Why anyone would think filming a scene of vigorous dancing lit only by firelight with a camera seemingly
held by another dancer is a good idea is unfathomable, and to let that scene last as long as it does borders on criminal abuse of the vestibular systems of the audience.
Not exact matches
Think of it like double - dutch but instead of using rope, two people
hold long bamboo poles near the ground and beat them together in unison with the music, as the
dancers hop in and try to avoid getting their feet caught
by the poles.
Though it adheres to documentary convention
by picking out a few competitive swing
dancers and following them throughout the film, «Alive and Kicking» keeps dancing off into other areas, and we just
hold its hand and follow.
► A male ballet
dancer kicks a ballerina hard in the left shin, causing her to scream and fall; the camera cuts to her on an operating table with her shin open and a man drills into bones (we see muscles, blood, and tendons) and later we see the woman in bed, awakening and sobbing at the sight of her leg in a long metal frame with two circles of steel around the shin and calf,
held in place
by many rods and pins; we later see the woman walking with a cane.
[
holding up devil horns in appreciation]-RRB- as Iron Man flies about town in his superhero Iron Man suit, only to land on a stage in front of an adoring audience, surrounded
by his own Iron Man go - go
dancers.
Gerwig easily
holds attention as the star of the film, supported ably
by the rest of the cast, which includes Adam Driver, Michael Zegen, and Michael Esper as some of the men in her life, and Charlotte d'Ambroise and Grace Gummer as the dance company chief and a fellow
dancer, respectively.
Connie Beeson's Portapak video footage captures the «Leadership Workshops»
held by architect Lawrence Halprin and
dancer Anna Halprin in 1971 in San Francisco.
In the photograph, his bikini - clad British mother was
held aloft in the arms of a Lebanese boyfriend on a Beirut beach
by the Casino du Liban, where she performed as a cabaret
dancer.
A private view will be
held on Thursday 25 September from 6 - 9 pm featuring a one - off performance
by artist collaborators Meta Drcar and Dori Deng featuring three female
dancers responding to the architecture of the space, alongside a live performance of sculptural objects
by Harold Offeh based on his series of work looking at elements of historical 17th and 18th century gardens as sites of artifice, spectacle and theatre.
«Experiments in Environment: The Halprin Workshops, 1966 — 1971» (2014), organized
by the Graham Foundation in Chicago in collaboration with the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania, focused on the workshops
held in Northern California in the late»60s and early»70s
by dancer Anna Halprin and her husband, architect Lawrence Halprin.
The
dancer held the masklike object in his mouth
by the tab extending from the back of the head.
Hand - cut steel placards, paper animation, filmed
dancers and actors, sculptural props and painted / animated backdrops all congregate on Mr. Kentridge's visual stage and yet are resolutely
held together
by the grisaille hues the artist favors.