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reeldance festival 2008 international dance on screen

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The 5th biennial ReelDance Festival focuses on dance and movement in everyday life with films featuring ballroom and mambo, hip hop and burlesque.

Thursday 8 May - Sunday 11 May 2008
Full $13 Concessions $10
6 Session Pass: Full $60 Concessions $48


http://www.reeldance.org.au/

ReelDance is supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts NSW, Film Victoria and Performance Space.

global shorts #01: this dancing life This program of shorts celebrates the dancer next door. Includes Arna Bersaas' Waltz, Samantha Rebillet's Butterfly Man, Margaret Constantas' Brenin, Lena John's Oru Divasum and Martin Lund's Shall We Dance.

breakin' Kelly (Lucinda Dickey) is a dancing student tired of the demanding regimen of her teacher. Screens with the pilot episode of Graffiti Rock.

contemporary dance on screen This program of international contemporary dance showcases the work of key international choreographers William Forsythe (with award-winning dance screen director Thierry de Mey), Pina Bausch and Alain Platel.

global shorts #03: the art of moving Cutting edge editing techniques, projection, choreographed cameras and unlikely subjects combine to create poetic and challenging cinema in this program of short films.

dance documentaries The ReelDance award-winner for Best Documentary screens with a film following the career of Josephine Baker and a panoramic view of Latino music and dance.

thank god it's friday The Zoo is the hottest disco in town and on the night of a big dance contest a wild assortment of characters find themselves on the floor together.

kidreels This truly international session is co-curated by ReelDance and Cinedans in Amsterdam for 3-11 year olds and features films from India, the Netherlands, UK and New Zealand.

reeldance awards 2008 The finalists in the ReelDance Awards for new Australian and New Zealand dance films including Rick Harvie's Morning Herd, Madeleine Hetherton's Shadow Play, Sean O'Brien's Dis-Oriental and more.

yamakasi - the samurai of the modern age The Yamakasi are a real-life group of daredevils who scramble up tall buildings and other structures as easily as most people climb stairs.