The
7th edition of St. Petersburg International
Dance Film Festival "KINODANCE" will
take place in
St. Petersburg (Russia) – November
25 - December 2, 2011
The
KINODANCE Festival's organizers are Dance House "Kannon
Dance", Pro Arte Foundation, and
Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art ERARTA.
The
festival is made possible with support from
St. Petersburg Committee of Culture,
Goethe German Cultural Center in St. Peterburg,
French Institute in St. Petersburg.
"The
best way to describe the film selection of the KINODANCE 2011
is moving andeccentric. It
is eccentric because of its diversity. The programs include
baroque dance with Béatrice Massin; dance films from
Finland including the classic avant-garde gem from the 1960s
"KOTKA"/The Eagle (curated by Hanna Pajala-Assefa,
the Artistic Director of the Loikka Dance Film Festival in Helsinki);
an observational portrait of life behind the scenes of the Paris
Opera with Frederick Wiseman - one of the living legendary documentary
filmmakers today; a collaboration between Russian modern dancers
Alissa Panchenko and Valentin Tszin with an extravagant duo
– French director Pat Marcel and Swiss artist and filmmaker
TK Kim; and finally, two international dance film premieres
by Dutch dance filmmaker Clara van Gool and by the Swedish choreographer
Pontus Lidberg. This year's program is moving because it creates
a space for us to remember and pay tribute to choreographers
who are not with us anymore: Pina Bausch, Jerome Robbins, and
Nikolai Ogryzkov. The festival celebrates their legacy and their
spirit. Each program is unique and hopefully, each will be inspiring
to you in a different way. I would like to thank the great team
that has worked on making the festival happen this year. I am
truly grateful for all their dedication. And finally, I shall
share that due to the birth of my son Sasha, I will not be able
to be with you this year in person, but I will be there in spirit!
Cheers!" – Alla
Kovgan, festival curator and international director
of KINODANCE festival
" KINODANCE festival was born out of our strong belief
in to the power of the art of choreography and contemporary
dance which now feature prominently among the contemporary art
forms of our city - St. Petersburg. When the dance film program
was first included into the framework of the OPEN LOOK contemporary
dance festival, it was considered to be just an additional opportunity
to introduce the world of contemporary dance to the audience.
Although, gradually KINODANCE gained the position of a self-sufficient,
versatile and experimental happening. We have done our best
to show not only the films known as masterpieces in the world
of cinema, but also controversial works – on the border
of art-house and experimental films. And it seems to us, that
without this combination KINODANCE would have not been as vital
and up-to-date. It raises questions, makes the audience ponder
and look for solutions…
KINODANCE
festival has an enormous potential, but we would have not had
a chance to realize it without the support of the government,
cultural organizations and our partners! On behalf of the KINODANCE's
Organizing Committee, I would like to say thank you to everyone
who shares our passion for art, choreography and cinema. I would
like to particularly thank the Committee for Culture of St.
Petersburg who has been supporting the festival for many years.
For the 6th year, we are partnering with Pro Arte Foundation
who has been our devoted supporter in bringing KINODANCE programs
to our spectators. We would like to express our special gratitude
to the Goethe Cultural Centre in St. Petersburg, the French
Institute in St. Petersburg, Contemporary Art Museum and Galleries
ERARTA, company “Tour de Film" for the long-term
assistance in organizing this festival. It is also my pleasure
to express special appreciation to my visionary partner, curator
and International Director of the festival Alla Kovgan as well
as to my colleagues and assistants for their dedication and
invaluable contribution in organizing the 7th edition of the
KINODANCE festival."
- Vadim Kasparov,
Director of Dance House “Kannon Dance”
"Pro
Arte Foundation has been KINODANCE partner for nearly 10 years.
We have provided our facilities to hold workshops and video
installations, professional competitions, discussions and film
screenings. This is one of our favorite projects as it unites
artists from different disciplines: choreographers, dancers,
directors and video artists. KINODANCE's motto - MOVEMENT +
IMAGE – lets the festival introduce various trends of
contemporary art and expands audience's horizons far beyond
an ordinary presentation of dance films. As far as I am concenred,
KINODANCE proves that in the XXI century, the most exciting
happenings are at crossroads of different art forms. Good luck
to all the participants of the festival!" - Elena
Kolovskaya, Director, Pro Art Foundation
The
festival partners
are Dance
Films Association (USA), Digital Arts Foundation (USA),
Loikka Dance Film Festival (Finland), and PBS American Masters
(USA).
Please
visit
our archive for
the information about the past editions of the festival. Visit
our Russian dance films
selection to arrange screenings and
exhibitions, contact Alla Kovgan at
akovgan@kinodance.com
