Two Dance Films Absence Presence / Dream On Me
Wednesday February 3, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
Price: $15.00
Member Price: $13.50
The premiere of two dance films by John Bush, featuring the choreography of Nadine Helstroffer. Screening will include a discussion and Q&A with Bush, Helstroffer, and Buddhist psychotherapist Michael Vincent Miller, PhD.
ABSENCE PRESENCE
A commissioned dance performance by Nadine Helstroffer on the gallery floor of the exhibition Eternal Presence: Handprints and Footprints in Buddhist Art at the Rubin Museum of Art. The film unfolds within the synergy of dance and the richness of Tibetan painting. The dancer becomes a moving vessel where presence and absence manifest.
DREAM ON ME
Four dancers linger by the seashore in a casino half in ruins and soon fall asleep. Who is dreaming whom? Following the dream's journey, freed of the bonds of time and space, they meet within colorful allegories of loss, impermanence, and redemption. Shot entirely outdoors in New York City and environs.
John Bush is a New York filmmaker whose Yatra Trilogy films debuted at RMA in 2004/05. His documentary VAJRA SKY OVER TIBET, is now being broadcast on PBS and abroad. His films have screened at scores of major festivals, theaters and museums including The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore, and The Art Institute of Chicago.
"John Bush sets a benchmark for integrity and compassion in filmmaking."- National Gallery of Australia
Nadine Helstroffer is a New York-based choreographer, dancer and film producer. Two dance films PORTAL and ZEPHYR were produced in 2008 in collaboration with John Bush. They have been official selections at 32 festivals in 14 countries. "Nadine Helstroffer, from France, a performer and choreographer of fierce concentration and focus." - Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
