In collaboration with Uniarts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy Loikka festival organises a Kino Concert of dance films. The short films of the screening are accompanied by a new musical interpretation in the hands of Sibelius Academy’s music technology and composition students. Päivi Takala, a filmmaker and a lecturer at Sibelius Academy’s Music Technology Department and Alejandro Montes de Oca, a doctoral trainee at the Sibelius Academy, guide the students in their work.
Since the beginning of the history of motion picture, dance and film have travelled together. Already in the first experimentations of motion picture, dancers as well as the stars of physical theater and circus performed in front of the camera. For a long time movement was in the centre of cinematic storytelling which has left its strong mark on the development of the entire film narration. In the beginning speech wasn’t as crucial a part of narration unlike sound and composition which both have always been essential in dance.
The films in the age of silent film were presented with live music that was often improvised or included improvisatory elements. A musician could also add foley elements, like clattering of high heels, to a charcater’s accompaniment. ”The uniqueness of dance film is in how the movement glues the music together with the concrete events on the screen”, Päivi Takala sums up in her article that appeared in the 2016 Loikka festival’s catalogue. ”When composing music to a film, it is essential to recognise the rhythm of the story, picture, motion and editing. The short films of this screening offer the students a great possibility to examine all of this.”
Kati Kallio
Translation: Milla Olkkonen
Estimated duration of the screening 50'
Since the beginning of the history of motion picture, dance and film have travelled together. Already in the first experimentations of motion picture, dancers as well as the stars of physical theater and circus performed in front of the camera. For a long time movement was in the centre of cinematic storytelling which has left its strong mark on the development of the entire film narration. In the beginning speech wasn’t as crucial a part of narration unlike sound and composition which both have always been essential in dance.
The films in the age of silent film were presented with live music that was often improvised or included improvisatory elements. A musician could also add foley elements, like clattering of high heels, to a charcater’s accompaniment. ”The uniqueness of dance film is in how the movement glues the music together with the concrete events on the screen”, Päivi Takala sums up in her article that appeared in the 2016 Loikka festival’s catalogue. ”When composing music to a film, it is essential to recognise the rhythm of the story, picture, motion and editing. The short films of this screening offer the students a great possibility to examine all of this.”
Kati Kallio
Translation: Milla Olkkonen
Estimated duration of the screening 50'
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DEATH OF AN INSECT (2010, FI, 07’00)
Director: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen
Cinematographer: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen Production company: Pohjankonna Oy Producer: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen |
ONE HAND CLAPPING (2014, NL, 11’00)
Director: Peter Delpeut
Production company: IDTV Docs Producer: Suzanne van Voorst, Carolijn Borgdorff Web: mennootten.com |
INQUIRY INTO TIME AND PERCEPTION, STUDY #1 (2015, CA, 11’00)
Director: Philip Szporer
Choreographer: Mariko Tanabe Cinematographer: Bill Kerrigan Production company: Mouvement PERPÉTUEL Web: mouvementperpetuel.net |
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SNOW (2003, UK, 08’00)
Director: David Hinton
Choreographer: Rosemary Lee Production company: Illuminations Production Producer: Matthew Killip |
HANNAH (2010, UK, 05’00)
Director: Sérgio Cruz
Choreographer: Hannah Dempsey, Sérgio Cruz Cinematographer: Dominik Rippl, Sérgio Cruz, Tom Ellis Producer: Sérgio Cruz Web: sergiocruzfilms.com |
Banner photo: Death of an Insect (2010, FI) / Directors:: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen
