In Between

Synopsis

Features extensive extracts from three pieces by Shobana Jeyasingh, whose choreography draws in classical Bharatha Natyam, contemporary movement and martial arts. ‘Romance...with footnotes’, ‘Raid’ and ‘Palimpsest’, were redesigned and performed for the camera in the studio and on location. Composers Glyn Perrin, Graham Fitkin and the Indian film composer Ilaiyaraaja contribute specially commissioned scores to the three pieces.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. 48 (30?) min.

Availability

Hire
Sale; 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Subjects

Dance

Keywords

choreography; modern dance

Credits

Director

Deborah May

Producer

Annie McGeoch

Cast

Shobana Jeyasingh

Production Company

Name

Away Game Television

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council

Phone

020 7973 6820

Fax

020 7973 6449

Notes

Contact: Will Bell (7/99), e-mail will.bell@artscouncil.org.uk

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.