Dance on the Spot

Documentary by Werner Boote, script by Andrea Amort, Austria 2004.
(In English, 60 min.)

„Werner Boote, Andrea Amort and their colleagues have distilled the off-dance of the 21st Century's first years into a remarkable film. It does not try to duplicate experiencing a live performance but does more. As the camera moves with agility from stage to studio to office, from choreographers thinking their dances out loud to presenters pondering the artform and its public, what emerges is rich, diverse and provocative. This footage captures the elusive atmo-sphere of the current scene as well as its actual materials – the bodies, the spaces. We hear about infrastructure problems and conceptual quandries. Filmed in Austria, this imaginative documentary is representative of off-dance just about everywhere.” George Jackson

Screening followed by round table discussion on the state of dance with Andrea Amort (dance critic and historian), Bernd R. Bienert (choreographer), Nejla Yatkin (dancer, choreographer), Dana Tai Soon Burgess (choreographer) and Rita Felciano (dance critic and historian), moderated by George Jackson (dance critic and historian).

November 2 | 7:30 pm | Embassy of Austria
Admission free. RSVP required: 202-895-6776 or via e-mail.