The Film Program at the National Gallery of Armenia
Presents First Time in Armenia
KINO-PAR International Dance Film Festival
September 28 – October 1, 2006
DANCE FILMS from Around the World 1980-2006
Curator/Programmer: Alla Kovgan, KINODANCE, Boston , USA
Supported by: KINODANCE ( St. Petersburg , Russia ), FORMA, TRUST FOR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING,
DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION ( New York , USA ), HIGH FEST ( Yerevan , Armenia )
All events will take place at the at the National Gallery of Armenia 9th floor auditorium
Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 15:00
Opening Program - A FESTIVAL PREVIEW (TRT: 120 min.)
Introduction and Historic Overview by Alla Kovgan ( Boston , USA )
FLY (4min, 2001, New Zealand )
Choreographer/Director: Shona McCullagh
ROSA (15min, 1992 (Belgium/UK, miniDV)
Director: Peter Greenway
TRIANGLE (9min, 1994, UK , miniDV)
Director: Erica Russel
BLACK SPRING (26min, 2002, France/Nigeria, miniDV)
Director: Benoit Dervaux; Choreographer: Heddy Maalem
IMAGINE (4min, 1987, US)
Director: Zbigniew Rybchinsky and Yoko Ohno
Friday, September 29, 2006 at 11:00
Special Program - WORKSHOP / MASTER CLASS for the Film Professionals,
Cinematographers, Choreographers and Dancers
will be conducted by Alla Kovgan and Alissa Cardone ( USA )
Friday, September 29, 2006 at 15:00
Program I - DANCE FILM HISTORY: MAYA DEREN (TRT: 135 min.)
IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN (104 min., 2001, Austria , DVD, w/transl.)
Director: Martina Kudlácek; Producer: Johannes Rosenberger
A STUDY IN CHOREOGRAPHY FOR CAMERA (3 min, 1944, DVD)
RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME (15min, silent, 1946, DVD)
MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE (13min, 1948, DVD)
Saturday, September 30 at 11:30
Program II - FILM AS PLASTIC ART: CANVAS IN MOTION (TRT: 81 min.)
NASCENT (10min, 2005, Australia , miniDV)
Director: Gina Czarnecki
TRIANGLE (9min, 1994, UK , miniDV)
Director: Erica Russel
GRANDE CENTRAL (14min, 2001, US, miniDV)
Director: Jeff Sher
MA MERE L’OYE (30min, 2004, Belgium , miniDV)
Director: Thierry De Mey; Choreographer: Anna Theresa De Keersmaeker
INFECTED (7min, 2001, Australia , miniDV)
Director: Gina Czarnecki
BOG (The God) (4.5min, 2003, Russia , miniDV)
Director: Konstantin Bronzit
GHOSTCATCHING (7min, 1999, USA, miniDV)
Director/Choreographer: Paul Kaiser, Shelly Eschkar and Bill T. Jones
Saturday, September 30 at 13:00
Program III - CHOREOGRAPHING DANCE STORIES I (TRT: 98 min.)
ROSA (15min, 1992 (Belgium/UK, miniDV)
Director: Peter Greenway
OUTSIDE IN (13min, 1993, UK , miniDV)
Director: Margaret Williams, Choreographer: Victoria Marks
CURTAIN OF EYES (13min, 1997, USA , miniDV)
Director: Danielle Wilmouth, Choreographer: Katsura Khan
LOVE SONNETS (29min, 1993, Belgium , miniDV)
Director: Thierry De Mey
BLACK SPRING (26min, 2002, France/Nigeria, miniDV)
Director: Benoit Dervaux; Choreographer: Heddy Maalem
Saturday, September 30 at 15:00
Program IV - CHOREOGRAPHING DANCE STORIES II (TRT: 88 min.)
DOM SVOBODE (30 min, 2000 ( Slovenia , miniDV)
Director: Saso Podgorsek; Choreographer: Iztok Kovac
BLUSH (52min, 2005, Belgium , miniDV)
Director/Choreographer: Wim Vanderkeybus
Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 11:30
Program V - AT THE CROSSROADS OF PERFORMANCE ART AND DANCE FILM (TRT: 86 min.)
BEETHOVEN IN LOVE (15min, 1994, UK , miniDV)
Director: Bob Bentley; Choreographer: Billy Cowie and Liz Aggiss
MOTION CONTROL (8min, 2000, UK , miniDV)
Director: David Anderson; Choreographer: Billy Cowie and Liz Aggis
BALKAN BAROQUE (63min, 1999, France, miniDV, w./transl)
Director: Pierre Coulibeuf; Choreographer/Performer: Marina Abramovic
Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 13:00
Program VI - CHOREOGRAPHING CINEMA STORIES (TRT: 95 min.)
FLY (4 min., 2001, New Zealand , miniDV)
BREAK (14 min., 2006, New Zealand , miniDV)
Director/Choreographer: Shona McCullagh
SNOW (6 min., 2005, UK , miniDV)
Director/Choreographer: David Hinton
TRACING THE VEIN (15min, 2001, USA , miniDV)
Director: Danielle Wilmouth; Dancers: Joseph Ravens, Adrian Danzig, Katherine Behar, Marianne M. Kim
ELLIS ISLAND (30 min., 1983, miniDV)
Director/Choreographer: Meredith Monk
COST OF LIVING (40 min., 2004, UK , miniDV, w/transl.)
Director: Lloyd Newson and DV8
Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 15:00
Program VII – AT THE CROSS ROADS OF CHOREOGRAPHY AND MUSIC VIDEO (TRT: 73 min.)