ABOUT DANCEFILM AT DANCEMAKERS: CLASSICS

Havent seen a whole lot of dance film? Or maybe youre a dance on screen heavyweight, feeling a bit nostalgic for your favourites and surprisingly cant find them on Netflix? Wherever you stand, join us as we take you through our pick of 7 must-see masterpieces from Canada and abroad. Reintroduce yourself to the vibrant field of dance for the camera.

ABOUT THE FILM LINEUP

- Lodela Phillipe Baylaucq

- Will Time Tell? Sue Healey

- The Golden City Moze Mossanen

- Tari Rickshaw Nick de Pencier & Peter Chin

...and 3 more classics so exciting we can't announce!

DATE & TIME

Friday, MAY 1 8pm

VENUE

Dancemakers Centre for Creation

Distillery District, 9 Trinity Street, Main Stage 313

Toronto, ON M5A 3C4

416-367-1800 dancemakers.org/directions

TICKETS

$16 Get tickets here: http://bit.ly/1CS9kpl

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LODELA

Phillipe Baylaucq Canada 26 mins

Inspired by the myths of the afterlife, this allegorical dance piece illuminates the soul's quest by exploring movement and the human body in new and astonishing ways. An evocation of the origins of the world. A hymn to the beauty of the human form. A celebration of movement. A metaphor for life and death. A film without words.

Director & Script: Philippe Baylaucq

Producer: Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol

Photography: Jean-Pierre Lachapelle, Phillipe Baylaucq

Editing: Roch La Salle

Sound Editing: Marie-Claude Gagn

Choreography: Jos Navas

Rerecording: Serge Boivin

Music: Eric Longsworth

Cast: Jos Navas, Chi Long

WILL TIME TELL?

Sue Healey Australia/Japan 12 mins

While travelling, one's sense of time is invariably altered. This is a short story of an Australian in Japan. Each frame is choreographed with tempo and duration in mind. Will time ever tell her what she needs to know?

- Finalist Dance on Camera Festival New York 2007

- VideoDansa Barcelona 2007

- VideoDance 2007 Greece

- Cinedans Amsterdam 2007

- Dance Camera West Festival USA

Performers: Shona Erskine, Norikazu Maeda, Yuka Kobayashi, Ryuichi Fujimura, Mina Kawai, Makiko Izu

Cinematography: Mark Pugh

Music: Ben Walsh

Post Production Support: The LAB

Funded by Asialink and The Australia Council

THE GOLDEN CITY

Moze Mossanen Canada 7 mins

Choreographer/performer Jos Navas luxuriates in the beauties of both lush forest and urban jungle.

Director: Moze Mossanen

Dancer & Choreographer: Jos Navas

Composer: Johann van Weerst

Producers: Laura Taler, Mark Hammond, the taler group

Funders: TFO, CTCPF, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council, Toronto Arts Council, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Laidlaw Foundation, Bravo!FACT

TARI RICKSHAW

Nick de Pencier & Peter Chin Canada 5 mins

On Torontos garish main drag, and end-of-day commuter is trying unsuccessfully to hail a cab on a rainy night. An ornate rickshaw materializes out of the crush of traffic and an eager driver in non-traditional garb waits for the hesitant and confused suit to climb in. As the denizens of the neon metropolis flow by, our hero is transformed in gesture and movement, infected by the spirit of his transportation.

- Winner, 1998 Moving Pictures Cinedance Award for Best Direction of a New Canadian Dancefilm.

Direction & Production: Nick de Pencier

Choreographer & Performer: Peter Chin

Music: Peter Chin

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