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Lights Dance Festival 2022: Remnants

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Expired November 28, 2022 7:59 AM

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Watch this program in person at NWFF, Nov. 20 at 4pm.

Festival Passes grant access to BOTH virtual AND in-person film programs; Individual Tickets are for EITHER only virtual, OR only in-person.

⚠️ Note to in-person attendees: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.

Countless ordinary life experiences are buried deep in the dust.

In an old factory frozen in time, I try to show how common folk constantly exist in an ever-moving forward torrent of time, through the collision and contrast between the youth of young dancers and the antiquity of the machinery and environment they dance in, while also using the shoe that appears in the beginning and at the end to represent the memories of people who couldn’t keep up with changing times.

Year
2022
Runtime
5 minutes
Country
China

Director
Ruo Wen Tian

8 films in package

Morning is a dance film dedicated to those we've lost to the Covid-19 pandemic, that honors the grief of this period. Set to a reimagining of the traditional Appalachian spiritual, “Bright Morning Stars,” Morning reminds us of the beauty of sand under our feet and breath in our lungs, and asks its viewers to let that reminder inspire us to collectively create a world where we can all live.

Deafening Silences

This collaboration between filmmaker Anthony Chirco and choreographer Marcello Carini was shot in the ghost town of Poggioreale in Sicily, Italy, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A chiaroscuro reveals creatures discovering their environment with instinctive gestures. Warned by metallic echoes, they gather into a pack through a cadenced choreography, revealing a uniquely human vulnerability.

Countless ordinary life experiences are buried deep in dust by the ceaseless, forward current of time.

Falling Free is a film about space, freedom and movement. About the beauty of being in water and being water.

Still Life - 'Interitus' / 'Tabeo' / 'Vanitas'

Still Life is a triptych of three films inspired by the stage version. The films are the result of a 12-month COVID-enforced collaboration between Australasian Dance Collective and Kiosk Film.

NASATYA - The Twin Dancers

According to the legend, Nasatyas are twin gods. They appear just before dawn, symbolizing the rising sun and opening a path to Usas, the goddess of dawn, announcing the beginning of a new day.

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Watch this program in person at NWFF, Nov. 20 at 4pm.

Festival Passes grant access to BOTH virtual AND in-person film programs; Individual Tickets are for EITHER only virtual, OR only in-person.

⚠️ Note to in-person attendees: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.

Countless ordinary life experiences are buried deep in the dust.

In an old factory frozen in time, I try to show how common folk constantly exist in an ever-moving forward torrent of time, through the collision and contrast between the youth of young dancers and the antiquity of the machinery and environment they dance in, while also using the shoe that appears in the beginning and at the end to represent the memories of people who couldn’t keep up with changing times.

Year
2022
Runtime
5 minutes
Country
China

Director
Ruo Wen Tian