And, ACTION!

Dancehouse’s biennial festival of dance on screen with over 30 screendance works from international and national artists curated by André Shannon, Melissa Ramos and Siobhan Murphy.

Dance (Lens) ran On Demand from 29 July to 29 August 2021 during COVID lockdowns in Melbourne.

The Festival also hosted a repeated in-person screening live at Dancehouse over one weekend 19—21 November.

A Dance (Lens) Festival Pass grants access to films on demand through Vimeo.

DANCE (LENS) FESTIVAL SCREENING SCHEDULE

Friday 19 November

6:30pm — Official Selection Program #1

Mimeisthai (2021), Phoebe Robinson [World Premiere]
(like a) Less Dense Brick (2019), Piaera Lauritz [Australian Premiere]
2 of 2 (2021), Kirsty Lee
you and i are stood (2019), Mischa Baka [World Premiere]
Play As You Go (2020), Alec Katsourakis
Fathom (2021), Dave Meagher

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8pm — Being Seen: Screendance Portraits curated by Siobhan Murphy

52 Portraits (2016),  Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargion and Hugo Glendinning
Mothers and Daughters (1994), Victoria Marks and Margaret Williams
Veterans (2008), Victoria Marks and Margaret Williams
Alice with black mattress, Riddells Creek, May 2019 (2021), Siobhan Murphy
Kenta Kojiri (2018), Sue Healey
Ema Yuasa (2018), Sue Healey
Nobuyoshi Asai (2018), Sue Healey

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Saturday 20 November

6:30pm — Official Selection Program #2

SOURSWEET (2021), RDYSTDY & Victoria Chiu
Your Time (2017), Phebe Schmidt
Void (2020), Claire Marshall
Countervail (2017), Lux Eterna & Kathryn Puie [Australian Premiere]
Yinarr (2020), Amelia Jean O’Leary
Stuttgart Corner, Thalia Livingstone [Australian Premiere]
Strategic Choreographies (2021), Leo Tsao

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8pm — The House These Films Built curated by André Shannon

Subjects (2018), FlucT
Scum Ballet is Lost (2017), Scum Ballet
Real Real #4, Flora 4 Flora (2019), Enoch Milangi, Amrita Hepi & Future Method Studio
I Want to Make a Film about Women (2019), Dr. Karen Pearlman

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Sunday 21 November

2:30pm — Official Selection Program #3

Walk With Me (The Series) (2021), Threading Frames [Australian Premiere]
Artifacts from grey skies (2020), Cobie Orger & Lost Few
The Invisibles (2021), WeiZen Ho
A Line Dance (2020), Alison Currie
Caca-Capitalismo (2020), Jonathan Homsey & Monica Guitti

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4pm — Formscapes curated by Melissa Ramos

Mass (2019), Fu Le
Cycle RE (2016), Ana Marija Marinov
pretty UGLY (2021), Red-Cor (Corina Andrian)
Outside In (2011), Tove Skeidsvoll and Petrus Sjovik

FOCUS — Formscapes (2021), Melissa Ramos

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