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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Dance Camera West: Dance Movies

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The DANCE MOViES Commission is a program launched by the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer, Troy, NY to support the creation of new works in which dance meets the technologies of the moving image. These four videos represent the first works created through the 2008 DANCE MOViES Commission Program. Introduction by EMPAC curator Hélène Lesterlin.  (USA, 2007-2008, 70 minutes)

Kino-Eye 

Kino-Eye shadows a dancer through contemporary Moscow. Immersed in an aesthetic of video surveillance, the dancer shifts in and out of glitches and static as video playback manipulates her image. Director Joby Emmons, choreographer Elena Demyanenko, 

(USA/Russia, 2008, 8 minutes)

Veterans 

Five young veterans from the West Los Angeles VA Combat Rehab/ PTSD program explore through metaphors, dreams and magical story telling the “invisible” disabilities associated with military service. Los Angeles choreographer Victoria Marks and UK director Margaret Williams.

(USA/UK, 2008, 18 minutes)

Propiedad Horizontal 

Dancers in a narrow passageway create an elegant, abstract, and lively piece of pure movement and form. David Fariás, Carla Schillagi and Maria Fernanda Vallejos.

(Argentina, 2008, 10 minutes)

Nora

A dense and swiftly moving poem of sound and image that tells the story of a dancer growing up in Zimbabwe. Choreographed by Nora Chipaumire, directed by Alla Kovgan and David Hinton.

(USA/Zimbabwe/Mozambique/UK, 2008, 35 minutes)

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