Dance Film Week
Fall 2023
Oct. 10-13
Recital Hall
7 pm nightly
Come together for a week-long celebration of international screendance.
These films were made for the big screen!
We encourage you to come see the show in a darkened screening room, on a large screen, with good sound, surrounded by your fellow dance enthusiasts
But we recognize that you lead busy lives… We'll be circulating a link (and posting it here!) after each screening, so that you can catch up online on any films that you couldn't attend in person.
American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai’iTuesday, Oct. 10 |
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American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai’i discovers a renaissance of Hawaiian culture through music, language and dance as it continues to grow in California. For Hawaiians, the hula is not just a dance, but a way of life. Yet while most Americans know only the stereotypes of "grass-skirt girls" from old Hollywood movies and tourist kitsch, the revival of the ancient art of hula tells of the rich history and spirituality of Hawaiʻi. 2003. Find out more |
Movement (R)Evolution AfricaWednesday, Oct. 11 |
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In an astonishing exposition of choreographic fomentation, nine African choreographers from Senegal to South Africa tell the stories of an emergent art form and their diverse and deeply contemporary expressions of self. Stunning choreography and riveting critiques challenge stale stereotypes of “traditional Africa” to unveil soul-shaking responses to the beauty and tragedy of 21st century Africa. 2007. Find out more |
Given to Dance: India's Odissi TraditionThursday, Oct. 12 |
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A documentary on Odissi and the maharis of Jagannath Temple, Orissa. In Orissa, the province of India south of Bengal, many vivid performances remain intact: Mayurbhanj Chhau, Jatra, and Gita-Govinda songs and dances are only a few examples of the rich Oriyan performing tradition. Some forms have, however, passed: most notably the singing and dancing of the maharis or deva-dasis — literally, "servants of God" — women in the service of Jagannath, an Oriyan manifestation of Krishna. |
FlamencoFriday, Oct. 13 |
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Flamenco comes from Andalucia, a mix of Greek psalms, Mozarabic dirges, Castillian ballads, Jewish laments, Gregorian chants, African rhythms, and Iranian and Romany melodies. This presents thirteen rhythms of flamenco, each with song, guitar, and dance: the up-tempo bularías, a brooding farruca, an anguished martinete, and a satiric fandango de huelva. There are tangos, a taranta, alegrías, siguiriyas, soleás, a guajira of patrician women, a petenera about a sentence to death, villancicos, and a final rumba. Families present numbers, both festive and fierce. The camera and the other performers are the only audience. 1995. |
