Traveling screen dance
By Atención staff March 14, 2008 San Miguel de Allende
Video Dance Festival
VideodanzaBA
Show I, Thu, Mar 20, 8pm
El Sindicato, Recreo 4
Show II, Fri, Mar 21, 8pm
Kunsthaus Santa Fé, Santa Fé 24, Col. Allende
Show III, Sat, Mar 22, 8pm
El Alacrán, Aparicio 10
Free, must be 18
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Dance for a camera or VideodanzaBA is a hybrid combining two languages: audiovisual and dance. The festival, presented for the first time in San Miguel, aims at audiences interested in dance, theater, music, multimedia art, film/video and digital arts. |
Three shows a little over an hour long will screen 30 videos from the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Israel, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, France, Austria and Mexico. The shows are free and you must be at least 18 years old.
The final mix of dance and video is a new synthesis—frames and special effects generated in post-production give a different point of view, a visual effect that could not be seen in a live event. The genre could be classified as a variety of video and/or experimental video.
The material is compiled from an international selection of shorts screened at the VideodanzaBA 2007 Festival. The festival was born in Buenos Aires in 1995 to create encounters between producers, creators and the public. The founder and director of VideodanzaBA belongs to the group of pioneering artists of the genre in Argentina who, 12 years later, has become an important community of Argentine and Latin American filmmakers.
The first mobile festival in Mexico began in 2008 with displays in Xalapa, Cholula, Mexico City and San Miguel. Ximena Monroy, VideodanzaBA staff, wanted to present the event in Mexico and coordinated with San Miguel resident Marianna Garces, who directs Santa Milagreras Productions.
Show I, Mar 20, 8pm, El Sindicato, Recreo 4, 65 minutes
Trace (Katy Pendlebury/8 min./United Kingdom/2006)
Pieza para rostro y espalda (Alejandra Ceriani/5 min./Argentina/2007)
Lapsus (Javier Estévez/6 min./Chile/2006)
Variacions en una recta (Miquel Ángel Raió/11 min./Spain/2007)
Ensayo nº2 (Osvaldo Ponce/1 min./Argentina/2007)
Self placed (Wendy Erickson/15 min./United Kingdom/2007)
Aroma (Allen Kaeja-Douglas Rosenberg-Li Chiao Ping-Karen Kaeja/5 min./Canada/2006)
Cuando bailo bailo, cuando duermo duermo (Carola Sánchez-Elizabeth Rodríguez/8 min./Chile/2007)
Fora de campo (Valeria Valenzuela-Claudia Miller/6 min./Brazil/2007)
Show II, Mar 21, 8pm, Kunsthaus Santa Fé, Santa Fé 24, 72 minutes
O que é um beijo se eu posso ter o teu olhar (Antonio Stickel/3 min./Brazil/2006)
Trace (Christinn Whyte/1 min./United Kingdom/2005)
splice (Christinn Whyte/1 min./United Kingdom/2006)
Give me a break (Noa Shadur/12 min./Israel/2007)
Barwork (Rosetta Cook/2 min./Australia/2006)
Uó (Barbara Lubich/4 min./Germany/2007)
Jornada ao umbigo do mundo (A.Cassal-A.Ripoll/6 min./Brazil/2007)
Dame Vidrio (Silvina Cortés/19 min./Argentina/2006)
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Fragmentation (Suzon Fuks/5 min./Australia/2007)
aprop (Aitor Echeverría/6 min./Spain/2007)
Show III, Mar 22, 8pm, El Alacrán, Aparicio 10, 75 minutes
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Marahope 14/07 (Alexandre Veras-Paulo Caldas/15 min./Brazil/2007) |
El 45 (Alberto Abrego-María Sol Gorosterrazú/4 min./Argentina/2007)
Light Body Corpuscles (Antonin De Bemels/6 min./Belgium/2005)
Round en la Sombra (Alfredo Salomón/12 min./México/2007)
Viril (Damien Manivel/9 min./France/2007)
touching spaces (Lisa Truttmann/7 min./Austria/2004)
Anestesia (Sebastían Parada-Paulo Fernández/8 min./Chile/2007)
Olivia (Marina Quesada-Diana Wesser/4 min./Argentina/2007)
Speedmaster (Roberto Bonomo-Susana Szperling-Augusto Cuvilas/10 min./Argentina/2007)
Cinemateca, March 17–23, 2008
José Luis Pick’n’tip
The Picks
First Francophone week continues until Friday, March 21.
Teatro Santa Ana, in coordination with other venues March 12–21 in San Miguel, will celebrate the Francophone Film Festival. Movies from all over the French-speaking world will be shown. French food and music at the Café Santa Ana and Jacques Desgagnes, Le Magicien de L’Energie, will show his paintings at the Biblioteca’s gallery during the month of March. So this week get your French wine, cheese and baguette and join us for this celebration.
By popular demand: The Soong Sisters
Not to be missed—a historical and biographical epic of Chinese history, with three unforgettable performances.
The Tip: In order to provide the best viewing experience, the show times for some movies may be adjusted to accommodate their length. Be sure to check the schedule carefully. I also want to remind you of our new ticket price: 50 pesos and discount cards buy 12 shows for 450 pesos. Starting Monday, after 11am, buy your tickets in advance for any movie or show of the week. If you have a discount card, collect your pass to secure a seat; don’t take the risk of being locked out…Nos vemos en el Cine…Would you like to receive this info by email? Write to Jose Luis at
alephamour@hotmail.com. Thank you.
