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The finalists in the ReelDance Awards for new Australian and New Zealand dance films.
Morning Herd
Rick Harvie, 7 mins, NZ, 2006. Choreographer/Performer: Ross McCormack
A simple, fast movement response inspired by working on a beef farm during a calving and weaning season; a place for the beginning and the end.
Soma Songs
Daniel Belton, 23 mins, NZ, 2006. Choreographers/Performers: Tom Ward, Josef Belton, Daniel Belton
The skeletons of stone structures have sat with us for millenia. As the choreography develops, construction of an arcane architecture develops. Is this new space providing a shelter or a wall? A means to navigate and travel, or a massive instrument to play sound?
Will Time Tell?
Director/Choreographer: Sue Healey, 13 mins, Australia, 2006. Performers: Shona Erskine with Ryuichi Fujimura, Norikazu Maeda, Yuka Kobayashi, Makiko Izu, Mina Kawai
The traveller seeks time-out in Tokyo - will time tell her what she needs to know?
Fragmentation
Suzon Fuks, 6 mins, Australia, 2007. Choreographer: James Cunningham, Rob Tannion, Suzon Fuks, Performers: James Cunningham, Rob Tannion
Based on the idea that even though technology links people, it can also fragment their lives.
Shadow Play
Madeleine Hetherton, 13 min, Australia, 2007. Choreographer: Rowan Marchingo, Performers: Kirk Page, Alexandra Harrison
A difficult family relationship in which the emotional subtext is revealed through dance.
POD
Samuel James and Narelle Benjamin, 12 mins, Australia, 2006. Choreographer: Narelle Benjamin, Performers: Members of Sydney Dance Company
POD uses forms of nature as a graphic template for choreography. In a fantastic and surrealist realm the dancers work in tune with the magnified mechanics of nature
Quietly Collapsed
Samuel James and Rosie Dennis, 5 mins, Australia, 2007. Choreographer: Rosie Dennis, Performers: Rosie Dennis, Paula Callen, Sheila Ghelani, Rowan Marchingo
An electrifying exploration of claustrophobia - trapped in world of unrelenting deadlines and white noise.
Reset
Daniel Belton, 12 mins, Australia, 2006. Choreographers/Performers: Richard Huber, Caroline Claver, Donnihue Harrison, Daniel Belton
A couple face each other in a miniature tournament of wills and emotions.
Dis-Oriental
Sean O'Brien, 6 mins, Australia, 2007. Choreographer/Performer: Yumi Umiumare
A wildly absurd ritual exploring the notion of 'oriental' in the context of moving and living in 'foreigh' spaces.
The Shape of Water
Cordelia Beresford, 14 mins, Australia, 2007. Choreographer: Narelle Benjamin, Perfomers: Alexia Heckman, Wakako Asamo, Andrea Briody, Emmee Dillon, Reed Laplau, Katie Ripley
A sensory journey revolving around the mind and its inner workings flowing back and forth like the sea.
