Art form looking to engage artists

Forward Motion – INTROS, Exeter Phoenix, Tuesday 6th October, 8pm

Featuring historic, seminal and ground-breaking films, Forward Motion creates a moving snapshot of Britain’s prolific screen dance output, which crosses the boundaries of experimental film and contemporary dance.

Co-produced by the British Council and South East Dance, with support from Arts Council England, Forward Motion celebrates British screen dance talent and aims to engage new artists, markets, audiences and participants in this exciting niche art form.

The full collection, curated by experts, includes Lloyd Newson’s multi-award winning The Cost Of Living, introduced by Akram Khan; Lea Anderson’s rarely seen gem Sardinas; the evocative Vanishing Point by Rosemary Butcher and the exquisite Hands by Jonathan Burrows and Adam Roberts. Other high profile contributors include Russell Maliphant, Shobana Jeyasingh and Michael Clark introducing, amongst others, Chris Cunningham’s music video for Portishead’s Only You.

Exeter Phoenix will screen INTROS (appr 60 min), part 1 of the Forward Motion collection in which Professor Liz Aggiss introduces the genre of screen dance. This programme includes full length screen dance works contextualised by artist interviews, such as Touched by Wendy Houstoun and David Hinton, Tra La La by Magali Charrier and Basini by Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie.

Forward Motion is travelling all over the world and 2009 has seen events in India, Spain, Australia, the USA and Britain.

Tickets cost £6 (£4 concessions) and are available from Exeter Phoenix.