Program 1: Interiors
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28
There Will Be Something Later
Lucy Cash / Magali Charrier, United Kingdom, 2005; 25m
This is a narrative film about love and pantomime horses commissioned from BBC4 / Arts Council
England.
Shake Off
Hans Beenhakker, Netherlands 2007; 9m
This single, continuous shot follows the gifted and former Hubbard Street dancer (Prince Credell)
as he moves magically through different time and spaces, luring the viewer into a dynamic world
teetering between the impossible and the real.
Your Lights are Out or Burning Badly
Gaelen Hanson, Seattle, WA, USA, 2006; 9m
An emotionally charged solo dance performed by Gaelen Hanson, former co-artistic director of the
Seattle based dance company 33 Fainting Spells, is set to powerful music by the Seattle band
Kinski.
Inearthia
Simon Halbedo, Nazario Branca, Maren Sandmann, Switzerland, 2006; 2m
A creative attempt to spin the Earth.
Curtain of Eyes
Daniele Wilmouth, Chicago, IL, 1997; 13m
Curtain of Eyes is an experimental film, which combines Japanese Butoh dance with psychological
imagery and choreographed cinematography. Over a six month period, Wilmouth collaborated
with the Kyoto based Butoh dancer Katsura Kan, and his dance company The Saltimbanques, to
create movements for both dancers and camera.
Folies d’Espagne
Philip Buiser, USA, 2007; 7m
A mysterious woman appears at court where manner and reputation are essential for survival.
She breaks all the rules publicly and is ultimately put back in her place as a subject of the court.
This work contrasts the formality of the Baroque aesthetic with contemporary issues of sexuality
and class. Created in collaboration with dancer / choreographer Austin McCormick, winner of the
Dance Film Association's 2007 Young Choreographers Initiative.
Dance for the Camera 2008 - Program 1: Interiors
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Folies d'Espagne - Philip Buiser, USA, 2007
Programs presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs are partially supported by grants from the Chicago Cultural Center Foundation and the Illinois Arts Council, a state
agency and The James S. Kemper Foundation. Additional support for this program has been provided by a grant from the Chicago Seminar on Dance and Performance and by the
Dance Films Association's Touring Program, made possible in part through the support of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Hedwig Dances is supported by grants from the Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation; The Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development, a donor advised fund of the Chicago
Community Foundation; The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; the Elizabeth F. Cheney foundation; Alphawood Foundation; Gaylord and
Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; CityArts II; the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency); and, many generous individuals.