Five Dances
Dance on Camera 2013
February 1 - 5, 2013
Opening Night! World Premiere!
Director Alan Brown, star Ryan Steele, and director of photography Derek McKane in person at both screenings!
A gifted young dancer new to the Big Apple comes of age in this visually sensual glimpse of life and first love in the downtown contemporary dance world. Screening with Transportation (Milan Misko, 2012).
Opening Night! World Premiere!
Director Alan Brown, star Ryan Steele, and director of photography Derek McKane in person at both screenings!
Please note: The screening on Friday, February 1 will take place in the Walter Reade Theater. The screening on Saturday, February 2 will take place in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.
The coming of age tale of an extraordinarily gifted young dancer recently arrived in New York City, Five Dances is a visually sensual glimpse of life and first love in the downtown contemporary dance world. Shooting mostly in and around a Soho dance studio, with original dance by the internationally renowned choreographer Jonah Bokaer, writer/director Alan Brown (Private Romeo, Superheroes, Book of Love) and his cast of five of New York’s most talented dancers capture the emotional turbulence and creative excitement of a small dance company during the process of creation. Introducing Ryan Steele (Newsies, West Side Story) in an exciting film debut.
Screening with:
Transportation
Milan Misko | 2012 | USA | 4m
Transportation is a short dance film self-directed and performed by Milan Misko that explores surrealism in movement. Milan portrays a character swept away on an unpredictable journey through New York City resulting in an encounter with himself.
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