PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Yvonne Montoya (USA, Arizona) Caroline’s Story: Le beau plus jour de ma vie (2012) Filmed Dance Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “This dance piece was inspired by my struggles with post-partum depression after the birth of my …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Beatrice Jarvis (Ireland, Donegal) A Conversation between Absence and Fern (2015) Original title (gaelic): comhrá idir neamhláithreachta ague raithneach Filmed Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “Pregnancy initially was a very daunting process and as a land artist …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Rachel Jane Dean (UK, Leeds) Nativity (2014) Filmed Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “Nativity came out of my fascination with the enduring power of the myth and magic of the Virgin Mary. I worked with film maker …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Muffie Connelly (USA, Oregon) Induction Ceremony (2013) Dance performance ARTIST STATEMENT: Induction Ceremony is a 53 minute dance performance film directly resulting from choreographer Muffie Connelly’s personal experience with isolation and postpartum depression. This work …..