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"DANCE FOR FILM" short film screenings - European Dance Films
Date: 8/14 Schedule/Details: 7:30PM-9PM Location: CAMERON ART MUSEUM 3201 South 17th Street Wilmington, NC 28412 Phone:910.395.5999 Directions: Admission: free $5 donation suggested About this event "DANCE FOR FILM - Dance Short film screening": August 14th from 7:30PM-9PM. Come and join us for an evening of dance short films by Marcus Behrens, German Filmmaker and others. These films are amazing, thrilling, inspiring and plain excellent! Dance for Camera is a delightful genre of cinematography. If you love film, you will want to come see this! About this event European Filmmaker Marcus Behrens directed many films for german television Channel ARTE. SARUS FESTIVAL will be presenting a selection of his works representing choreographers Rui Horta and Samir Akika. About Marcus Behrens Marcus Behrens Film Director & Editor MARCUS BEHRENS WAS BORN IN BREMEN IN 1968. AT THE AGE OF 16, HE STARTED WORKING AT THE LOCAL RADIO STATION AS A STUDENT REPORTER AND MUSIC SHOW PRESENTER. IN 1986, HE WAS A MEMBER OF STAFF AT RADIO BREMEN VIER, GERMANY’S FIRST PUBLIC ROCK RADIO STATION, WHERE HE PRESENTED HIS OWN WEEKLY EVENING RADIO SHOW AND WAS A NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS EDITOR. IN ADDITION, HE HAD HIS BITE OUT OF THE ROCK & ROLL GLAMOUR LIFE BY MEETING MORE THAN 300 INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS FOR INTERVIEWS. IN 1994, HE STARTED A MONTHLY LIVE CONCERT SHOW THAT SOON MOVED FROM RADIO TO TELEVISION. THE SHOW ABSOLUT LIVE RAN SUCCESSFULLY FOR FOUR YEARS ON GERMAN TELEVISION, AND FEATURED MORE THAN 50 FAMOUS AND SOON TO BE FAMOUS MUSIC ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IN 1995, HE WAS PROMOTED TO PROJECT MANAGER FOR AN INNOVATIVE RADIO NEWS CONCEPT AT HANSAWELLE - RADIO BREMEN EINS. IN 1996, BEHRENS LEFT THE WORLD OF RADIO AND NEWS FOR A NEW TELEVISION PROJECT THIS TIME FOR THE PAN-EUROPEAN ARTS TV CHANNEL ARTE. THE JANUARY OF 1997 BROUGHT TRACKS TO TV SETS ACROSS EUROPE. TRACKS WAS A WEEKLY “MAGAZINE-STYLE” SHOW FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AIRED FIDAY NIGHTS; FEATURING MUSIC, ARTS AND LIFESTYLE. FOR 3 YEARS, MARCUS BEHRENS WAS ONE OF THE FOUR PRODUCING EDITORS OF THIS FORMAT, THE OTHERS BEING BASED IN BERLIN, PARIS AND VIENNA. IN 1998, HIS DOCUMENTARY FILM ON RUI HORTA‘S SOAP DANCE THEATRE (“EVERY END IS A NEW BEGINNING”), WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL – AND HIS FIRST TV DOCUMENTARY EVER. A YEAR LATER BERHENS DISCOVERED THAT IT IS “COOL TO BE CELTIC” (TOGETHER WITH IAN WATSON), IN A DOCUMENTARY OF THE SAME NAME WHICH FEATURED MUSIC AND ARTS FROM BOTH PARTS OF THE ISLAND OF IRELAND. IN 2000, HIS FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM “POP SECRETS [AND OTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS]” CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SEVERAL TV CHANNELS INCLUDING ARTE AND 3SAT - IT WAS ABOUT A JOURNEY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DISCOVERING NEW MUSIC AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT. WITH THE TURN OF THE CENTURY ALREADY UNDER WAY, MARCUS BEHRENS ALSO BEGAN FOCUSSING ON A NEW AREA - THAT OF DANCE-, MUSIC- AND THEATRE-FILMS. HIS DOCUMENTARIES ON THE FAMOUS GERMAN THEATRE DIRECTOR KURT HÜBNER AND ON 30 YEARS OF BREMEN DANCE THEATRE, RECEIVED MANY GOOD REVIEWS AND WERE SHOWN IN FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL