(in/off) FRAME

EVENT DESCRIPTION

How does the image of the body transform from stage to screen? Christian Rizzo, director of the International Choreographic Institute in Montepellier, moves towards answering this question in a two-week workshop with local dancers. Using two cameras and a screen, they will create a simultaneous double-fiction of dance onscreen and onstage.

The idea is to approach a live filmed dance piece while revealing the choreographic stakes of the actions to be filmed. How do you conceptualise the frame when what’s happening offscreen is still visible to the spectator? Which gestures are saved for the camera, and which gestures are directed at the live audience?

Three complementary frames of vision are considered in constructing the dance: the overall studio space, the wide onscreen view, and the close-up. The challenge is to use the image-capture devices to create movement-generating rules, while paying close attention to the dance’s appearance in the three performance frames.

In May 2024, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts are organising a two–week workshop for Master of Fine Arts students led by choreographer Christian Rizzo. The workshop will culminate in an open studio presentation in collaboration with French May Arts Festival 2024.