Cinedans Films

Cinedans Films

Passion: Meriç Sümen
2011, 44’
Director: Mehmet Şafak Türkel

A documentary on the life of Meriç Sümen, the first Turkish female ballet dancer to perform at the Bolshoi.

A Breath with Pina Bausch
2004, 60’
Director: Hüseyin Karabey

This almost wordless documentary by Karabey was inspired by the city of Istanbul. While dancers improvise, Bausch writes in her notebook and smokes. A journey full of poetic images on modern dance and choreography.

Coup de Grace, One False Move, Spiegelingen

2011, 60’
Directors: Clara Van Gool, Marinus Groothof

Coup De Grace, nicely capturing the dance, the film follows two men in a remote building fighting a weaponless duel. One False Move, playfully explores our contemporary globalized society, which is putting pressure on the notion of ‘identity’. In Spiegelingen a man flees from the clamour of a nameless, hectic street. He sneaks into what appears to be an empty building, a deserted space where he is increasingly confronted with himself.

The Co(te)lette Film
2010, 60’
Director: Ann van den Broek & Mike Figgis

The Co(te)lette Film is Mike Figgis’ film version of the dance performance Co(te)lette, by WArd/waRD – Ann van den Broek (BE/NL). In Co(te)lette three women dance in an intimate ambiance, squeezed between desire and satisfaction, without confrontation, rivalry, story, solution or end.'

Valse Wals
2005, 62’
Director: Mark de Cloe

We first watch a couple as they begin to waltz in a crowded bar. Years later we see the same couple grown old sitting on a couch in front of the television and thus get to peak in on their love life.

Cinedans Shorts 2011& Cinedans Shorts 2012
A couple of selections of short films that bring dance and camera together.