?Wild Dancing West 2013 focuses on the intersection of film and dance, creating a visual spectacle that celebrates focal points in film and physicality.
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Dancer-choreographer Naomi Elizabeth Montoya collaborated on SITE UNSEEN with filmmaker Su Hudson. Photo by Jessica Hudson.
Presenting art that is always innovative and always relevant, N4th Theatre/North Fourth Arts Center offers thought-provoking programming that is affordable, accessible, and above all, finely wrought.? Through N4th Theatre?s annual film festival, Wild Dancing West, artists are given a platform for expression and an outlet that nurtures creativity.
The opening evening of this week-end-long celebration, Dance For Camera, will concentrate on one-hour film screenings by New Mexican film and dance makers who include: Zsolt Palcza and Readymade Dance Theatre; Jennifer Predock-Linnell, Paniotis, Joyce Neimanas and Moira Ellis; Vladimir Conde Reche and Estevan Ramirez; along with current works by?the Public Academy for Performing Arts? Advanced Film and Contemporary Dance Ensemble, directed by Su Hudson and Naomi Elizabeth Montoya.
The featured performance of Wild Dancing West?s Dance for Camera weekend, SITE UNSEEN, is a recent work created by Albuquerque-based dancer/choreographer Naomi Elizabeth Montoya and filmmaker Su Hudson. Merging movement with diverse New Mexico landscapes through the unconventional angles captured by camera in dance for film,?SITE UNSEEN?is a multimedia dance performance that explores interpersonal relationships and the relationships humans have with their natural and contrived environments.
Colleagues on the faculty at the Public Academy for Performing Arts in Albuquerque (PAPA), the works of Montoya and Hudson focus on dance for camera, dance installations, and multi-media dance performance pieces. Su Hudson is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked in the film industry as an independent filmmaker, a producer, and a film instructor for nearly twenty years. Naomi Elizabeth Montoya pulls from her background of ethnic and modern dance to choreograph, teach and direct. Su Hudson teaches film and Naomi Elizabeth Montoya teaches contemporary dance and directs PAPA?s Contemporary Dance Ensemble.
First place winners of the 2009 New Mexico State Fair category for Moving Images, the two have taken their local notoriety and elevated it to national and international levels.
Their films have been shown in international festivals such as Video?Dan?a?Film Festival in?S?o?Carlo, Brazil. Additionally, their work has toured from Albuquerque to St. Petersburg, Russia, and to Martha?s Vineyard with the International Experiments in Cinema.
Of the work, SITE UNSEEN, Naomi Elizabeth Montoya describes it as ?taking dance out of its normal realm and incorporates stand-alone film pieces, with movement, placing it on the stage.? In creating site-specific work of art, Montoya and Hudson traveled throughout the state, working within the natural landscapes that reach from Santa Rosa in eastern New Mexico to White Sands National Monument in the south.
SITE UNSEEN features a cast of twelve dancer/performers who will explore movement, sound, and visuals, playing with the connections within these media and highlighting their ease of disconnect. ?I enjoy theatre and performance, and I have always enjoyed playing with lights, costumes and props. This is really going to be a surprise,? says Montoya.
In 2006, the collaborators attended the Dance Camera West Film Festival in Los Angeles where the works of Belgian musician and filmmaker Thierry De Mey were featured. Known for his unique style that combines musical composition with complex natural imagery De Mey is regarded for working with his dancer-sibling to change the way dance is presented on film. Montoya regards De Mey?s work because he uses a wide variety of camera angles, which she describes as ?making movement more exciting.? By incorporating this style with their own visual perspectives, Montoya and Hudson are playing with space and time in a way that calls upon audience participation, and above all is intelligent.??
In creating films whose primary focus lies in dance, a traditionally three-dimensional form, Montoya and Hudson are creating art that is removed from its intended context, and is replaced with unconventional viewpoints that focus on the natural state of life. With N4th Theatre?s visionary approach to contemporary arts that are relevant and galvanizing, Wild Dancing West 2013 and SITE UNSEEN is creating a greater network for exposure ? and it is that forward-looking disposition that advocates for artistic progression and allows for cerebral stimulation.
For more information on Wild Dancing West 2013 Dance For Camera, May 17, 8 pm; and SITE UNSEEN, May 18, 8 pm, contact N4th/North Fourth Arts center by calling 344.4542 or visiting N4th/North Fourth Arts.?Ticket prices range from $5-$12 and may be reserved by phone.
?Christine Vigil is the contributing dance editor for ABQ Arts & Entertainment.
Source: http://abqarts.com/?p=12495
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