Cinedans Dancefilm Festival

Interview at Cinedans 2008 with Maite Bermudez, director of Imagined Hell. A documentary based on the piece 'Hell' by Emio Greco | PC.

"William Forsythe installations" Meeting with Philip Bussmann

"VSPRS " A meeting with Alain Platel and Sophie Fiennes

"Lettres sur le pont" A meeting with Akram Khan and Gilles Delmas

"Dance for All" A meeting with Viviane Blumenschein and Elena Bromund

"Garden of Earthly Delight" A meeting with Brigitte Kramer and Sasha Waltz

A meeting with director and choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Podcast length: 7:38 Size: 90.4 MB

A meeting with Libertad Pozo Rodriguez, director of the short film "Con la cabeza en los pies" (Head on the feet). Con la cabeza en los pies (2005): It all starts when a man takes the train at Amsterdam Central Station. A dialogue of words and thoughts are expressed in a variety of surreal situations. What happens when our consciousness is not able to explain our unconsciousness? Podast length: 3:00 Size 26.5 MB

An interview with Ans Kanen and Janine Brall, directors of the short film "Mary Go Round". Mary Go Round (2006): A paranoid personage is captive in time and is flung to and fro between past, present and future. Through inner and outer impulses she experiences reality as a game which she can barely influence. Podcast length: 2:20 Size: 19.5 MB

An interview with Klara Elenius, director of "Insyn" (Insight). Insyn (2007): Insyn is a dance film inspired by the Scandinavian mentality. The atmosphere is a little bit tense among the three characters in the film, as we meet them in a dark and quiet house somewhere in suburbia, looking for confrontations Podcast length: 3:53 Size: 31.4 MB

An interview with Yan Yao, director of "Timensional". Timensional (2007): A woman moves literally in time. Digital time codes move rapidly and light up her body for just a moment. Although time touches her, it remains intangible. Podcast length: 1:53 Size: 16.4 MB

An interview with Gido Leytens, director of "PORK". PORK (2006): A short film adaptation of the stage production Pork-in-Loop by Dutch dance theatre company T.r.a.s.h. PORK offers a disturbing keyhole view on ambiguous, explosive characters, struck by a loss of memory, meaning and the ability to react. Podcast length: 1:52 Size: 16.2 MB

An interview with Rodrigo Pardo, director of "Una Toma". Una Toma (2006): A one-take film and unedited. That is Una Toma. Daily life and fiction are moving in front of a never stopping camera. Length: 3 min 09 Size: 28 MB

Interview with the directors of "As You Are", Weijke Koopmans and Ronald de Boer. As You Are (2007): In an environment where nature meets concrete two worlds converge. A man and a young girl dance in their own movement language. Their innocence and wisdom merge together in pure simplicity and beauty. Length: 5 min 34 Size: 48.4 MB

Interview with Bertha Bermudez Pascual, one of the festival's jury members. Bertha Bermudez Pascual was a member of the Frankfurt Ballet and Compañia Nacional de Danza in Madrid. She performed in productions of William Forsythe, Jirí Kylián, Mats Ek and Hans van Manen. She joined Emio Greco | PC in 1998 and performed in many pieces. In 2005 she stopped performing and started working for Emio Greco | PC transmitting their work and doing research on dance notation. Length: 4 min 32 Size: 38 MB

An interview with director Alain Platel about his documentary "Les Ballet de ci de la". Les Ballet de ci de la (2006): This documentary is shot to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the company Les Ballets C. de la B. Alain Platel is filming his dancers and goes back to their roots. This results in moving images when one thinks of family reunions in Burkina Faso and Vietnam. Platel is known for his unconventional approach and makes the audience a privileged witness of a new work in progress. Length: 6 min 11 Size: 53 MB

An interview with director Hans Beenhakker about his new film Shake Off. Shake Off (2007): A dancer immerses himself in another world without being able or wanting to stop. Hans Beenhakker used a motion control camera to make a film in one cut. Playing with time and space the smooth camerawork brings the audience from outside