New dance

United States, 1986

Film

Several short pieces in which individuals or groups of dancers work with the idea of ‘minimal choreography’, using simple props such as balls, rods and firesticks to create complicated patterns and rhythms from a few basic movements. The result is a quirky hybrid of circus skills and dance, augmented by some image manipulation in the edit suite.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 April 2019

ACMI Viewing Booths

Credits

creator

Skip Blumberg

Production places
United States
Production dates
1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1001287

Durations

00:08:04:00

00:24:30:00

Language

English

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

Collected

2 times

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