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Curzon Soho
93-107 Shaftesbury Avenue
London W1D 5DY
Box Office – 0870 756 4620
Tickets: £9.00 / Conc £8.00
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6:45pm
- Wed 21st March 07
7:35pm
- Fri 23rd March 07
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2006,
US, 87mins , director: Phil Bertelsen.
BEYOND
THE STEPS follows the Alvin Ailey American Dance
Theater during a pivotal period in its history, one that
has the company venturing abroad as well as establishing
new roots at home. The documentary marks a moment of both
growth and reflection, as the troupe travels to Russia after
an absence of nearly 20 years, moves into a state-of-the-art
custom facility, called by The New York Times "the
largest in the country devoted exclusively to dance,"
and creates a new ballet entitled Love Stories, choreographed
by longtime AAADT artistic director Judith Jamison in collaboration
with hip-hop pioneer Rennie Harris and modern dance maverick
Robert Battle. Under the steadfast leadership of Jamison,
the making of a new dance and a new home serve as symbols
of the remarkable foundation that Ailey built, and of the
vibrancy that defines the company today.
 
Wed 21st screening followed by interview with director
Phil Bertelsen by Donald Hutera.
http://www.constellation-change.co.uk/
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Voyage (2006)
A journey into
the universe of the British choreographer Russell Maliphant.
An abstract dance through solos, duos and quintet. Movements
are all about power, lightness and emotions.. |
Paul Leo talks to Voyage choreographer
Russell Maliphant about his work.
.  Russell
Maliphant
trained at the Royal Ballet School and graduated into Sadler’s
Wells Royal Ballet before leaving to pursue a career in independent
dance, working with companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre,
and Michael Clark & Company.His work builds on this foundation
in expanding dance grammar, creating mesmerising, joyful works.
The Russell Maliphant Company (founded in 1996) has toured extensively
and won numerous awards, including a TimeOut Live Award for
‘Outstanding Collaboration’ for Sheer (2002), the
Peoples’ Choice Award from the Festival De La Nouvelle
Danse in Montreal (2002), the South Bank Show Award for Dance
(2003), the Olivier Award for best new dance production for
Broken Fall (2003), and Best Choreography (Modern) at the UK’s
2005 National Dance Awards.
Paul
Leo: Which performers or
choreographers influenced
your work when growing up?
Russell Maliphant: Depends
what you mean by 'growing up'... I wasn't making work till I
was already fairly experienced as a performer. When I went to
the Royal Ballet School, Kenneth MacMilan was the resident choreographer.He
had just made Mayerling, with David Wall & Lynn Seymour
- I remember them as being superb, and I was really inspired
by the pas de deux work.
I went to see many performances of Manon,
Romeo & Juliet, Concerto, Gloria, Requiem and others. I
also performed in a lot of creations by David Bintley, but it
wasn't till several years after that that I began to make work.
Laurie Booth & Lloyd Newson were influential to me.
Paul
Leo You choreographed the pas de
trois Broken Fall for Sylvie Guillem and George Piper Dancers.
What was it like choreographing such a demanding piece like
that?
 Russell
Maliphant: It was fun. Great performers, great collaborators
- what could be better.
Paul
Leo
A lot of your recent work seems to incorporate yoga, tai chi
and capoeira. We're you surprised how well audiences are responding
it ?
Russell Maliphant: I just work with what has
interested me. I have spent many years exploring elements of
those disciplines and it is gratifying when a piece is well
received.it.
Paul
Leo
You have worked on some films for TV previously. What is the
process like adapting your work from stage to screen?
Russell Maliphant:
In my experience, it's always been different. I've worked on
5 adaptations of stage works for film - and the process has
never been the same.
There are frameworks within which a project is set out, that
influence many elements - the available time, the budget, the
collaborative experience, etc and those invariably change each
time.
INTERVIEW
CONTINUED >>>
London
: DOFN Interviews filmmakers screening at this years 7th
Constellation Change Screen Dance Festival 19-23rd March 2007.
19-23rd March 2007
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MIRROR
DANCE Co-produced and co-directed
by Frances McElroy and Maria Rodriguez and edited by Ann Tegnell.
Cuban identical twins Margarita and Ramona de Saa grew up to
become acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba.