The Movies
Francophone Film Festival
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
Monday, March 17 at noon
French with English subtitles, 104 minutes.
Director: Louis Malle. Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette, Francois Negret.
As World War II rages on, two students at a boarding school, the French-Catholic Julien Quintin (Gaspard Manesse) and the Jewish Jean Bonnet (Raphael Fejto), form an unlikely friendship in director Louis Malle’s powerfully moving drama based on events from his own life. Although the boys begin as adversaries, they soon find common ground, especially when it becomes clear that Jean is merely trying to survive the tyranny of the Nazis.
Le Grand Voyage (2004)
Tuesday, March 18 at noon
French with English subtitles, 108 minutes.
Director: Ismael Ferroukhi. Cast: Nicolas Cazale, Jacky Nercessian, Malika Mesrar, El Hadaoui.
Driving his traditional Muslim father (Mohamed Majd) across Europe en route to Mecca, thoroughly modern college student Reda (Nicolas Cazale) finds little to say to the old man. But along the way, as the gap between father and son begins to narrow, the two discover that ultimately it’s the journey—not the destination—that matters. For his fresh take on the road trip formula, director Ismael Ferroukhi earned a BAFTA nomination.
Le Bonheur est dans le pré (1995)
Wednesday, March 19 at noon
French with English subtitles, 106 minutes.
Director: Étienne Chatiliez. Cast: Michel Serrault, Francis Bergeade, Eddy Mitchell, François Morel, Carmen Maura.
Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend Gerard. Then a TV show called Where are you? shows a woman from Gers who is searching for her husband who disappeared 28 years ago. The lost husband looks like an identical twin of Francis.
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Wednesday, March 19 at 5:30 pm
French with English subtitles, 103 minutes.
Director: Claude Sautet. Cast: Michel Serrault, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean-Hugues Anglade.
When the aging Monsieur Arnaud (Michel Serrault), a retired judge, offers to help Nelly (Emmanuelle Beart), a beautiful young divorcée, pay her debts by hiring her to work as his secretary and type his memoirs, he stifles an obvious attraction for her that erupts when she courts his young publisher (Jean-Hugues Anglade). Claude Sautet (Un Coeur en Hiver) directs this award-winning French-language story of love, loss and unspoken feelings.
L’Atalante (1934)
Thursday, March 20 at noon
French with English subtitles, 87 minutes.
Director: Jean Vigo. Cast: Dita Parlo, Jean Daste, Michel Simon, Louis Lefebvre, Gilles Margaritis.
Jean Vigo directs this romantic, slyly humorous masterpiece. Naive village girl Juliette (Dita Parlo) wants to see the world, so she marries Jean (Jean Daste), the captain of the river barge L’Atalante. But their marriage is plagued by conflict early on, especially with the appearance of a handsome traveling entertainer (Gilles Margaritis), who entices Juliette with stories of Paris. Will Juliette choose the Paris lights over her life with Jean?
Une Liaison Pornographique (1999)
Thursday, March 20 at 5:30pm
French with English subtitles, 78 minutes.
Director: Frederic Fonteyne. Cast: Nathalie Baye, Sergi López, Jacques Viala, Paul Pavel.
A nameless woman places an ad searching for “a pornographic affair.” A nameless man answers. They correspond, meet and begin an affair as mysterious as their hidden desires. After the liaison ends, the two confess their feelings to an interviewer. Director Frédéric Fonteyne’s touching drama offers a fascinating look at how sex without love can still evoke powerful emotions and alter lives.
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928)
Thursday, March 20 at 7:30pm
French with English subtitles, 82 minutes.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer. Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Andre Berley, Maurice Schutz, Jean Ayme.
Widely considered director Carl Theodor Dreyer’s finest achievement and one of the greatest movies of all time, this stunning emotional drama recounts the events surrounding Joan of Arc’s 1431 heresy trial, burning at the stake and subsequent martyrdom. Maria Falconetti turns in a haunting performance as the young French saint. The film’s original version, thought to have been lost to fire, was miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981.
Nathalie (2003)
Wednesday, March 19 at 7:30pm
French with English subtitles, 100 minutes.
Director: Anne Fontaine. Cast: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Gérard Depardieu, Judith Magre.
Anne Fontaine’s erotic drama explores the ramifications of betrayal in a marriage. When Catherine (Fanny Ardant) discovers her husband (Gerard Depardieu) is having an affair she hires a stripper to seduce him and report back to her about his sexual escapades. After a time the two women form an unlikely friendship that changes the three of them forever.
The Soong Sisters (Song Jia Huang Chao) (1997)
Friday, March 21 at 7pm
Foreign drama, Mandarin with English subtitles, 135 minutes.
Director: Mabel Cheung. Cast: Maggie Cheung , Vivian Wu, Michelle Yeoh, Winston Chao, Elaine Jin.
Maggie Cheung, Vivian Wu and Michelle Yeoh portray three sisters in the Soong family, an influential and fascinating political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. After being educated in America, the women marry some of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Chinese history, including Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China, and Chiang Kai-shek, the nation’s leader during World War II.
Kids Movies: Cartoons
Sunday Matinee Concerts
continue every Sunday at 2:30pm at the Teatro Santa Ana, tickets 50 pesos
Tenor Xavier Hernández and pianists Liliana Gutiérrez and Enrique Prado perform in the Sunday Matinee Concerts starting March 16 and continuing for four weeks. This series of concerts for tenor voice and piano has two distinct programs: “Love Songs” (March 16 and 30) and “Latin Soul” (March 23 and April 6).
Musical Saturdays
No opera today due to Holy Week holiday.