October 29, 2008

Kinetic Cinema Skips a Month, Other November Happenings

Unfortunately, due to difficulties finding space, there will be no Kinetic Cinema screening in November (normally it would be on the first Monday of the month). To make up for it, we will be back on the first of December with a fantastic double program with the sister dance/film duo Sasha and Kerrie Welsh and myself, featuring new works-in-progress, live dance, rare films, and more! Stay tuned for more up-dates.

Everyone's got the pre-election jitters, and while it may be hard to think about anything past November 4th, there are some other things to look forward to next month including the following dance film and media events.

First, it was hinted on Tendu.tv's blog (an excellent source of dance/media/tech information by the way), that Tendu.tv will launch its dance channel on Tidal TV potentially as early as next week, airing Battleworks' "Overture" performed at the Joyce. Other programs coming to the channel will be Jonah Bokaer's "The Invention of Minus One", performed at Abrons Arts Center last year, and Episode 1 of "Dance Tech" - a long form program based on the social network Dance-tech.net created by Marlon Barrios Solano. While the official launch date is not confirmed, I've already gone ahead and registered on Tidal TV's website, so I can be ready to stream Tendu.tv's channel as soon as it arrives.

With the recent technological breakthroughs in broadband video, the media playing field has been leveled somewhat, giving dance-makers opportunities to enter the mass broadcasting industry. I'm really excited to see what happens as Tendu.tv and other dance channels develop. Will they be able to cross over onto regular TV? Will the audience demand for dance programming grow? How will it impact attendance for live performance and live screenings? I'll be writing more about all these issues as events unfold!

Another screening event coming up in New York this month is a program of dance on camera presented by the Dance Films Association at the New Museum of Contemporary Art on November 7th at 7:30pm & November 8th at 3:00pm. The program will feature two silent dance films accompanied by live music, the first is SURFACE directed by Patrick Lovejoy (STOMP and Cirque de Soleil) with music by Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Jay Rodriguez (of Groove Collective fame), and Ben Dolphin's ARISING with music performed by his New Tribal Ensemble. Other films presented will be Pontus Lidberg's THE RAIN (Sweden), Klara Elenius' INSYN (Sweden), and Gabrielle Lamb's QUIZAS, QUIZAS, QUIZAS (Canada). New Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 235 Bowery Street (at Prince Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets, one and a half blocks south of Houston), New York City. For more info go to: http://www.newmuseum.org/

Appropriate for the coming winter, here's a trailer for Pontus Lidberg's THE RAIN:

Posted by Anna Brady Nuse on October 29, 2008 10:32 AM

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