Homegrown III: The Dance (2003)
Local dance-film is enjoying a heady time as talented dancers, directors and choreographers join forces. Ranging from the miniature to the magnificent, this programme is sure to surprise.Presented by the MOVING IMAGE CENTRE
Small War
NZ 2003
8 mins/Beta-SP
Director: Alyx Duncan
Producer: Malia Johnston. Made with support from Creative New Zealand.
Beautiful and proud, she’s still uncertain. From the corner of her eye, she catches a glimpse of what could be - and darts towards it.
A woman’s sensual journey through fright, anger and release.
Breath
NZ 2002
1 min/Beta-SP
Director/Choreographer: Julie Van Renen
Dancer: Alix Bromley. UNITEC.
Water-jars, hand-scrawled labels and painted-toenails form subtle textures.
Lineup
NZ 2002
1 min/Beta-SP/B&W
Choreographer: Erica May Viedma
Dancer: Adrian Smith. UNITEC.
Grooming for the office is hammed up in the backyard.
Union
NZ 2003
2 mins/Beta-SP
Director: Alyx Duncan
Producer/Choreographer: Catherine Chappell
Performers: Tim Turner, Boiski Touch Compass Dance Trust.
"How, I ponder he chose me, I with one, and he with three. This mystery, yet I do unravel, four legs between, the same road to travel." A man and a dog with a common bond.
Niche
NZ 2002
10 mins/Beta-SP
Director/Choreographer: Sue Healey
Performer: Shona Erskine.
With assistance from NSW Arts Council.
Alone, inside your head, there’s so much left unsaid. Ex-patriot Healey’s work confronts issues of isolation and identity, while Erskine’s birdlike performance soars.
Something is About to Give
NZ 2002
1 min/Beta-SP
Choreographer: Sian Tucker
Dancer: Siliva Peno. UNITEC.
Peno delivers a passionate, elegant performance in this refined studio-based work.
Innerspace
NZ 2002
1 min/Beta-SP
Director/Choreographer: Paul Young
Dancer: Sian Tucker. UNITEC.
From shadow to light, from black to white, an exploration of movement through time.
Passage
NZ 2002
18 mins/Beta-SP
Directors: Maria Dabrowska, Alyx Duncan, Richard Harling, Daniel Strang
Producer: Alyx Duncan. Our Flesh Productions.
"Through joyful frivolity, black humour and gentle lyricism we weave out stories." Dabrowska and Duncan’s on-screen relationship sparks with energy in the cinematic take of the live performance Strange Fruit, Carlyle House Project (2002).
The Picnic
NZ 2002
6 mins/Beta-SP
Director: Alyx Duncan
Producer: Catherine Chappell. Touch Compass Dance Trust.
A small girl’s fairy-tale view of a picnic in a character-filled fantasy world. Delicious colours and performances leap out from the screen.
Lumin
NZ 2002
25 mins/Beta-SP
Director: Daniel Belton
Producer: Piaz Olgazzi. Daniel Belton and Good Company with support from Creative New Zealand.
Two and a half years in the making, Belton’s immaculately detailed masterpiece is a celebration of light, dance and the struggle between order and chaos.