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The Finalists in the ReelDance Awards for new Australian and New Zealand dancefilm - the best recent shorts by local dance and filmmakers. (Approx 110min)
Morning Herd NZ (2006: 7min)
Director Rick Harvie
Choreographer/performer Ross McCormack
A simple, fast movement response inspired by working on a beef farm during a calving and weaning season; a place for the beginning and the end.
Soma Songs NZ (2006: 23min)
Director Daniel Belton
Choreographers and performers Tom Ward, Josef Belton, Daniel Belton
The skeletons of stone structures have sat with us for millenia. As the choreography develops, construction of an arcane architecture develops. Is this new space providing a shelter or a wall? A means to navigate and travel, or a massive instrument to play sound?
Will Time Tell? Aust (2006: 13min)
Director Sue Healey
Choreographer Sue Healey
Performers Shona Erskine with Ryuichi Fujimura, Norikazu Maeda, Yuka Kobayashi, Makiko Izu, Mina Kawai
The traveller seeks time-out in Tokyo - will time tell her what she needs to know?
POD Aust (2006: 12min)
Director Samuel James and Narelle Benjamin
Choreographer Narelle Benjamin
Performers members of Sydney Dance Company
Forms of nature become a graphic template for choreography in a fantastic and surrealist realm where dancers work in tune with the magnified mechanics of nature.
Shadow Play Aust (2007: 13min)
Director Madeleine Hetherton
Choreographer Rowan Marchingo
Performers Kirk Page, Alexandra Harrison
A difficult family relationship in which the emotional subtext is revealed through dance.
Fragmentation Aust (2007: 6min)
Director Suzon Fuks
Choreographer James Cunningham, Rob Tannion, Suzon Fuks
Performers James Cunningham, Rob Tannion
Based on the idea that even though technology links people, it can also fragment their lives.
Quietly Collapsed Aust (2007: 5min)
Director Samuel James and Rosie Dennis
Choreographer Rosie Dennis
Performers Rosie Dennis, Paula Callen, Sheila Ghelani, Rowan Marchingo
An electrifying exploration of claustrophobia - trapped in a world of unrelenting deadlines and white noise.
Reset Aust (2006: 12min)
Director Daniel Belton
Choreographers & performers Richard Huber, Caroline Claver, Donnihue Harrison, Daniel Belton
A couple face each other in a miniature tournament of wills and emotions.
Dis-Oriental Aust (2007: 6min)
Director Sean O’Brien
Choreographer & Performer Yumi Umiumare
A wildly absurd ritual exploring the notion of ‘oriental’ in the context of moving and living in ‘foreign’ spaces.
The Shape of Water Aust (2007: 14min)
Director Cordelia Beresford
Choreographer Narelle Benjamin
Perfomers Alexia Heckman, Wakako Asamo, Andrea Briody, Emmee Dillon, Reed Laplau, Katie Ripley
A sensory journey revolving around the mind and its inner workings flowing back and forth like the sea.
Image: Dis-Oriental
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