Parallax point is an expressive dance piece that attempts to capture the kinetic energy of a dance, by placing the audience member inside the dance and by the same methods allowing the artist to have full agency over the cinematic lens. They move with the camera, not for the camera. Screendance is a well-documented and performed transmedia, in which the technology and methodology of cinema collide with dance practice. From the early experiments with the camera by eminent forerunners such as Maya Deren and Hilary Harris, Dance on Film has always been a sub-genre for experimentation and innovation. Developed over six months with two dancers, in creative collaboration experimenting and playing with the technology; and the placement of the camera on the body, leading to this 3-minute film.
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