Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About
Born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz, Jerome Robbins was a dancer and choreographer. Starting his career as a modern dancer, he began to appreciate the technique involved in ballet, the two which he merged in his choreography, especially in musical theater. In his choreography, he was renowned for injecting personality into each individual dancer's role and integrating dance not only into the storyline but into the everyday movement of the character. His primary interest was in telling American stories through dance. Robbins was conflicted about his homosexuality and he had relationships with both men and women. His first long-term gay relationship was with Montgomery Clift in the late 1940s when Clift was a young actor on Broadway which ended when Clift received a Hollywood contract.
Zeta
The dance of a generation deeply marked by technology and social networks.
Confluence
A mesmerizing showcase of artistic excellence, where intricate choreography and cinematography tell a story of pure, unbridled joy and creativity. Its about honoring the past, recognizing the present and looking into the future.
Mad Dance Office
Kuk-hee, a by-the-book district office civil servant, has lived a flawless, tightly scheduled life. With a promotion imminent and her daughter's future secured, everything is going according to plan. Until it all unravels—her promotion is taken, her daughter disappears, and an unexpected emptiness sets in. Searching for balance again, Kuk-hee ends up in the last place she ever expected: a flamenco dance studio.
Money
MONEY is a dance film that explores the monotonous cycle of corporate 9-to-5 life. The dancers represent employees in a workplace that twists into a corporate nightmare, exposing the rigid and dehumanizing nature of the corporate world. Through movement, the film highlights the tension between control and rebellion, questioning the structures that define success and productivity that the workplace outlines for many everyday. with a sharp and unconventional movement vocabulary, MONEY challenges capitalist ideals and the way they shape daily life. The film breaks traditional boundaries, using dance to portray a system that demands conformity while suppressing individuality. Its rebellious undertones push against societal norms, making more room for fun and play.
Piyesa (Piece)
An ambitious dancer hallucinates her other self while practicing the piece.
The Kiss
A contemporary dance film by choreographer Talia Miharu inspired by Gustav Klimt's painting, "The Kiss", starring Kaben Benavides and Gabriel Tolmer.
Trapped in Dreams
A fashion influencer collapses on set and falls into a dream disturbingly real. As she struggles to escape, she finds herself drawn closer to a truth she’s never dared to face.
Húmus
A videodance short-film of the avant-garde / experimental dance group of the same name based on the book "Húmus" (released in 1917) by Raul Brandão.
Stillness in the Wave
The documentary portrayed one of the most established dance companies in Hong Kong which has a history of over four decades. With a tradition of blending Chinese dance and ballet together in the training, the dance company has set sail to re-evaluate its artistic essence by adapting new physical disciplines and philosophy, picking up different cultural traces, meditation and Chinese martial arts. Through monologues of the company members, the film unveiled their fears, self-doubts, and findings in their quest to refine their dance forms and express their cultural roots. It's an uncertain journey towards the cultivation of inner peace and the essence of movement and stillness.
Parallax
Bye
BYE (AJÖ), a new dance film, is choreographed and directed by acclaimed Swedish choreographer Mats Ek. " About a woman (Sylvie Guillem) who takes leave of a certain stage in her life. It is a conversation that she has with herself that leads to new experiences.
Periphery
Psychological drama following a young dancer.
Still Awake
Still Awake is a film that explores resistance and stasis through the consciousness of the body movement and the stillness of a woman in bed.
Tear Tear Fruit
A man cries through his body and improvised movements, and a tear responded.
EXT.
EXT. is centred around the experience of someone trying to figure out what it is to be ‘human’. The film is a reference to our experiences as social animals and the often absurd evolution we go through, to adapt to society.
The Mouse
On the verge of being cut from a prestigious ballet company, a foreign ballerina becomes consumed by the need for her ruthless instructor’s approval-pushing herself beyond sanity in the pursuit of greatness
Morpheus
Four days without sleep, jumping into Morpheus World is her only chance.
The Very Eye of Night
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.
Walks with Me
Old woman looks outside her apartment window and sees her life passing, or dancing, in front of her eyes.