Albany Grove Film Project Screendance Workshop - 22 Nov to 10 Dec 2012

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Albany Grove is a site-specific dance film documentary project produced by Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre in collaboration with Durban University of Technology.

Albany Grove Film Project Screendance Workshop - 22 Nov to 10 Dec 2012

Conceptualised and Facilitated by Dominique Jossie and Jeannette Ginslov

Albany Grove is a busy street in Central Durban. Home to Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre, where you will find the playhouse theatre, a hotel, a hairdresser, a church, a pub, a dance studio, a restaurant and a gentleman’s massage parlor. This little street receives a daily flux of residences, workers and visitors from various cultures and classes in the city of Durban.

The aim of the project is to give the audience a glimpse of the lives of the people from Albany Grove through the medium of dance on film.
5 choreographers and 5 film directors will join forces to tell these stories in the form of 5 short dance films of 5 to 8 minutes each.

After a four day intensive workshop, the students formed teams and were tasked to interview residences found in Albany Grove. Each team created a short dance film inspired by the interview subject.

A project like Albany grove encourages young choreographers and filmmakers to develop and explore real life stories in their communities through dance on film. The collaboration between filmmaker and choreographer provides and exchange of skills amongst young artists in the creation of new cutting edge work. The idea is to create films with high production value whilst using basic production resources.

The project was sponsored by the National Arts Council with production support from the Durban University of Technology.

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