Film Categories: dance

  • Animal Nightmares

    “Animal Nightmares” is a conceptual music film which explores the spiritual connection between man and nature. The conflict between man and animal states, extinction and existence, conjures the sad truth that our survival in the modern world is not a given. Featuring music and animation by Paul Watson.

  • Street Sweeper Suite

    A night in the life of a street-sweeping machine as it roams from one street to the next in its endless search for litter. With an original score by Legion of Green Men.

  • Glitter

    Dancing in a parking lot never looked so good. Lights, camera, action!

  • Galaxy Girls

    Selected screenings: Images Festival of Independent Film & Video, Toronto, ON,1997; Inside Out Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, Toronto, ON, 1997; Cinematheque Ontario “The Independents” Series, Toronto, ON, 1997; Pleasure Dome “It’s Not Easy Being Green Darlene,” Toronto, ON, 1997

  • Sunflower

    A little sunflower seeks the light but is battered by the elements. Will anyone come to the rescue?

  • Silo

    In the restrictive confines of a circular room, five beautiful women communicate through sound – cackles, hisses, whispers, giggles and hushes. Intercut with quick, intimate shots of eyes, lips and hands, the film focuses on the women of Urge (Linda Catlin Smith, Fides Krucker, Marie-Josée Chartier, Katherine Duncanson and Anita La Selva) as they use a broad range of movements, gestures and vocal techniques to suggest a slightly sinister lullaby.

  • Red Brick

    “Red Brick” takes place in a psychic netherworld in which things take place paradoxically. Dancers, singers and other performers appear – pixilated, freeze-framed and swish-panned – while an artist constructs visual pieces in real time. A montage of constantly shifting images that refer to the score creates a pastiche of memories and archetypes. Choreographed by Bill James. Music by Michael J. Baker, performed by Arraymusic. Featuring Marie-Josée Chartier, Marc Richard and Barbara Hannigan.

  • Garden of Stone

    Kathak dancer Joanna Das performs this tale of the journey to the mythical Garden of Stone, a sacred landscape that is at once barren and deeply contemplative. The film is an exploration of colour, form and movement within a constantly changing environment. “Garden of Stone” is a story of transformation and spiritual epiphany performed in one of the most beautiful and dynamic forms of classical Indian dance. Music by Eric Cadesky with Ed Hanley and Kurt Swinghammer.

  • Icarus

    Shot on two hand-cranked Bolex cameras, this film captures segments from “Wind,” part of a performance cycle about the four elements choreographed by Bill James. Inspired by the Greek myth of Icarus, who fell from grace after flying too close to the sun, this work contrasts post-industrial waste with stunning images of artifice. Music by Tom Third. Performed by Yvonne Ng, Shannon Cooney and Robert Glumbek, with Fung Shui Tong and Dionysos Himel-Savopoulos.

  • Keith Cole is the New Lisa Lisa

    An attempt at creating a perfect world which contains many Keith Coles.