Screendance Festival 2020

Multiple Collaborators, including the University of Utah School of Dance, the Film & Media Arts Department, and Salt Lake Film Society, join forces to bring the films of Katrina McPherson, award-winning filmmaker and author, to Salt Lake City for film screenings, as art of a program of works form around the world, co-curated by Ms McPherson and retiring U of U Distinguished Professor, Ellen Bromberg

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – MARCH 27-28, 2020. – Salt Lake Film Society is pleased to present the work of award-winning dance filmmaker and author, Katrina McPherson at the Broadway Centre Cinemas on March 27 and 28. The Screendance Festival was founded and directed by Distinguished Professor Ellen Bromberg. Professor Bromberg says, “I am thrilled that this exciting collaboration between Salt Lake Film Society (SLFS) and the University of Utah International Screendance Festival continues in 2020. We presented our first festival on campus in 1999 and did so regularly until 2018 when, through the support of SLFS we have been able to reach so many more members of the SLC community.”

In co-curating the programs this year Bromberg and McPherson have been interested in presenting works that bring viewers into new relationships with moving bodies and the cultures and communities in which they reside. “The focus for Screendance ‘20 is the power of the camera as an empathetic partner that finds, meets and engages with diverse people and places, and introduces us to ideas beyond those of our own experiences,” say Bromberg and McPherson “In the films that we have sought out to make up the four Screendance ’20 programs, we see the camera as witness to a whole range of different lives and circumstances, telling unique stories, showing alternative spaces and populations and offering varied points of view.” Many of the works expand our notions of narrative, location and movement. “As an artform, screendance affords the experience of somatosensory storytelling, a deep language of the body told through the frame of cinema,” adds Bromberg.

Katrina McPherson is an international leader in the field of Screendance, a genre of film that merges the art forms of choreography and cinema. One of the first generation of hybrid screen dance artists, Katrina McPherson’s creative, scholarly and educational work is at the forefront of the international field. Katrina trained as a dancer and choreographer at Laban, London before going on to do post-graduate studies in video art. Over the past three decades, Katrina has collaborated with many international dancers, choreographers and artists, and her single, multi-screen and on-line works have been presented at venues and festivals world-wide. Katrina has also had a career as a successful director of arts documentaries, making films for the BBC and Channel 4. A much sought-after teacher, lecturer and workshop facilitator, Katrina has taught the theory, history and practice of screen dance and dance improvisation in the UK, Australia, Germany, USA, Canada and China and she is the sole author of the text book Making Video Dance, which was published by Routledge in 2006, with e Second Edition being released in 2018. (www.makingvideodance.com; www.katrinamcpherson.com)

On March 27 and 28 in Salt Lake City, audiences will have opportunities to see a selection of collaborative Ms. McPherson’s work in each screening, along with selected films from around the world. In addition to screenings of McPherson’s films, which feature, as performers and collaborators, dance artists from Tibet, Australia, Quebec, the USA and Ethiopia as well as the UK, Screendance ‘20 will also present dance films by emerging and established artists from Australia, Argentina, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Turkey, and more.

SLFS President/CEO Tori Baker says, “The freshness and particular artistry of Screendance as a genre of filmmaking, brings something new and fascinating to cinema. As an arts non-profit, we love sharing this unique set of films with our audiences.”

Screendance has been an integral part of the University of Utah since 1999 when the Department of Modern Dance presented its first International Dance for Camera Festival and Workshop. Since then, Professor Bromberg has hosted visiting artists and scholars from around the globe to screen their films, teach workshops and engage in symposia. The Graduate Certificate in Screendance at the University of Utah, inaugurated in 2010, is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the then Modern Dance Department and the Film & Media Arts Department. This program provides professional level production courses with state-of-the-art equipment, as well as movement and theory classes. It is the only university program of its kind.

