Jumping Frames Dance Video Festival: Beijing

Jumping Frames Dance Video Festival: Beijing is comprised of four parts: the Opening and Closing Masterpiece Films, featuring Coffee With Pina by Israeli director Lee Yanor, revealing scenes behind the rehearsal room of tanztheater guru Pina Bausch, and an earlier film by French director, Chantal Akerman, entitled One Day Pina Asked Me, a journey with Pina Bausch through a European performance tour. The Competition Section showcases works selected from over 100 entries from all over the world. The Hong Kong Dance Video Showcase will screen Jumping Frames’ commissioned works and the China Dance Video Showcase presenting the most interesting dance videos created by the driving force of the field in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Date: 29.3.-4.4.2009
Venue: Ullens Center For Contemporary Art
French Cultural Center
Presenters: BeijingDance/ LDTX, CCDC, Emergency Lab
Supported by: Goethe Institute, French Embassy,  Israeli Embassy
Partners: UCCA, Croisments, French Cultural Center

Screenings Schedule

29.3 (Sun)17:00 Opening Film
Coffee With Pina by Israeli Director Lee Yanor
Plus post-screening discussion with director
31.3 (Tue) 18:30 Hong Kong Dance Video Showcase
Selections of Hong Kong based dance videos and commissioned works
1.4 (Wed)18:30 Award-winning Dance Video Showcase Program A
2.4 (Thur)18:30 Award-winning Dance Video Showcase Program B
3.4 (Fri)18:30 Award-winning Dance Video Showcase Program C
4.4 (Sat) 15:00 China Dance Video Showcase
Selection of dance videos by Chinese directors
Plus post-screening discussion with directors
4.4 (Sat) 17:00 Closing Film
One Day Pina Asked Me by French/Belgian Director Chantal Ackerman


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Jumping Frames : Beijing
Jumping Frames Dance Video Festival: Beijing brings to China the first time a wide range of works by local and international dance video directors and choreographers. The festival will take place from March 29 to April 4 2009

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Competition Showcase
Jumping Frames Dance Video Competitions received hundreds of dance video works each year from innovative directors and choreographers worldwide. Selective works are showcased in our festival as well as different channels throughout the years.

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JF Commission Showcase
Since 2004, selective Hong Kong Choreographers and Dance Video makers were commissioned every festival year to produce a new dance video as part of the organisers' efforts to create a platform for dance video in Hong Kong and in Asia.

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