Dance for camera films are a new dimension of dance, a cinematic poetry. This showcase of Czech dance short films, made during and despite the pandemic, is presented in partnership with Dance Film Festival Prague.
Rooftop will open at 7 pm.
Cash bar offered by Bohemian Spirit Restaurant.
Film starts at 8 pm.
Dance Film Festival Prague is devoted to the support, production and presentation of this experimental genre of cinema in the Czech Republic. The line-up curated for presentation during Czech Center NY’s Summer Rooftop Movies includes the winner of the Main prize of the Festival, the award-winning film by Tereza Vejvodová and Markéta Jandová Delimitation, an environmental essay by Tomáš Hubáček and Marie Gourdain Fibonacci, a film adaptation of the solo Cécile da Costa Roselyne directed by Tereza Vejvodová, and Ephemera by Viliam Dočolomanský and Jiří Matoušek.
Denisa Musilova and Tami Stronach will host the evening, offering a guided tour of the films by way of dance performances.
Denisa Musilova is an award-winning choreographer and a performer. Currently she is working as a guest choreographer for the Horacké Theater Jihlava, Czech Republic, where she has staged multiple plays, including "Seagull," “St. Venceslas," and “Martinů." Concurrently Denisa has danced in the production of "Viva La Mama” at the National Theater in Prague, as well as collaborated on new choreographies for DEKKADANCERS, Theater Bílá Holubice and Tantehorse. Most recent collaboration include a two-year project “Swing Heil,” directed by Ivette Ditte Jurcova, that premiered in May 2021 in Theatre Potoň, Slovakia. Denisa's authorial works have been co-produced and presented at NY Butoh Festival, SOAK Festival NY, Czech Center New York and many others.
Tami Stronach has been creating interdisciplinary work for the last 20 years. Her theater credits include being an ensemble member of the acclaimed physical theater company the Flying Machine Theater for 7 years. Soho Rep. produced 4 of the Flying Machine's original works including Frankenstein, a Drama Desk nominated production. Tami Stronach formed her own company Tami Stronach Dance (TSD) in 2000. Her signature choreographic style combines movement precision, physical theater, and highly designed environments.
Delimitation (2020)
directed by: Tereza Vejvodová choreography by: Markéta Jandová
Our personality responds to external circumstances with delineation. Physical dialogue with emptiness opens up the subject of the personal identity of a space of anonymous urban landscape. Fingertips are a tool of touch, but also of identification. Physical dialogue with the void, exploration leading to the discovery of space and self projecting life into the seemingly lifeless and meaningless. The film looks at the possibilities of finding a personal identity in an anonymous urban landscape.
Fibonacci (2021)
directed by: Tomáš Hubáče k choreography by: Marie Gourdain
Environmental dance film, or audiovisual meditation on Fibonacci patterns seen in the landscape, but also in the behavior of the herd, steeped in the structure of film and layers of music.
Roselyne (2021) directed by: Tereza Vejvodová choreography by: Cécile Da Costa
Audiovisual poem based on a true story of Roselyne, the woman who forgot to live her life. She could be a reflection of our doubts, the decisions and possibilities we didn’t make use of. How do we become our true selves? Original concept and choreography by French performer Cécile Da Costa.
Ephemera (2021)
directed by: Viliam Dočolomanský, Jiří Matoušek choreography by: Viliam Dočolomanský
The project Ephemera was originally created as a live performance that would fulfil the imposed anti-epidemic measures. From the circulating cabins of the paternoster lift, spectators were to watch parallel events happening across six floors of the Lucerna Palace. Since the team was not allowed to realize the project live, they decided to make the 45-minute performance as a film.
Please note: In case of rain, the screening will take place in the Cinema at the Bohemian National Hall with an 8 pm start.
In partnership with Dance Film Festival Prague.
In collaboration with Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association.
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