The Fifth Annual Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema

Sans Souci is a niche  lm festival specializing in dance cinema and incorporating live performance. We screen  lm and video works that integrate dance and cinematogra- phy. Committed to exploration and innovation within the dance for camera idiom, an expansive de nition of dance, and an appreciation for interdisciplinary forms, we seek to expose our audiences to a variety of  lm, video, and performance possibilities. We truly hope you enjoy your experience at these screenings.

Ana Baer and Michelle Ellsworth, Artistic Directors Hamel Bloom, Executive Director

Additional information at sanssoucifest.org

Special thanks to Lindsey Cash of BMoCA and to Rachel Grote and Michael Richman of University of Colorado, Boulder

The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is a dynamic venue dedicated to the presentation of signi cant art of our time. Through an innovative program of regional, national and inter- national exhibition and performance, the museum inspires and educates its communities and visitors from around the world to explore the forefront and evolution of contemporary art. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 8:00 PM FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 8:00 PM (CONTINUED) Phrase, 2007, 8 min, 16mm 45-Phrase-Rob- 39-DanceLikeYour- Dance Like Your Old Man, 2006, 10 min, MiniDV/Digi- Produced and Directed by Robert Schaller ertSchaller.jpg OldMan-RachelAz- Beta Choreography and dancing by Michelle Ellsworth zopardi.jpg Directed by Gideon Obarzanek & Edwina Throsby Multiframe from Camera Design/Cinematography by Robert Schaller Produced by Chunky Move in association with Chequerboard Produc- Phrase A body tries to explain itself to a viewer who can’t see very well; she Dancer Meaghan tions tries to get her point across several times, but her attempts become more McHenry Featuring Chunky Move elusive to grasp, perhaps even to herself. Finally, she can only shake Dancing by Meaghan McHenry, Sara Black, Alexandra Dillon, Bec Reid, her head... Phrase was  lmed with a handmade 16mm pinhole camera. Penelope Bartiau & Ros Warby (Ward, CO, USA) Music by various artists Cinematography by Cordelia Beresford The Shape of Water, 2007, 14 min, Super 16 Editing by Simon Njoo 32-TheShapeof- Directed by Cordella Beresford Six women imitate their dads’ dancing in a  lm about fathers as seen Water-Narelle- Produced by Brook Wilson through the eyes of their daughters. These unseen men come to life Benjamin.jpg Choreography by Narelle Benjamin through the dances and re ections of their children. (Southbank, VIC, Featuring The Sydney Dance Company Australia) Dancing by soloist, Alexa Heckmann Music composed by Huey Benjamin 2008, 4 min, DVCAM 49-UnspokenLet- Unspoken Letter, The Shape of Water is a sensory journey revolving around the idea of ter-MichaelRich- Produced and Directed by Michael Richman the mind and its inner workings  owing back and forth like the sea that man.jpg Choreography and dancing by Michael Richman explores the symbolic connection between water and the human psyche. Music composed by J.S. Bach (Sydney, NSW, Australia) Music performed by Yo-Yo Ma Camera by Heather Gray 48-Ritual-Jessi- Ritual, 2007, 1 min, hi8 Unspoken Letter is essentially what the title suggests. The piece ab- caDamon.jpg Choreography by Joy French (Dance Improvisation) stactly represents the things we wish to say to our family but cannot Camera & Editing by Jessica Damon because of issues of respect and generational differences. (Westminster, Music Composition, Additional Editing & Concept by Patrick Maxwell CO, USA) The anticipation and anxiety inspired by a familiar morning ritual. (Boulder, CO, USA) INTERMISSION