SCREENINGS AS WELL AS ON A NUMBER OF TV CHANNELS. IN A DOCUMENTARY ON COMPOSER AND MUSICIAN CARLES SANTOS HE FINISHED A PORTRAIT FILM ON THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL CATALAN ARTIST TODAY JUST IN TIME FOR HIS 65TH BIRTHDAY IN 2005. HIS LOVE FOR ALL KINDS OF MODERN DANCE, AND HIS BELIEF THAT “DANCE MOVEMENT” AND “HIS OWN SPECIAL WAY OF CREATING AND EDITING FILMS” FIT PERFECTLY TOGETHER, CAUSED MARCUS BEHRENS TO START A SERIES OF COLLABORATIONS WITH DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS - FOR A NEW PROGRAMMING SLOT ON THE ARTE CHANNEL, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO DANCE IN ALL ITS VARIETY. HE WORKED ON SCREEN ADAPTATIONS OF STAGE PERFORMANCES WITH CHOREOGRAPGHERS, DANCERS AND COMPANIES HET HANS HOF ENSEMBLE (AMSTERDAM), CESC GELABERT (BARCELONA), MARGUERITE DONLON (DUBLIN/SAARBRÜCKEN) AND SOL PICÓ (VALENCIA/BARCELONA). BEHRENS ALSO DIRECTED ORIGINAL DANCE FILMS WITH CHOREOGRAPHERS RUI HORTA (PORTUGAL), SAMIR AKIKA (ALGERIA) AND OLGA COBOS & PETER MIKA (PALAMÓS/BRATISLAVA) AMONGST OTHERS. HE ALSO WORKED ON SEVERAL INNOVATIVE DANCE-ART-VIDEOS, TOGETHER WITH PAULO RIBEIRO (PORTUGAL), AND CLARA ANDERMATT (PORTUGAL) AND AN AERIAL DANCE PERFORMANCE FILM WITH ISABEL ROCAMORA (LONDON). BETWEEN THE SUMMER OF 2004 AND THE FALL OF 2005, A LONG-TIME DREAM BECAME REALITY: FILMS WITH CYNTHIA OLIVER ON LOCATION IN THE U.S. MIDWEST, HUBBARD STREET 2 DANCE COMPANY IN CHICAGO AND KEELY GARFIELD IN NEW YORK MADE UP A TRILOGY OF MODERN DANCE FILMS IN THE USA. A PROJECT-FILM WITH NEW TALENT SALLY MORGAN SHOT ON LOCATION IN HALIFAX (NOVA SCOTIA) FOLLOWED. [FALL 2006] Filmography Films & Work for Television D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S POP SECRETS [AND OTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS] (2000) T V D O C U M E N T A R I E S S.O.A.P. – JEDES ENDE IST EIN NEUER ANFANG (1998) COOL TO BE CELTIC (1999) POLAR POP (2001) FIGURES LIBRES/BEWEGTE SPUREN: TANZ IN BREMEN (2001) VON DER FREIHEIT EINES THEATERMENSCHEN: KURT HÜBNER (2002) GUT BELEUCHTETE MUSIK KLINGT BESSER: CARLES SANTOS (2005) D A N C E F O R T H E C A M E R A / D A N C E ’ N ’ M O T I O N P I C T U R E S UNDER GROUND (1998) RUGAS (2001) PASSAGE [TO A DISUSED DIVINE] (2001) SOLA (2001) PROJECTO PIRATA: POLAROID (2002) LILJA (2002) PRELUDIS (2003) SILICONE NÃO (2003) MAREAS (2003) TABOO OR NOT (2004) AFROSOCIALITELIFEDIVA (2004) DISTURBULANCE [SCENT OF MENTAL LOVE] (2005) HUBBARD STREET, TOO (2005) [DECODING THE] UNDERTOW (2006) D A N C E & B A L L E T A D A P T A T I O N S F O R T H E S C R E E N HET HANS HOF ENSEMBLE: STADT BEI NACHT (2001) SOL PICÓ: BÉSAME EL CACTUS (2002) MARGUERITE DONLON: CARMEN. PRIVAT (2003) ZWISCHEN MITTERNACHT & MORGEN - SCHWANENSEE (2004) BALLET NACIONAL DE CUBA: ROMEO & JULIA IN HAVANNA (2004) BALLET THEATER MUNICH: ANGELS THAT SING (2006) O T H E R F I L M S A N D P R O D U C T I O N S ABSOLUT LIVE (48 EPISODES 1994-1998) ABSOLUT LIVE AM MEER (1997) TRACKS (28 EPISODES, 1996-1999) ROCK@NITE (5 EPISODES, 1998-1999) WENN ICH DU WÄR‘, LIEBER GOTT: 3 TAGE MIT CAMPINO (2002) HUNGER DER NACHZÜGLER: DAS BALTIKUM AUF DEM WEG IN DIE EU (2002) WOLFGANG NIEDECKEN UND DER LIEBE GOTT (2003) MEILENSTEINE: 40 JAHRE JAZZ FEST BERLIN (2004) LANGE TANZNACHT...BREMEN TANZT (2004) M O R E D E T A I L S O N T H E W E B www.radiobremen.de/tv/archiv/tanzfilme www.arte-tv.com U P D A T E D FEBRUARY 2006 e-mail for more information |
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