Dance on film can be problematic. Just ask a filmmaker. “Even when you watch the most admired dance films, they don’t have that same sense of visceral and kinaesthetic connection you get when you watch it in a live experience,” Melbourne based director Rhys Graham declares. “In a theatre, you can be 20 metres away […]

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DANCE ON FILM is an evening curated by dance visionary Stephen Agisilaou featuring two short films made by local dance creators Sean Higgins, Adrian Spuria and Lion Heart Dance Company alongside the Australian premiere of Agisilaou’s acclaimed dance feature, The Anniversary, at The Astor Theatre on Tuesday 13 December. The Anniversary premiered in March 2022, […]

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The Inspired Dance Youth Film Festival, to be held this July, is dedicated to the future of the dance film industry and the young people who will make that future. The festival invites young dancers and filmmakers to come together in July for a unique celebration of dance, film, creativity, artistic growth and personal development. The […]

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On 19 August, Becoming The Icon, the final commission for BLEED (Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital), will premiere. Becoming The Icon is a collaboration between choreographer and dancer (Lilian Steiner) and filmmaker and performer (Emile Zile), who feature in the film that looks at gesture, in particular how the body is the only way to read […]

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For Sue Healey, dance has the dual quality of being one of the most embodied artforms that rests on a visceral and physical connection between living dancer and live audience. But at the same time, dance is one of the most ephemeral artforms in that once the performance is over, it leaves its slight trace […]

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