Dance Film Festival 2009

A celebration of dance in short subjects.

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Swimming Pretty Swimming Pretty
Swimming Pretty and Tuesday
Blind Passion – Raw Cut (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Aurora Fearnley)
Naked dancers perform a tango-inflected routine.
Bohemios (Country: UK, Argentina; Year: 2000; Director: Clea Wallis; Stars: Musa Galante and Virginia , Clea Wallis and Paul Rous)
Youth, age and exhaustion examined through tango.
Ceolchuairt: Nua Eabhrac (Hoofin' Irish Style) (Country: Ireland; Year: 2007; Director: Paddy Hayes)
Exploring the connection between traditional Irish dancing and New York-style tap.
Helioscope (Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Jacob Niedzwiecki; Stars: Jenna Savella)
Join a dancer on her journey.
Pictures On Wax (Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Cagoule Productions; Stars: Dancers from the Wester Hailes Education Centre, Edinburgh)
Music video showcasing dance.
Bohemios Bohemios
Bohemios and Ceolchuairt: Nua Eabhrac (Hoofin' Irish Style)
Swimming Pretty (Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Wendy Erickson; Writer: Wendy Erickson; Stars: Dolores Poretta-Brown, Gateshead Synchronised Swimming Club, Chemaine Cooke, Mona McCarthy, Viki Guy)
Synchronised swimming Busby Berkeley style.
Tuesday (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Simon Ellis and Tim Halliday; Stars: Simon Ellis)
A man dances for video cameras.
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