‘Bus Stop’ / ‘Arret D’ Autobus’, 2007, 8 min, Super 8, Azalea, 2007, includes live performance, 8 min, miniDV b&w Directed by Lynda White 12-BusStop-Karn- Directed by Karn Junkinsmith 44-Azalea- Produced by To & Fro Productions Junkinsmith.jpg Produced by Popjunk Productions (kj) LyndaWhite-3.jpg Choreography by Lynda White photo art by Karn Choreography by Karn Junkinsmith Featuring To & Fro Productions Junkinsmith Dancing by Cara Brooke, Yvonne Croteau, Michael De Smet, Francis Dancing by Lynda White and Jen Jones Goritsand, Courtney Ryan, Marsha Threlkeld Music composed by Greg Harris Music composed by Jeff Junkinsmith Music performed by Greg Harris, Jeremy Averitt, Matt Fuller, Megan Music performed by Jeff Junkinsmith, Sound Engineer: Ian Lesage Tipton, Casey Sidwell Cinematography by Angela Esposito This live multi-layered multimedia performance explores modes of Editing by Sean Donavan expression and identi cation through a peeling away of layers and iden- Citizens at a rainy bus stop discover a shared passion for public danc- tities. Dancers and musicians explore ways of transforming themselves ing. When one falls, the resulting mild head injury prompts a daydream and mirroring each other - thus transforming the stage into a world that and calls out the muses. Shot on dreamy super 8 black and white with a allows one to re ect on the beauty of change. (Broom eld, CO, USA) rocking piano score played by Jeff Junkinsmith. (Shoreline, WA, USA) FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 8:00 PM (CONTINUED)SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 8:00 PM emptyImage.gif Goon in Bunny Water, 2007, 7 min, miniDV Morning, 2007, 7 min, DVCPRO HD Produced and Directed by Angie Nina Yeowell Blue Directed by Bat-Sheva Guez Choreography and dancing by Angie Nina Yeowell Blue Produced by Bat-Sheva Guez & Chioke Nassor Featuring Ballerina Eight Laboratories Choreography by Bat-Sheva Guez with Donnell Oakley & David Music by Angie Yeowell / Robin Chestnut = SolarTinkle Schmidt of everything smaller A music video. (Denver, CO, USA) 11-Morning-Bat- Featuring everything smaller ShevaGuez.jpg Dancing by Donnell Oakley and David Schmidt 43-Diva-LizAg- Diva, 2007, 4 min, HDV Music composed by Kyp Malone giss.jpg On the set of Morning, Music performed by Kyp Malone, Chris Asta, Bat-Sheva Guez Directed by Liz Aggiss photo by Alec Spangler Choreography and dancing by Liz Aggiss Experimenting with the use of texture on screen, this  lm tells the tale of Featuring Liz Aggiss a young couple who would rather sleep in. (Brooklyn, NY, USA) Music composed by Chopin & Schumann Music performed by J.D. Andrews & Rachel Fryer Falling Upright Into Place, 2007, 6 min, miniDV Funding by University of Brighton 25-FallingU- Produced and Directed by Stephanie Kobes Craving attention, a dance diva performs a reconstruction from 1927. prightIntoPlace- Choreography and dancing by Stephanie Kobes Nobody gives a  g. She then performs a dance raspberry, Ranki Panki StephanieKobes. Music composed by “Spiegel Im Spiegel” circa 2007. Diva is where fact and  ction collide, where archive and jpg Music performed by Arvo Part reportage rupture. (Brighton, East Sussex, U.K.) This short  lm explores how one sometimes struggles and  ghts against gravity and oneself to  nd the place where she belongs. On this explor- Thaw, 2007, 7 min, miniDV ative journey, many also travel with bottled-up emotions that may be Directed by Marta Renzi kept hidden and never shared, but which very much in uence the way 28-Thaw-Mar- Produced by And Dancers, Inc. one lives her life. It is making a way in this world ... it is  nding a way to taRenzi.jpg Choreography by Marta Renzi survive, it is  nding a way to be free ... it is Falling Upright Into Place. Dancing by Kimberly Liu and Caitlin Roben-Looker (Boulder, CO, USA) Music composed by Johannes Brahms In this visual poem alternating superimposed images of water, women, By The Grace, 2007, 6 min, miniDV and swans move in a winter landscape which gradually thaws. (Nyack, Directed by Lynda White NY, USA) 42-ByTheGrace- Produced by To & Fro Productions LyndaWhite.jpg Choreography and dancing by Lynda White Featuring To & Fro Productions Music composed by Greg Harris SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 5:00 PM Music performed by Greg Harris, Jeremy Averitt, Matt Fuller, Megan 2007, 72 min, digital betacam pal Tipton, Hugh Ragin, Casey Sidwell, Tyler Gilmore 30-VSPRSShow- VSPRS Show and Tell, Directed by Sophie Fiennes A futuristic look at the world of fashion and beauty in the genre of a con- AndTell-HildeDe- Produced by Les Ballets C. de la B. temporary music video, this  lm is in uenced by readings and movies in buck.jpg Choreography by Alain Platel science  ction as well as by current MTV videos. (Broom eld, CO, USA) photo by Chris Featuring Les Ballets C. de la B. Van der Burght Dancing by Quan Bui Ngoc, Mathieu Desseigne Ravel, Lisi Estaràs, Duet With Doubt, 2007, 2 min, DVCAM Emile Josse, Iona Kewney, Mélanie Lomoff, Ross Mc Cormack Produced and Directed by Elena TaJo Music composed by Fabrizio Cassol after ‘Maria Vespers’ Monteverdi 23-DuetWith- Choreography and dancing by Elena TaJo Editing by Ethel Shepherd & Marek Kralovsky Doubt-ElenaTaJo. Featuring Elena TaJo “VSPRS” is Platel’s most outrageous dance work yet, one critic calling jpg Music by Elena TaJo it “the weirdest, most shocking and provocative dance performance you A woman confronts her shadow. Reading her mother’s poem, “On will ever see.” The artists trained by immersing themselves in images Doubt,” the woman