Virtuosi
Dance on Camera 2013
February 1 - 5, 2013
Through exhilarating performances and stories from the heart, Virtuosi creates intimate and sometimes surprising portraits of eight Kiwi dancers whose craft has scattered them across the globe. Screening with Private I’s (Oren Shkedy, 2012).
Created by choreographer Sue Healey, with music by New Zealand jazz legend Mike Nock, Virtuosi is a documentary about the drive to be an artist and the role of virtuosity in dance. Through exhilarating performances and stories from the heart, Virtuosi creates intimate and sometimes surprising portraits of eight New Zealand dance artists. Destined for greatness, these artists all left their homeland in their youths to pursue careers around the world, from New York to Berlin, London, Brussels and Australia.
Screening with:
Private I’s
Oren Shkedy | 2012 | Israel | 21m
Private I’s follows the construction, eruption, corruption and destruction of the masculine self and other. It investigates the boundaries of masculinity, and the forces that operate on the male body, while borrowing from different cultures and modalities.
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