Imagined Hell by Maite Bermudez

MAGINED HELL | 2008| 49 minauthor-film director Maite Bermudez choreography Emio Greco | PC Synopsis A film documentary based on two creative process; the acclaimed dance performance HELL created by dance company Emio Greco | PC in 2006 (Amsterdam, Holland) and the personal interpretation and inspiration through cinematography by film director and scriptwriter Maite Bermudez (Maracaibo, Venezuela). Inspiration, understanding, crashing and discovering what it is inside of a dance creative process. Imagining Hell, a tango of thoughts, dreams, images, sounds and fantasies reflecting and communicating possible representations of Hell. Filmography and Biography of the directorMaite Bermúdez, script writer and film director since 2003, holds an MA in Audiovisual Communication from the Navarra University, a specialization in Script Writing for Cinema and Television from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a title in History of Cinema specialized in documentary from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Presently she works as a script writer/analyst and as director of film documentaries and short movies. DOUBLE SKIN/DOUBLE MIND (2006- 56 min)LOS ESCRITORES DE LA CALLE (1997- 20 min) I LEFT LIVE PAST ME BY (1993- ?) TRAIN (1993- 5 min)Biography of the choreographerEmio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten have collaborated in their joint search for new dance forms since 1995 in Amsteradm Holland. They found a strong common interest in the possibility of a dance seen as the expression of a visionary body, with the theatrical space as the external influence on that body. In their performances, dance is regarded as autonomous, and capable of creating its own time and space. Their performances are internationally toured since 1995 and have received many different awards for their ouvre.Festival selections CINEDANS Amsterdam, NL 2008FILMSTOCK Luton, UK 20082008|49 min |HD and DVCAM |stereoCREDITSDirection and Script Maite Bermúdez | Executive Producer Bertha Bermúdez| Associated Producer Maite Pascual | Cinematography Javier Allegue | Editing Virginia García del Pino | Sound Editor Michal Zasowski | B&W Dancers Photographs Laurent ZieglerHELL (Performance)Choreography - Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten , Lighting, Set and Sound Concept - Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten, Assistant to the choreographers - Bertha Bermudez Pascual, Lighting Design - Henk Danner, Costume Design - Clifford Portier, Dancers - Sawami Fukuoka, Vincent Colomes, Suzan Tunca, Nicola Monaco, Marie Sinnaeve, Ty Boomershine, Marta Lopez and Emio GrecoProduction: Emio Greco | PCCo-production: Théâtre de la Ville (Paris, F); Festival Montpellier Danse 2006 (Montpellier, F); Maison de la Culture Amiens (Amiens, F); barbicanbite07 (London, GB); Cankarjev Dom (Ljubliana, SLO), Julidans 2006 (Amsterdam, NL)With special thanks to: Maison de la Culture d’Amiens for hosting the creation residency; Multi Arts Projects and Production, New York; ATER, Modena.Premiere - 28-06-2006 Festival Montpellier Dance 2006. Emio Greco | PC receives funding from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. HELL is made possible by the Doris Duke Fund for Dance of the National Dance Project, a programme administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.SPECIAL THANKSMaite Pascual, Xalba Martikorena, Patricia Campo, Igor Mendizabal, Marian Fernandez Pascal, Lola Salvador, Javier Gallego© LAS NEGRAS © 2008 , Ámsterdam-Spain

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