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posted on 2025-03-26, 05:13 authored by ANDREW O'KEEFEANDREW O'KEEFE, Athina Vahla, Emma ReddingEmma Redding, MARK POLLARDMARK POLLARD

This short dance film, featuring the internationally acclaimed contemporary dancer and academic, Prof. Emma Redding, employs the powerful medium of choreography, dance, and filmmaking to explore the challenges of navigating new cultural landscapes and the intricacies of leadership within the context of emigration.

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NTRO Output Type

Recorded or Rendered Work

NTRO Output Category

Recorded or Rendered Work : Audio / visual recording

Place

Melbourne, Australia

Venue

Faculty of Recording Media Arts, ISI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

NTRO Publisher

Faculty of Recording Media Arts, ISI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Medium

audio visual recording

Research Statement

This work examines how the collaborative process of choreography, dance and filmmaking can facilitate expression and understanding of the cross-cultural challenges encountered by an emigrant leader within an arts institution. The work also asks In which ways does the cinematographer/filmmaker/composers perspective alter the perception of a dance performance? This collaborative endeavour between choreographer, dancer, composer and filmmaker contributes to the discourse on emigration, leadership, and cultural integration within an arts institution rooted in Australia's First Nations heritage. This innovative approach allowed for an organic exploration of themes, blurring boundaries between choreographed dance and cinematic interpretation. By embodying these narratives through the collaborative fusion of dance, music and filmmaking, the work seeks to generate new knowledge about navigating leadership roles in cross-cultural experiences. The film was selected for publication in the "The Road to Creative Media", commonly abbreviated as JMMK, an annual art agenda of Faculty of Recording Media Arts (Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta, Indnesia - the first art university in Indonesia). The film was selected by a panel of Professors at the ISI , Yogyakartafor a curated screening program with followed by an online publication for further viewing. The work is a sybmol of ongoing international collaboration and relationship between the Victorian College of the Arts (Australia) and the Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Indonesia.

Size or Duration of Work

11 mins

Affiliation

Andrew O'Keefe, University of Melbourne