Schedule

Friday, March 27

7:00pm Pre-screening discussion with Katrina McPherson and Tori Baker (SLFS Director)

7:30pm Program I Widening Landscapes
Films from Cuba, UK, US

Saturday, March 28

5:30pm Program II International and Student Experimental Shorts
Brief Prescreening Intro
Films from Australia, Mexico, Cuba, US

7:00pm Program III Somewhere Only We Go -– Inner Landscapes
Brief Prescreening Intro
Films from Argentina, Israel/Netherlands, Mexico, UK UK/India

8:30pm Program IV Who I am – Sensation, Memory, Identity
Brief Prescreening Intro
Films from Ethiopia UK, Iran, Germany/Turkey, US

Full Schedule

History of Screendance at the U

In 1999 the Department of Modern Dance presented its first International Dance for Camera Festival and Workshop. Founded and Directed by Distinguished Professor Ellen Bromberg, the festival was an annual event until 2002, after which it has continued on a bi-annual or tri-annual basis. Professor Bromberg has hosted visiting artists and scholars from across the country and around the globe to screen their films, teach workshops and engage in symposia and critical analysis of this hybrid art form. Guests have included Douglas Rosenberg (the first four festivals), Victoria Marks, Ann Daly, Naomi Jackson, Brian Patrick (Dept. of Film & Media Arts) Bob Lockyer (England) Laura Taler (Canada), Katrina McPherson (Scotland), Simon Fildes (Scotland). In addition, throughout these years, Professor Bromberg has curated screenings that range from historical works to the most contemporary innovations in film, video and animation.*

In 2001, in conjunction with the Festival, a student competition was inaugurated. As a completely student run event (funded by College Fine Arts Fee Grants), this component has been adjudicated by professional dance filmmakers, educators and festival producers over the years, providing students with an opportunity to learn about the jury process. In recent years, a cash award for the Best of Festival was inaugurated.

*Support for these activities has been generously provided by: The Council of Dee Fellows, the University Teaching Committee, the College of Humanities, the Tanner Humanities Center, the University of Utah Office for Diversity, the Department of Film & Media Arts, and the School of Dance

