The Dance (Lens) series highlights outstanding Dance Films from Australia and internationally with artist Q&As.

Like dance, film is conveyed in time. A time which can be manipulated, accelerated, stopped and rewound at will. On-screen narratives are produced by the rhythmic combination of takes, jump-cuts, wipes, fade-ins and fade-outs — where the camera itself becomes a choreographic tool that extends beyond the physical boundaries of the body and the stage.

Dance (Lens) explores the embodiment and disembodiment of dance, speculative stages, screening history and the communal dance of watching from the other side of the screen.

Films

Botchan Retreat, Running Man Australia
(Q&A with Yumi Umiumare & Nathan Smith)

6/6, Orsola Valenti
(Q&A with Orsola Valenti & Audrey Schmidt)

Poetics of Home, Gretel Taylor
(Q&A with Gretel Taylor & Dianne Reid)

Resonance (1991), Stephen Cummins (presented as a part of Game Changers, curated by Tracie Mitchell)
(Q&A with Tracie Mitchell & Mathew Bergan)

SHIFT, Claire Marshall (presented as a part of Melbourne Fringe Festival)
(Q&A with Claire Marshall & Sandra Parker)

Alien Intimacy, James Batchelor and Zander Porter (presented as a part of Melbourne Fringe Festival)
(Q&A with James Batchelor, Zander Porter & Djibril Sall)

I Dream Augustine, Cordelia Beresford (presented as a part of Game Changers, curated by Tracie Mitchell)
(Q&A with Tracie Mitchell & Narelle Benjamin)

Necessary Games, Sophie Hyde (presented as a part of Game Changers, curated by Tracie Mitchell)
(Q&A with Tracie Mitchell & Sophie Hyde)

These films are no longer available On Demand. Watch the artist Q&As below.

Artist Q&As