2012 Third Coast Dance Film Festival Curators: Rosie Trump and Lydia Hance

A special thank you to Charles Dove and the Rice University Cinema, Lydia Hance, Raquel Kahn and all of the filmmakers.

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2012 Third Coast Dance Film Festival Program B:

YOU MOVE : ground, 2012 (USA)Director and Choreographer: Rebecca Bryant | Performer: Leslie SeitersDescription: 'YOU MOVE : ground' utilizes a bird’s eye view to witness movement in its purest form. Using inspiration from a list of written directives, such as "with your fingers you can touch the back of your neck", movement and sensory experience are explored in a simple frame of grass, wind and sunlight.

Dance Elephant Dance, 2012 (USA)Producers: Lionel Popkin and Cari Ann Shim Sham* | Choreography and Performance: Lionel PopkinCinematographer: Kyle Ruddick | Editor: Cari Ann Shim Sham* | Music: Guy KlucevsekDescription: Featuring a man in an elephant costume, “Dance Elephant Dance” uses images of multiple elephants in outer space to portray a pachyderm’s awkward desire to get his groove on.

Brother’s Keeper, 2011 (USA)Director/Editor/Choreographer: Marta Renzi | Performers: Andy Chapman, Carlos Gonzalez, Amos WolffMusic: The Choirboys, "O For the Wings of a Dove", arranged by Martin NearyDescription: A moody space of striking dark and light where three young men explore their social, physical and animal natures.

Dead Reckoning, 2012 (USA)Director/ Producer/ Writer: Dominique Elliott | Choreographer/Performer: Heidi Fancher | Voice: Sabrina Sterling, Xavier Sibuet | Composer: Kevin MacLeod | Sound Editor: Kevin SeamanDescription: Dead Reckoning investigates the role of time and contemplation in a woman's life . Its theme - a love lost - is universal, yet highly personal.

A Study in Ballet, 2012 (USA) Producer/Director/Cinematographer: Lynn Lane | Choreography: Alisa Matthews/Lynn Lane | Dancer: Alisa MatthewsDescription: A Study in Ballet is an hour long uninterrupted solo structured improvisational performance shot in time-lapse photography to simulate a windup ballerina in the studio.

Permission, 2012 (USA)Choreographer/ Cinematorgrapher/ Performer: Lindsey Sarah Thompson | Sound credits include: Sarasate, Spanish Dance by Arnold; Rosé Arnautka by Steva Nikolič; normative by Terje Paulsen; Pinata Sonatta G# by U Can Unlearn GuitarDescription: permission was created in the aftermath of a break in. The ideas of personal space, ownership, voyeurism, intimacy and vulnerability gained new significance, new perspective.

Moving Minds, 2011 (USA)Director/ Cinematographer/ Producer: Cara ClarkChoreographers: Anne Morris, Kelly Ozust, Melissa Pihos | Performers: Emily Aiken, Sarah Arnett, Lindsey Bramham, Erin Casanega, Lauren Drake, Elisa Foshay, Sinru Ku, Jill Messenheimer, Denise Murphy, Kaylor Parham, Brianna Taylor, Tricia ZwierDescription: Traces of the creative process, personal interviews from across the country, and the life of a football player. What do these things have in common? They are the inspirations for three choreographers from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as they create their thesis dance concerts.

Surgeon General's Warning, 2011 (USA)Directors: Natalie Metzger & Robert Allaire | Choreographer: Natalie Metzger | Music/ Cinematographer: Robert Allaire | Performancer: Erica CarpenterDescription: Grit and noise. Heels and ash. Inhale... A day in the life of an addict.

Sanctuary, 2011 (USA)Director/ Choreographer: Kingsley Irons | Cinematographer: Bryan Koch | Performer: Marina MagalhãesMusic: Derrick Spiva Jr.Description: A young women comes to a river spirit to help heal her broken heart.

Pursuit 2011, (USA)Director and Choreographer: Amy "Catfox" CampionDescription: Parkour artist Danni G races down the sidewalk, flies over obstacles and careens through crowds of breakdancers, salsa dancers and krumpers.

Jazzland, 2012 (USA)Director/Choreographer/Performer: Ashley Horn | Film Crew: Daniel Adame, Shanon Adams, Tad NottOriginal Score: Robert Pearson | Sound Engineer: Ryan EdwardsDescription: Jazzland is a dance for camera piece filmed in the abandoned landscape of a New Orleans theme park flooded by Hurricane Katrina. An original score was created for the piece by improvisational pianist Robert Pearson.

Errances, 2012 (Canada)Director: Ky Vy le Duc | Choreographer: Audrey Bergeron | Performers: Roxane Duchesne-Roy, Merryn Kritzinger, Susan Paulson | Music: Falling Skittles/Antoine BerthiaumeDescription: Three lost women. One who has forgotten, one who is in control and one who just have fun. Errances is an artistic research between sensibility and physical performance.