The Cinema Project is a small long running presenter of art films on film. These works were made on film and intended to be shown on film. Many have never been transferred to digital files or video formats. For the next year, the Cinema Project will take up residence at YU where they will show their films and select digital video works to you.
The first program is Torse, made when Atlas was 28. He filmed Merce Cunningham and his company performing Torse with three cameras over three days. One camera was fixed and the other two were operated by Atlas and Cunningham. Atlas then edited the work into a side by side two screen format, originally shown on interlocked film projectors.
Cunningham's partner John Cage is noted for his use of chance operations in musical composition. For Torse, Cunningham adopted that strategy. Inspired by the I Ching, which Cage used as well, the choreography is in sixty-four segments, and the floor is divided into sixty-four squares. Cunningham used the toss of coins to determine the sequence of segments danced and place on the floor for each of the ten dancers. Adding to the serendipitous randomness, the music is not tied to the movement, a Cunningham signature innovation.
In the world of dance this is a hard piece, for the dancers physically, and perhaps for the audience for its lack of narrative. That's why you should see it! Merce Cunningham is the Northwest's most noted choreographer of contemporary dance.
The same work will be shown Friday and Saturday evening. It will be a restored version telecined to HD video projection.
At Yu Contemporary Art www.yucontemporary.org 900 SE 10th Doors 6:30PM Film 9PM $7
Deep is a hip hop dance battle series that has attracted a solid base of competitors and audience, sponsors and a venue. Hats of to producer Huy Pham for providing this event to hip hop hungry Portland, after years of itinerant underground efforts and the long running Foundation series.
This is a special weekend to celebrate the end of the first season.
Deep eliminations will be Friday in the usual space in the usual format. All styles, crowd judged, DJ determined music. The top eight crews move onto the Deep Block Party Saturday.
Saturday the block party will have 2on2 all styles battles and invited exhibition crews. Crowd judged, make a noise!
Deep Elimination Friday. At The Slate 2001 NW 19th #104. Doors 7PM, battles 8. $10/$5 with Facebook RSVP by noon Friday
Deep Block Party outside at The Slate 2001 NW 19th #104. 4PM-8 $5/Free with Facebook RSVP by noon Friday