A Study In Choreography For The Camera, Directed by Maya Deren,
Choreographed and Performed by Talley Beatty
9 Variations On A Dance Theme, Directed by Hilary Harris
Choreographed and Performed by Betty De Jong
Blue Studio, Merce by Merce by Paik , Directed by Nam June Paik
Choreographed and Performed by Merce Cunningham
The Black Boots, Directed by Bridget Murnane
Choreographed and Performed by Jeanine Durning
Tantalus, Directed by Kevin Cottam
Choreographed and Performed by David Pressault
Bardo, Directed by Douglas Rosenberg
Choreographed and Performed by Molissa Fenley
de l’eau, Directed by Douglas Rosenberg
Choreographed and Performed by Li Chiao-Ping
Emmy, Directed by Daniel Larrieu
Choreographed and Performed by Daniel Larrieu
Outside In, Directed by Margaret Williams
Choreographed by Victoria Marks
Mothers and Daughters, Directed by Margaret Williams
Choreographed by Victoria Marks
Dance in the Sun, Directed by Shirley Clark
Choreographed and Performed by Daniel Nagrin
Untitled, Directed by John Sanborn and Mary Perillo
Choreographed and Performed by Bill T Jones
Dance Nine, Directed by Doris Chase
Barber's Coffee Break, Directed by Laura Taler
Performed by Tedd Senmon Robinson
Glasshouse, Directed by Robert Hardy
Conceived and Performed by Richard Lowdon and Charlotte Vincent
DaDance, Directed by Robb Horsley and Hugh Wheadon
Choreographed by Hugh Wheadon and Emmie Elmaz
Sure, Directed by T.B. Mitchell
Choreographed by T.B. Mitchell
First Evening – September 28th
“A Dedication To Anna Sokolow”
This evening is dedicated to the work and memory of choreographer Anna Sokolow, who died earlier this year. Sokolow contributed to the world of modern dance for nearly seven decades. Her renegade spirit and ground breaking choreography has and will continue to influence generations of artists and dance enthusiasts. The classic film of Sokolow’s signature work “Rooms” will be screened, along with Shirley Clarke’s film of Sokolow’s “Moment in Love”. Set to the music of Kenyon Hopkins and produced by WNET Television, “Rooms” depicts the loneliness and alienation of modern man, and is considered an enduring masterpiece of twentieth-century art. In Sokolow’s “Moment in Love,” performed by Carmela Gutierrez and Paul Sanasardo, Ms. Clarke utilizes inventive film techniques to further the expression of romantic love, poetically captured in Sokolow’s choreography. The screening will be followed by a discussion and an opening night reception.
Second Evening – September 29th
“Images Of Men Dancing”
Boy, Directed by Peter Anderson and Rosemary Lee
Emmy, Directed and Performed by Daniel Larrieu
Hands, Directed by Adam Roberts
Performed by Jonathon Burrows
Elegy, Directed by Chris Graves
Choreographed and Performed by Douglas Wright
Barber's Coffee Break, Directed by Laura Taler
Performed by Tedd Senmon Robinson
Bruce, Directed by Ruth Sergel
Choreographed and Performed by Bruce Jackson
Tantalus, Directed by Kevin Cottam
Choreographed and Performed by David Pressault
Man Act, Directed by Michael Stubbs Men, Directed by Margaret Williams
Choreographed by Victoria Marks
Men, Directed by Margaret Williams
Choreographed by Victoria Marks
Third Evening – September 30th
“Diverse Works”
Pas De Deux, Directed by Norman McLaren
Performed by Margaret Mercier and Vincent Warren
Office Furniture, Directed by Rebecca Salzer
Echo, Directed by Mark Baldwin and Ross MacGibbon
Little Lieutenant, Directed by Henry Hills and Sally Silvers
A Sun Dance, Directed by Dikayl
Periphery, Directed by Douglas Rosenberg
Choreographed by Gus Solomons Jr. and Performed by Li Chaio-Ping
Eterne Sangui, Directed by Sven Johansson
Synchro, Directed by Eric Koziol
Witnessed, Directed by Allen Kaeja and Mark Adam
Wake Up Call, Directed and Performed by Pooh Kaye
PROGRAM A - Dance Screen on Tour
Birds, Directed by David Hinton
Short Cut, Directed by Jellie Dekker
Choreographed by Hans van Manen, Performed by Nederlands Dance Theater
Zummel, Directed by Allen Kaeja and Mark Adam
Choreographed by Allen Kaeja, Performed by Kaeja d’Dance
Captives 2nd Movement, Directed and Choreographed by Nicole and Norbert Corsino
Moment, Directed by Katrina McPherson
Choreographed by Paula Hampson
Zikr, Directed by Jos de Putter, Clara van Gool
PROGRAM B
A devastatingly simple guide, Directed by Laura Taler
Measure, Directed by Gaelen Hanson and Dayna Hanson Performed by Dayna Hanson and John Dixon
Memento Mori, Directed by Frank Kresin
Choreographed by Yusuf Daniels
In the Heart of the Eye, Directed by Margie Medlin
Choreographed by Sandra Parker
21 Etudes a Danser, Directed by Thierry De Mey
Choreographed by Michele Anne de Mey
PROGRAM C - The Next Generation
STUDENT WORKS
URSA MAIRO
Maira Spangherd, Catholic University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
FINE CHOCOLATE & BATTERY ACID
Christopher Anderson, California Institute of the Arts
USA
SOLO FOR VIDEO
Lily Gene Baldwin, University of Michigan
USA
SPACE INVADERS
Michael Cole, Arizona State University
USA
TWIST
Melissa Weigel, Concordia University
Canada
OBSCURED
Nic Kemp and Avis Cockbill, University of Brighton
United Kingdom
STUFFED
Carrie L. Houser, Ohio State University
USA
GLOMO
Melissa Lynn Strzelinski, University of Wisconsin, Madison
USA
LANDROVERS
Mario Jaramillo, University of Houston
USA
DOUBLE ONE
Adriana Daniela Pegorer, University College Chichester
United Kingdom
THREADS
Claudia Alessi, West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Conan University
Australia
ANATOMIE NATURALIZA
Paula Giannetti, CIEVYG
Argentina
BARCODE POPULATION
Thomas O'Hare, De Montfort University, Department of Performing Arts
United Kingdom
Guest Artists
Douglas Rosenberg
Victoria Marks
Naomi Jackson
Keynote Speaker Ann Daly
Esther Rashkin
Guest Artists
Bob Lockyer
Guest Artist
Laura Taler
Guest Artist
Katrina McPherson
Guest Artist
Simon Fildes
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