Jan 17 2010

Body cinema: The Cost of Living by DV8 Physical Theatre

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

Pocket cinema: Cornelis by Ayaka Nakata

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

Body Cinema: Rize by David LaChapelle

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

Interview with Maja Drobac: Dancing between East and West

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…

maja_drobac1.jpgPortrait of Maja Drobac by Srikanth Kolari (c)

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Aug 9 2009

E-learning: Advanced African Dance, part 3

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…

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Photo by Gordon Becker: African Dancer (c)

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