DCP

Perpetual Motion: The History of Dance in Catalonia

Isaki Lacuesta
Part of

Dance on Camera 2015

January 30 - February 3, 2015

U.S. Premiere

Q&A with subject/choreographer Cesc Gelabert!

A living history of dance in Catalonia, as archival images, interviews, and reconstructions of works bring this rich heritage into the present. Screening with Pas (Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard, 15,).

DIRECTOR
Isaki Lacuesta
YEAR
2013
COUNTRY
Catalonia
RUNTIME
57 minutes
LANGUAGE
Catalan with English subtitles
FORMAT
DCP
START DATE
February 3, 2015

U.S. Premiere

Q&A with subject/choreographer Cesc Gelabert!

A living history of dance in Catalonia—home to legends like Carmen Amaya, the repository of many dance genres, and a region where dance has flourished since the early 19th century. Archival images, interviews, and reconstructions of works bring this rich heritage into the present. Thanks to La Termita Films and Televisió de Catalunya TV3, in collaboration with Arts Santa Monica, Institut Ramon Llull, and Mercat de les Flors.

Screening with:

Pas
Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard, Canada, 2014, DCP, 15m

An imaginative exploration of one woman’s relationship to dance through close encounters of the third kind. World Premiere

Perpetual Motion: The History of Dance in Catalonia
Perpetual Motion: The History of Dance in Catalonia
Perpetual Motion: The History of Dance in Catalonia
Perpetual Motion: The History of Dance in Catalonia

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