PrivateDances, a 2010 Next Wave Festival project, is seeking young aspiring dance filmmakers.
Next Wave and ReelDance are commissioning the creation of up to five new short dance-films for a new project in the 2010 Next Wave Festival.
Next Wave wants to hear from young Australian artists who are keen to experiment with the medium of dance on screen.
The films will be screened as part of the 2010 Next Wave Festival’s PrivateDances, an adventurous dance/food/wine project conceived by choreographer/curator Natalie Cursio. PrivateDances will be focused around intimate encounters and conversation based on dance. In addition to receiving a $1000 fee for the complete works, selected filmmakers will also receive “Arts Bus” travel passes to attend the 2010 ReelDance Festival of Dance on Screen in Sydney, where they will receive free tickets to all screenings and will have the opportunity to talk with and see the work of an array of national and international dance-film artists.
The deadline for proposals is Wednesday October 21, 2009.
FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO APPLY: Contact natalie@nextwave.org.au or visit nextwave.org.au
Congratulations to Little Dove Theatre Art, winners of the Best Dance Award at this year's Melbourne Fringe Festival.
If you didn't get a chance to see it, here's a brief description via the mini-review I wrote for The Age a few weeks ago:
With social isolation becoming a common problem, theatre maker Chenoeh Miller has taken it upon herself to remind us of the importance of human contact. Her interactive physical theatre/butoh piece is an affecting demonstration of the idea that we need to be touched in order to survive.
The Six Women stand behind a rope barrier, upon which hangs a sign reading ‘Please Do Touch’. Their painted faces are contorted in silent cries of agony, amplified gestures of fury and despair send them into fits of shaking, their fingers distorted with tension.
As audience members approach, the joy of the performers is exaggerated but nonetheless authentic, their incredibly expressive faces fill the room with ecstatic, childlike delight at the generosity of a stranger’s touch.
They never speak nor move off the spot, but at such close range their smiles are enormously infectious, making this cleverly designed encounter an uplifting, playful experience.
P.S. There's also a snippet of the show on Youtube
