Belgian filmmaker Eric Pauwels' meditation on dream, travel and film.
Marthe - Shanawdithit
Início do século XX. A cantora Marie Toulinguet perdeu a sua voz. Totalmente afectada por esta tragédia pessoal, é assombrada por lembranças assustadoras da sua infância em Terra Nova (Canadá). Ela lembra-se de uma boneca indiana, um presente de sua mãe. Foi feita por uma empregada chamada Shanawdithit, a última sobrevivente dos índios Beothuk. Enquanto Marie revive a sua perda de voz, um vínculo é restabelecido entre ela e a mulher indiana que está morta. Através deste relacionamento enigmático, Maria pode reconciliar-se com o seu passado e talvez inventar um futuro.
In musical terminology, the term " study " designates pieces to approach a specific problem : study for arpeggios, for the left-handed etc. The question here is how to merge dancing footage with elements of fiction. What is the right tone, the golden proportion to tell/dance the stories without resorting to techniques of a musical or a ballet ? New ways of telling a story: this is, without a doubt, a critical challenge for dance today. Twenty-one micro fictions by four Cie Michèle Anne De Mey dancers in witch the educational aspect of experimentation soon gives way to the pleasur of joyful poetics: an original blend of tender insolence and srtict elegance.
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In musical terminology, the term " study " designates pieces to approach a specific problem : study for arpeggios, for the left-handed etc. The question here is how to merge dancing footage with elements of fiction. What is the right tone, the golden proportion to tell/dance the stories without resorting to techniques of a musical or a ballet ? New ways of telling a story: this is, without a doubt, a critical challenge for dance today. Twenty-one micro fictions by four Cie Michèle Anne De Mey dancers in witch the educational aspect of experimentation soon gives way to the pleasur of joyful poetics: an original blend of tender insolence and srtict elegance.
In Hoppla!, two choreographies by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker are brought together and performed to the music of the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos, seven short works for two pianos, and Quatuor no. 4, Bartók’s fourth string quartet. The reading room of the Ghent University library, designed by the renowned architect Henry Van de Velde, serves as location.
