Lads Go Dancing
Dance on Camera 2013
February 1 - 5, 2013
The stories of two Bern: Ballet dancers striving to become choreographers and the first rock band to play at the Bern Metropolitan Theatre collide in this riveting documentary. Screening with Substance: Moloko (Natasha Merkulova, 2012).
Two dancers of the Bern: Ballet want to make the great leap to become choreographers – they sacrifice all their time and energy for that goal. As the first Rock band ever, the Kummerbuben want to play on the 'hallow' stage of the Bern Metropolitan Theatre. Lads Go Dancing tells the story of two different worlds on one stage, of sweat and pain, hierarchy and anarchy and of the liberating moments of a successful fusion of dance and music.
Screening with:
Substance: Moloko
Natasha Merkulova | Russia | 2012 | 17m
This cinematic dance fantasia, performed by leading Russian contemporary dancer and choreographer Anna Abalikhina, explores questions of identity, substance and change.
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