engages with the unsavory presence and discovers of psychiatric distress, and together carve an extremely physical and how to start working. (New York City, NY, USA) graphic performance immersed in religious and sexual imagery. In So- phie Fiennes’ mesmerizing documentary, the dimensions of ecstasy and trauma that form the core of the performance are masterfully captured, whilst interviews with Platel and the dancers themselves add an extra layer of insight. (Ghent, Belgium) SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 8:00 PM (CONTINUED)SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 8:00 PM (CONTINUED) 4 clips pour aufnahmen, 2006, 8 min, miniDV Moonplay, 2005, 5 min, miniDV Directed by Nicole Seiler 36-Moonplay- Directed by Shawn T Bible 35-4Clips-Nicole- Produced by Cie Nicole Seiler ShawnTBible.jpg Choreography by Shawn T Bible Seiler-2.jpg Choreography by Nicole Seiler Music composed by Mozart Featuring Cie Nicole Seiler Moonplay is a study in texture and gravitational pull utilizing simplistic Frame from plug-play, Dancing by Célina Chaulvin, Kylie Walters, Florent Ottello, Alexandre choreographic structures and amorphous editing concepts. Anatomic one of the 4 clips Tissot reinterpretation through qualities of plasticity, morphing, and overlay Music composed by Martin A.P. Gantenbein creates an outer space realm for the solo  gure. (Lubbock, TX, USA) In these 4 very short dance  lms moving bodies and body parts have been projected onto speci c surfaces and change their original char- This Bird Has Flown, 2008, 16 min, 16mm acter. In uno-duo bodies overlap bodies, in hülle-fülle legs and arms Directed by Carrie Noel tremble in the wind, in devant-avant a dancing couple appears on smoke Produced by keo Productions and in plug-play a Barbie doll becomes alive. (Lausanne, Switzerland) Choreography by Rachael Lincoln Dancing by Rachael Lincoln and Mark Stuver INTERMISSION 34-ThisBirdHas- Music composed by Cody Westheimer Flown-CarrieNoel. Cinematography by Natalie Newman 44-Azalea- jpg Editing by Carlo Kamin Tatu LyndaWhite-3. Azalea, 2007, includes live performance, 8 min, miniDV See Friday’s program for details. This  ctional dance drama placed in the 1960s exposes the vulnerable jpg photo by Vicky MacArthur yet quirky woman upon whom John Lennon based the ballad, “Norwe- gian Wood.” The  lm is rich in surreal design and Beatles references Sobre Mesa, 2007, 6 min, miniDV and is topped off with exceptionally visceral choreography. (Jackson Produced and Directed by Ana Baer Hole, Wyoming, USA) 46-SobreMesa- Featuring Giessen Dance-Theater AnaBaer.jpg Dancing by Melodie Lasselin and Paul Zeplichal Music composed by Ojos de Brujo photo by Karl Moller Music performed by Accion Reaccion Set Improv by Director and dancers A busy street in downtown Giessen, Germany witnesses a relationship unfolding. (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Raw, 2007, 6 min, miniDV Produced and Directed by Hamel Bloom 47-Raw-Hamel- Choreography and dancing by Angie Yeowell INSTALLATION VIDEOS, APRIL 4 & 5, 7 PM - 8 PM Bloom.jpg Music composed by Arvo Part Spirit of the Pinnacles: Journey of Waiting Souls, 37-SpiritoftheP- In this experiment, the eleven members of the audience, each with his or 2007, 22 min, HD innacles-Hyonok- her own camera,  lmed a dance in the round - with leaves  ying, mud Produced and Directed by Hyonok KIM KIM.jpg packing, and stone mason setting. (Boulder, CO, USA) Choreography by Hyonok KIM Featuring Hyonok KIM Dance Arts Viril, 2007, 3 min, Super 16 & 35mm Dancing by Jeni Sutton, Ellen McCarthy, Elli, Jessica Cook, Mipa Shin Directed by Damien Manivel Music composed by Arvo Part, Ligeti, Jongsil Choi 10-Viril-Damien- Produced by Le Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts Camera by Jaehong Park Manivel.jpg Choreography by Damien Manivel Editing by Joana Yuen © Damien Manivel / Featuring Annee In the backdrop of the surreal Pinnacles, the limestone pillars that rise Le Fresnoy Dancing by Damien Fournier, Mattila Maliarakis, Sylvain Decure, from the sand dunes, the  lm conveys wandering souls, the life of the Alexandre Morand, Erwan Larcher, Remi Esterle, Laurent Chanel Spirits in the vast desert, the drama of humanity, life and death, explora- Music composed by Absinthe (provisoire), Atlantide tion, and facing challenges. It is a journey and adventure where dancers A danced role-play for men about shame, modesty and lust for power. encounter Korean shamanistic ritual objects such as a vase, a bronze Without words and without music, the choreography says everything mirror, and a knife through which transcend the different realms. Danc- about male behaviour and mutual relationships. (Tourcoing, France) ers in red and in white are juxtaposed. (Daegu, South Korea) INSTALLATION VIDEOS, APRIL 4 & 5, 7 PM - 8 PM (CONTINUED) 2007, 8 min, miniDV 15-TheWindow- The Window, Produced and Directed by So Young Yang SoYoungYang. Choreography and dancing by Julia Kathriner, Jungsun Kim, Sumi Jang jpg Featuring Amorphous Dance Music composed by So Young Yang (sound) A  eeting form of art, most dance choreography comes out of practices and rehearsals where many ideas and inspirations come and go, often being lost in the more structured stage presentations. The Window en- capsulates these moments of experimentation that would have otherwise faded into the air, transforming them into a different kind of perfor- mance. Filmed in Berlin and assembled in New York, this is the second work by Amorphous Dance, created by So Youn Yang, a video maker. (New York City, NY, USA)

