Friday 27 August

Filmhouse | 20.45 (65min) | £6.90 (£5.20)

Forward Motion: Artists Choice

High profile dance makers introduce a film that has inspired their practice. Includes Akram Khan introducing Lloyd Newson’s multi-award winning The Cost of Living; Rosemary Butcher selecting an excerpt of Feature Film by visual artist Douglas Gordon; and Shobana Jeyasingh choosing Miranda Pennell’s Tattoo.

boy

A film by: Rosemary Lee & Peter Anderson
Production Company: MJW Productions
An Arts Council England/BBC co-production; 1995
Introduced by Wendy Houstoun

Tattoo

Director/Choreographer: Miranda Pennell
An Arts Council England/BBC co-production; 2001
Introduced by Shobana Jeyasingh

The Tales of Hoffmann (extract)

Director/Producer: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Choreographer: Frederick Ashton; 1951
Introduced by Michael Clark

Feature Film (extract)

Director: Douglas Gordon
An Artangel and Centre Georges Pompidou co-production; 1999
Introduced by Rosemary Butcher

Only You (Portishead)

Director: Chris Cunningham
Production Company: Black Dog Films; 1998
Introduced by Russell Maliphant

The Cost of Living

Director: Lloyd Newson
A Channel 4 commission; 2004
Introduced by Akram Khan

For Forward Motion
Series Director: Joe Murray
Line Producer: Nikki Weston
Executive Producers: Vicky Bloor, Cathy Gomez
A British Council project co-produced with South East Dance, supported by Arts Council England

Forward Motion ­ Leading British Screen Dance

Forward Motion is a collection of outstanding British screen dance films. A British Council project co-produced with South East Dance, Forward Motion offers a comprehensive introduction to the history and development of British screen dance. Curated and presented by leading figures in the British dance and film world, it includes rare archive footage and pioneering early dance films alongside innovative and contemporary shorts. Featuring historic, seminal and ground breaking films, Forward Motion creates a moving snapshot of Britain's prolific screen dance output.