Once inseparable, their relationship disintegrated as one sister
left for the United States while the other embraced the Cuban
Revolution. This film is the story of these two women, forever
linked by birth and dance, but struggling to overcome a deep
rift between them and the two nations alike. Shot in the USA
and Cuba over a period of four years, Mirror Dance reveals some
of the complexities of the sisters' relationship… the
worlds in which they live, the choices each has made and the
conflicts each has endured...as they hope that they will one
day reconcile.
MIRROR DANCE
6:30pm Friday 23rd March 2007
Curzon Soho
93-107 Shaftesbury Avenue
London W1D 5DY
Box Office – 0870 756 4620
Tickets: £8.00 / Conc £7.00
Watch Mirror
Dance Movie Clip  Media
Player  Quicktime
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Zydeco
(2006, 10mins, USA, UK Premiere)
An-off-the
–wall comedy about a young man desperate to join
the Sookies, the coolest gang in school, but first he
must beat the gang’s leader in a perilous jairajive.
dir: Jon Jones
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Voyage
(2006, 26mins, FRA)
A journey into the universe of the
British choreographer Russell Maliphant. An abstract dance
through solos, duos and quintet. Movements are all about
power, lightness and emotions. dir:Dir: Catherine Maximoff
, Chor: Russell Maliphant.
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Wings
Of Legacy (2006, 14mins, USA, UK
Premiere)
Eva,facing her last hours, silently
seeks for someone to give flight to her legacy through
the passion of dance. She meets Amy, a differently-abled
dancer who is looking for a chance for individual expression
beyond her wheelchair..Dir: Neeta Mittal , Chor: Zina
Bethune and Auti Angel
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Mes
Mer..(1998, 13mins, NZ)
A female hologram
performs a street pantomime and
sparks off a magical communication with a cafe patron.
dir/Chor: Morag Brownlie.
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Spin
(2006, 10mins, USA, UK Premiere)
The story of
a mysterious DJ sent to a busy city block to mend a series
of chain reactions that occur in our everyday lives. Can
the power of music overcome fate? Put the needle on the
record and find out!.dir: Jamin Winan./Chor:Jay Rincon
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TUESDAY 20th MARCH 2007
Dance Camera
Action 1
7:00pm
Everyman Cinema
5 Hollybush Vale, Hampstead,
London, NW3 6TX
Film Seminar £8.00/Conc
£7.00
Box Office 087 00 664777
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CEA (2006, 5mins,Canada,UK
Premiere)
CEA, a film without dialogue, uses
a combination of original music and graceful dance to
explore the richness of our rural history. Dir: Robert
Prowse, Chor: Andrea Pass
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No
Man's Land (2005, 7mins, CAN, UK
Premiere)
The journey of a man who finds himself
torn between two cultures, two cultural voices. He struggles
between the two until he discovers a neutral space, a
space where both halves can co-exist, a No Man's Land.
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You
Cuba (2006, 13mins, UK)
Filmed in Havana 'You Cuba' is a
celebration of dance in Cuba, inspired by colourful culture,
vibrant people and outstanding landscape. Dir: Margaret
Williams, Chor: Cathy Marston
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Auto
Erotica (2006, 4min, CAN,UK Premiere)
The film is a tongue-in-cheek commentary
on the sexualized relationships we have with cars. The
short, which features Farley Johansson, has the aesthetic
of an eye-catching television commercial. Dir:Kenneth
Sherman, Chor: Noam Gagnon.
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Aquarium
(2006, 2min, US,UK Premiere)
An
underwater ballet to the music of Saint-Sciens' AQUARIUM
Busby-Berkeley-style! Sea horses playing the harp, urchins
swaying, jellyfish on the piano, octopuses changing color,
tiny fish turning into a kaleidoscope of color and pattern.
Dir/Chor: Nadia Roden
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Phoenix
Dance (2006, 16mins, USA,UK Premiere)
Dancer Homer
Avila - after losing a leg to cancer - returns to the
stage in a pas de deux by Alonzo King. Their collaboration's
magic reminds us that when heart and will are joined,
the impossible can happen. Dir: Karina Epperlein,Chor:
Alonzo King
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THURSDAY 22nd
MARCH 2007
Dance Camera
Action 2
8:05pm
Curzon Soho
93-107 Shaftesbury Avenue
London W1D 5DY
Box Office – 0870 756 4620
Tickets: £8.00 / Conc £7.00
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