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DANCE CAMERA WEST 2020

DANCE CAMERA WEST 2020 is here.

Join founder Kelly Hargraves at Redcat and the Downtown Independent Cinema for a long weekend of extraordinary artistry, resilience, and performance on film.

Opening night will feature a Q & A with special guests Katrina McPherson and Édouard Lock following a screening of the CalArts School of Dance film ONE ANOTHER.

On Friday evening there are two programs of shorts, and Saturday’s programs include the features THREE DANCES (directed by Glória Halász), FROM KNEE TO HEART (a portrait of Sol Picó directed by Susanna Barranco), and KREATUR (featuring members of the dance company Sasha Waltz and Guests).

The first three days are at Redcat before moving to the Downtown Independent for Sunday’s free matinee program. See links below for full schedule.

DANCE CAMERA WEST 2020

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, January 9, 10, and 11.

Redcat

631 West 2nd Street, downtown Los Angeles.

Sunday, January 12, from noon.

Downtown Independent Cinema

251 South Main Street, Los Angeles.

From top: Sasha Waltz and Guests, Kreatur(2); Susanna Barranco, From Knee to Heart; Juan Medellín (left) and dancer in Andrew Houchens, Juan of the Witches; Will Johnston, Cielo; Janique Robillard, From There to Here; Teddy Tedholm, Don’t Miss It; Sofia Castro, Maids; Kelly Hargraves; Antoine Panier, Making Men; Glória Halász, Three Dances; Roseanna Anderson and Joshua Ben-Tovim, The Ballet of the Nations (2). Images courtesy and © the artists, dancers, photographers, producers, Dance Camera West, L.A. Dance Chronicle, and Kelly Hargraves.

CHOREOGRAPHING BERGMAN

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The documentary INGMAR BERGMAN THROUGH THE CHOREOGRAPHER’S EYE (2016, directed by Fredrik Stattin) will screen this weekend as part of the 17th annual Dance Camera West Film Festival.

Choreographers Alexander Ekman, Pär Isberg, Pontus Lidberg, and Joakim Stephenson—joined by Royal Swedish Ballet principals—interpret, in four performances, Bergman’s ideas on movement, music, and human relationships.

 

INGMAR BERGMAN THROUGH THE CHOREOGRAPHER’S EYE, Saturday, April 14, at 3 pm.

LAEMMLE MONICA FILM CENTER, 1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica.

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Stills from Ingmar Bergman Through the Choreographer’s Eye.

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JACOB JONAS TO THE SEA

Jacob Jonas The Company made its local “big theater debut” at the Wallis this past January, and after the opening number (In a Room on Broad St., choreographed by Jonas) it was clear that this troupe had entered the first rank of Los Angeles dance companies:

“An explosive display of the company’s vitality and range. If break dancing and concert dance had a baby, it would be the Jacob Jonas company.” — Christina Campodonico, Los Angeles Times

This weekend in Santa Monica, Jonas and Dance Camera West are hosting TO THE SEA: DANCE CONCERTS ON THE PIER. In addition to JJTC, the line-up includes Montreal’s Les 7 Doigts de la MainTony Testa; the Cirio Collective (with work by Gregory Dolbashian); Jillian Meyers, Dana Wilson, and Megan Lawson of The Seaweed SistersAndrea Schermoly (formerly with the Nederlands Dans Theater and Boston Ballet); and Andrew Winghart.

The weekend, the first in what could become an annual event, is dedicated to the memory of legendary street dancer Vincent Foster, known as “Mr. Animation, who passed away last September. Foster was a mentor and inspiration to many, Jonas included.

 

TO THE SEA, Saturday and Sunday, April 29 and 30 at 6pm. Free with r.s.v.p.:

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SANTA MONICA PIER

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Jacob Jonas Image credit: Jacob Jonas The Company

Jacob Jonas
Image credit: Jacob Jonas The Company