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South East Dance have an extraordinary array of films lined up for the 11th Dance for Camera Festival
Award-winning dance performances and world premieres will be screened in Brighton next month as part of the city’s 11th Dance for Camera Festival.
South East Dance, the body behind the festival, has lined up a varied and exciting programme of nearly 50 films, which will be shown over one weekend from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 December.
They include The Revery Alone, in which a three dimensional naked woman can be seen dancing suspended from the ceiling. The film is by Billy Cowie, the Brighton-based Scottish composer, choreographer and filmmaker, who created a 3D film of a life-sized dancer for last year’s festival. Audiences will lie on the floor wearing red and blue glasses to watch the performance.
Also showing this year is a selection of dance films from Oska Bright, the award-winning festival of films by people with learning disabilities.
There will be a chance for under-21s to win an iPod by submitting a screen dance film made using a mobile phone and uploaded to YouTube. Circus performances will be played backwards for Experimental Perspectives, a collection of films challenging the expected.
Starting on 2 December and running throughout the festival will be installations which people can pop in and watch or take part in free of charge. There will also be an opportunity to see the entire South East Dance collection of award-winning short films.
Vicky Bloor, head of screen dance at South East Dance, said: “With nearly 50 films to choose from, there are world, European and UK premieres, documentaries, short dance films, installations and an artists’ symposium.“
Other highlights include Portishead’s Only You and Hands by Jonathan Burrows and Adam Roberts.
Dance for Camera 2008
Lighthouse Digital Lounge, Kensington Street, Brighton
The Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Parade, Brighton
www.southeastdance.org.uk
