist… she expresses herself, parallel with dance, in the fields of photography and writing, too…
Portrait of Maja Drobac by Srikanth Kolari (c)
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Aug
9
2009
Entering the last session on African Dance… I can bet your body is still in one piece… Nkachika guided us through the learning process… now, the rest is on you…

Photo by Gordon Becker: African Dancer (c)
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