6:57 min | Canada
Director: Laura Taler | Choreographer & Performer Tedd Semnon Robinson
http://watch.bravofact.com/bravofact-shorts-by-province/ontario/dances-for-a-small-screen/#clip61190
Part of Dances for a Small Screen, a series of dancefilms celebrating the volatility created when the movements of dance and film collide. A unique improvised collaboration between the performer and the camera, set in a snowy field.
Romanian born director Laura Taler has been creating award-winning performing arts films for over ten years. Her work has been praised for its unique combination of emotional resonance, wit, and striking visuals. Taler’s background as a choreographer is evidenced in her films through their sense of movement and rhythm, and in her keen understanding of art and artists. In 1995 Taler made her directorial debut with the award-winning dancefilm “the village trilogy”. Since then Taler has created over a dozen films that focus on telling stories with movement and music. These documentaries, dance films, music films and silent dramas have been broadcast on the CBC (Canada), Bravo! (Canada), W (Canada), TfO (Ontario), ARTV (Quebec), Bravo (U.S.), Channel 4 (U.K.), NPS (The Netherlands), Kunstkanaal (The Netherlands), ABC (Australia), IBA (Israel), SVT (Sweden) and screened in numerous festivals and special screenings internationally. Taler also conducts dancefilm workshops and master classes around the world. In 2002 a screening of Taler’s work at the Getty Center earned her the following review in the Los Angeles Times: “For depth of feeling, photographic sensitivity and movement invention … her mastery of choreography and direction is unquestioned”.
