Posted by Lila Moore on November 22, 2012 at 4:42pm
Artfilms launches a new teaching resource: a PhD thesis, an essay and a dance film on the subject of Dance on Screen. Lila Moore claims the autonomy of dance on screen as a hybrid art form, a form which like other creative forms, such as painting, sculpture or even dance, has its own particular aesthetic qualities and limits. The thesis demonstrates that dance on screen, originating from the contexts of modern and postmodern art and culture, constitutes a unique art form and phenomenon reflecting current concerns with the notions of hybridity and performance.The 2 DVD set consists of the PhD thesis of Lila Moore including a link to her YouTube channel listing films and artists mentioned and discussed in the thesis.Bonus essay: Ritual in Transfigured Time - A Film by Maya Deren about Deren's standpoint as a female avant-garde film-maker, and her approach to the portrayal of feminine experience in Ritual in Transfigured Time.On the second disc: Gaia – Mysterious Rhythms, a 20 minutes dance on film.
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