17-Pechitos- Pechitos Torneados (“Small turned breasts”), 2007, Torneados-Liz- 7 min, miniDV Penuela.jpg Produced and Directed by Liz K. Penuela Choreography and dancing by Liz K. Penuela Music composed by ToTo la Momposina Music performed by Liz K. Penuela Voice Inspiration by Sully Morland Love, desire, prejudices, and the forbidden are revealed through this reinterpretation of the Colombian folkloric dance, “the Cumbia,” re- composed with only the phonetics of the song. (Barcelona, Spain)

Bounded Narcissus, 2007, 7 min, miniDV Produced and Directed by Ana Baer 50-Bounded- Choreography and dancing by Nathan Montgomery AnaBaer.jpg Featuring Syzygy Butoh Music by sigur rós Nathan’s performance is an adaptation of his stage piece, “I am Un- done,” 2004. His movement (found in the excavation of the body) is an exploration of the raw and immediate physical place from which Butoh springs. (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Velez October Circles, 2007, 18 min Directed by Mimi Garrard 13-VelezOctober- Produced by Mimi Garrard Dance Company Circles-MimiGar- Choreography by Mimi Garrard rard.jpg Featuring Mimi Garrard Dance Company Dancing by Samuel Roberts Music by Glen Velez Velez October Circles, a suite of  ve short abstract dances created in the form of circles, features dancer Samuel Roberts and percussionist Glen Velez. (New York City, NY, USA)