Dance Films
NZ FILM DIRECTOR RELEASING INTERNAIONALLY ACCLAIMED DANCE FILMS
New Zealand Arts Laureate SHONA McCULLAGH’s award winning dance films are now available for purchase online.
http://www.humangarden.co.nz/productions/films.html
Shona McCullagh’s short films Hurtle, fly, break and her latest experimental short Mondo Nuovo are featured on the website, where there is also a showreel of the films. Both fly and break are featured respectively in Barbara Snook’s excellent publications Dance…Count me In and Dance for Senior Students.
Fly (5 mins; winner of Australia’s Reeldance Awards 2002) tells the story of a deaf boy trying to break free from his father. Based on the Greek myth of Daedelus and Icarus, the film uses sign language as a basis of the choreographic language. A teachers resource kit produced by DANZ is also available on request.
Break (15 mins; winner Dance on Camera Festival, New York 2007, Reeldance People’s Choice Award 2006) explores the relationship a nine-year-old boy has with his mother and the ultimate loss of his trust.
The hugely popular Hurtle (10 mins) is a comedy featuring two nuns competing in a surreal race. This film won the Paula Citron Award for Choreography for Camera at Moving Pictures Festival, Toronto in 1998 and is still screened frequently all over the world.
These three films have all been accepted for competition at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand Festival and have screened at Sundance, London Film Festival, Melbourne Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival and been broadcast on ABC, Rialto Channel and the BBC.
Recently released experimental short Mondo Nuovo emerged from McCullagh’s work with interactive software and is a study in symmetry. All the films are excellent school and university resources.
Shona McCullagh is a cross-platform artist focusing her time on creating interactive installations, filmmaking and choreographing for theatre, feature films, television and music videos. She also lectures in screendance and choreography at Unitec Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts.
For any enquiries please contact
Human Garden Productions
64 9 520 8321
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Shona McCullaghShona is well known in NZ as a highly accomplished dancer, choreographer, director and filmmaker with a strong collaborative work history. She has a great love of working with actors and directors, having choreographed for Peter Jackson, Andrew Adamson, Colin McColl, Lucy Lawless, Naomi Watts, Jamie Bell, Sean Astin and Kevin Smith. Alongside her Agency work, Shona regularly creates work for theatre, film and live events, identifying strongly with artists of all genres. Always a passionate advocate for performers’ rights, Shona was the Equity representative in Limbs Dance Company and established the Agency to assist with the protection and promotion of some of the country’s most talented performers. She can frequently be heard asking the question to Human Agency performers “Where do you want to be in five years time?” and being slightly obsessive about correct spelling and professionalism.
Submitted10 Sep 2007InWhats On and Reviews
