Karin Michalski

Movies

Salomania
Sound
Salomania reconstructs a dance: the ‘dance of the seven veils’ from Alla Nazimova’s 1923 silent film Salomé. Also shown and rehearsed are sections from ‘Valda’s Solo,’ which the choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer created after having seen Nazimova’s film.
Pashke and Sofia
Director
Pashke (62) has taken the oath to be a virgin in an Albanian mountain village. She lives with the same rights and obligations as a man. Her/his biography also looks at other women, like Sofia, and their perceptions of their lives and gender roles in general.