Performance Relay Shorts
Cinedans Festival 2022
From barbers dancing in Brazil to encounters with whales, full of fantasy, humour, vigour and tenderness, this out-of-competition section offers a panoramic view on dance and our human experience. We include longer shorts, documentaries and performance relays and we hope you get carried away by every single story.
Ever So Slightly
Director:François Blouin
Choreography: Victor Quijada
Year completed: 2021
Country of production: Canada
Duration: 21:00
Ever So Slightly explores the reflexes we develop against the ceaseless flow of irritants that bombard us in our daily lives. Shot in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, the film follows six dancers in the throes of urgency, revolt, chaos, and the desire to flee.
LA VOIX HUMAINE
Director: Nanine Linning
Choreography: Nanine Linning
Year completed: 2021
Country of production: United States
Duration: 10:16
Written by Jean Cocteau in 1930 and composed by French composer Francis Poulenc in 1958, La Voix Humaine presents a woman having a final phone conversation with her lover before he leaves her for another. Choreographer and multidisciplinary artist Nanine Linning, in collaboration with the Boston Ballet, reinterprets the story through vivid images and an explosive movement language.
Molto Vivace!
Director: Zachary Chant, Denislav Kanev
Choreography: Koen Augustijnen, Rosalba Torres Guerrero
Year completed: 2021
Country of production: Germany
Duration: 17:30
A group of young people meet in the barren ambience of a parking garage. For a brief moment, they create their own ephemeral world, extravagantly dressed and full of mysterious codes. Inspired by the Club Kids movement (started by an extravagant club dance group in 1980s New York) and with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, the fifteen dancers of the dance ensemble tanzmainz are eager to take liberties.
Snakearms
Director: Alexander Vantournhout, Stanislav Dobak
Choreography: Alexander Vantournhout
Year completed: 2021
Country of production: Belgium
Duration: 18:13
In a world that slowly moves away from tactility, the handshake remains a direct and real physical contact with the other. In this hypnotic duet between Alexander Vantournhout and Emmi Väisänen, the handshake transforms in an elaborate hand, arm and limb dance, reminding us of the tactile possibilities of connection.
Details
Production year
2022
Length
87 min.
Country
NL
Part of
Cinedans 2022
In five full days, Cinedans presents the state of the art of international dance film in partnership with dancescreen - IMZ International Music + Media Center Vienna.
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