Learning on ScreenSpring Re-Loaded 1 (8 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Recordings of contemporary dance performances from the 1994 Spring Loaded season held at The Place, London. The two-camera live mix version does not interpret the work but does capture the spontaneity of live performance.
1 (62 min): Combines of modern techniques including Graham Cunninham, classical ballet and the dances of Polynesia.
2 (59 min): Inspired by the true story of two lovers, a Muslim and a Serb tragically shot while trying to escape Sarajevo.
3 (56 min): Combines juggling with contemporary dance to create a tightly structured and rhythmic dance performance.
4 (64 min): A style which carries ‘a lyric emotional feel unusual in modern male choreographers’.
5 (115 min): ‘Uses non-dance techniques to create theatrical and spiritual metaphors’.
6 (73 min): Combines traditional South Asian narrative dance forms to ‘comment on the role of women in modern South Asian society’.
7 (67 min): Large group works which use unison and canon, ‘a kaleidoscope of varying and repeating movement patterns’.
8 (53 min): ‘Concentrates on the games people play which, as the action develops...take on a more adult perspective, examining deep inner traumas’. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 1994
- Availability
- out of distribution
- Documentation
- Each tape is accompanied by three essays on contemporary dance, specially commissioned for this initiative: ‘The Video Place: documenting dance on the small screen’ by Anita Bell; ‘Spring Re-loaded’ by Chris de Marigny’ ‘Contemporary Dance in Britain: a brief history’ by John Percival.
- Subjects
- Dance
- Keywords
- modern dance
Sections
- Title
- Mark Baldwin Dance Company
- Synopsis
- 1 (62 min): Combines of modern techniques including Graham Cunninham, classical ballet and the dances of Polynesia.
- Title
- Earth Fall Dance Company
- Synopsis
- 2 (59 min): Inspired by the true story of two lovers, a Muslim and a Serb tragically shot while trying to escape Sarajevo.
- Title
- Gandini Juggling Project
- Synopsis
- 3 (56 min): Combines juggling with contemporary dance to create a tightly structured and rhythmic dance performance.
- Title
- Jeremy James, Jo Chandler and Company
- Synopsis
- 4 (64 min): A style which carries 'a lyric emotional feel unusual in modern male choreographers'.
- Title
- Motionhouse
- Synopsis
- 5 (115 min): 'Uses non-dance techniques to create theatrical and spiritual metaphors'.
- Title
- Nina Rajarani
- Synopsis
- 6 (73 min): Combines traditional South Asian narrative dance forms to 'comment on the role of women in modern South Asian society'.
- Title
- Random Dance
- Synopsis
- 7 (67 min): Large group works which use unison and canon, 'a kaleidoscope of varying and repeating movement patterns'.
- Title
- Jamie Watton and Fiona Edwards
- Synopsis
- 8 (53 min): 'Concentrates on the games people play which, as the action develops...take on a more adult perspective, examining deep inner traumas'.
Distributor
- Name
Place, The
- info@theplace.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.theplace.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7121 1000
- Address
- 17 Duke’s Road
London
WC1H 9PY
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