{"id":4642,"date":"2014-11-04T22:56:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T22:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/?p=4642"},"modified":"2014-11-04T23:11:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T23:11:52","slug":"san-francisco-dance-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/2014\/san-francisco-dance-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Dance Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Glace

Glace Crevasse et Derive by Albert Girard and Chantal Caron<\/p><\/div>\n

Coming this week to the Brava Theater Center, The San Francisco Dance Film Festival, features a diverse range of exquisitely crafted, original dance film from around the world. Artistic Director Greta Schoenberg,\u00a0 \u201cPeople are out in nature, exploring possibilities in exciting new ways\u2026This year features a wide range of artists from around the world, new use of technology, and creative use of space!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Glove

Glove Story\u00a0by Oren Shkedy and Dana Ruttenberg<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0A highlight of this year\u2019s festival line- up is the 40-minute Israeli film, Glove Story<\/i>, an epic dance film concerning \u201cthe notion of personal space and the all-too-often invasion into it\u201d. This film will make you laugh, cry and reminisce as you journey with the four dancers through a series of familiar but abstracted interactions and solo experiences in diverse locations around the world.\u00a0 Carried through the film by the central motif of gloves, the viewer experiences a haunting sensation of personal space versus natural and architectural space, as the dancers perform restricted insular movement in locations that offer much expanse and possibility. The film carries a particularly poignant message when these ideas are contemplated in context with the political climate of the Israeli filmmakers and of the greater Middle East. \u00a0Glove Story<\/i>, directed by Oren Shkedy and choreographed by Dana Ruttenberg, <\/i>premieres on November 7th<\/sup> along with several dance films that explore love stories from around the world.<\/p>\n

\"Silent<\/a>

Silent Places by Simona Deasconescu<\/p><\/div>\n

The medium of dance film offers the viewer a close visceral experience of space and environments. The SF Dance Film Festival\u2019s screen shorts are the perfect opportunity to explore a wide range of site-specific dance film in exhilarating and unconventional spaces. Canadian film, Glace Crevasse et Derive<\/i>, directed by Albert Girard and Chantal Caron, offers a thrilling yet tranquil experience of movement on ice floats and glaciers, urging the viewer to contemplate the cycle of life in the natural versus manmade world. \u00a0Silent Places<\/i> by Romanian director\/ choreographer Simona Deasconescu features a barren landscape where dancers spin and somersault like tumbleweeds in and out of the camera frame. \u00a0Highlighting the architecture of the Therme Vals, thermal bath in Switzerland, Narcissus<\/i>, directed and choreographed by Giorgio Madia, <\/i>inspires a meditation on physical form, light, and natural elements. The selection of screen shorts provides a satisfying array of genre, technique, location and story to satisfy the creative palette of every viewer.<\/p>\n

\"Narcissus<\/a>

Narcissus by Giorgio Madia<\/p><\/div>\n

This year marks the fifth anniversary season of the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. Since it\u2019s inception the festival has been dedicated to presenting prominent international voices in dance and film from on a creative platform in the Bay Area.\u00a0 The festival thus serves as a hub for \u201ccreative exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration.” Said a Spanish filmmaker presenting work at the festival, \u201cI am SO excited to be a part of the most important film festival in the world!\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the SF Dance Film Festival view their\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0facebook page.<\/a><\/p>\n