Dance : 3 Day Workshop - Screenings

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To begin, Rachel gave us some background on the history of dance, showing us pieces such as The Serpentine Dance by The Lumiere Brothers (1899), Pas de Deux by the Royal Danish Ballet (1902), The Magic Lantern by George Melies (1903) and Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1903).

Here are the videos respectively :





We were also shown other modern videos that have incorporated various dance techniques.


LXD PRESENTS: "MATCHED" // Charles Oliver and Christopher Scott


Using Tchaikovsky 's Ballet Op. 71, Act II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker this piece seemed very magical and fairytale-esque. I liked how at times the dancers were all in sync and then at others one would break off and do their own thing in a very playful way that I thought fitted the atmosphere. The use of objects also interested me as I thought it added another layer to the dance and this could be something to consider for future referencing. 

1234 - Fiest 


Filmed entirely in one fluid shot and uses kind of a flash mob approach. I liked how the dance looks very fun and colourful. Rachel informed us that the song was written about young love and the movement can reflect this in it's very basic, innocent, child-like manner. 


Yeasayer "Sunrise" // Dante Russo



I liked the idea of the dancers being in a therapeutic support group and their dances reflecting their 'personal issues and psychological pains.' It was pointed out at the beginning people dancing in streets seemed a bit unrealistic and strange. Quite a bit of fast changing shots and various angles. 

Tamara Levinson Choreography Reel



I liked how there was no distraction from the dance due to a lack of objects and background. However this resulted in disorientation as the viewer isn't able to tell the direction or whereabouts of the performance. The black and white was good at highlighting and shadowing areas to make it visually interesting. The music seems a bit strange and misplaced. 

Rosas danst Rosas // Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker





The movements were very synchronised and on point and even though someone would break the synchronisation, everyone would still end up back in the synchronisation again. Movement is very fast and robotic.

Ghost Catching // Bill T Jones, Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar 


I really liked how the lines trace the movement and shows a journey. It also gives a sense of the past and what has just happened. Looks very impressive visually and was something very unique and different for it's time. 

Guns and Horses - Ellie Goulding 


We mainly concluded this was a bad interpretation of merging dance into a video. Ellie, wearing casual, modern clothing seems out of place with the uniformed dancer. The fact that the background dancers are all in sync in the background while Ellie does her own thing in front is very distracting and the two don't fit together fluently at all. 


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