Dancing across borders, blurring the line between hunter and hunted. The luang prabang film festival was founded as a nonprofit cultural organization in 2010 by gabriel kuperman. First run features the film center building 630 ninth avenue suite 12 new york ny 10036. The organizations mission is to celebrate filmmaking and promote cultural exchange in southeast asia, while supporting a sustainable local industry and art form. Danzas y bailes mexicanos is a good informative book. Anne hyatt hendricks bass october 19, 1941 april 1, 2020 was an american investor, documentary filmmaker, philanthropist and art collector. Dancing across borders is a very compelling film from start to finish. Produced by anne bass and catherine tatge and directed by anne bass, dancing across borders premiered at the 2009 seattle film festival. From the serene countryside of southeast asia to the halls of the new yorks school of american ballet to the stage of the pacific northwest ballet in seattle, dancing across borders peeks behind the scenes into the world of dance and chronicles the intimate and triumphant story of a boy who was discovered, and who only much later discovered.
I read this book for a project i am doing in english, and saw that i took long breaks in between reading, because it got boring. The alternative title of the 1938 canadian film special inspector. She was the former wife of billionaire oilman sid bass. Dancing across borders is the inspiring documentary about sy sar who became the first cambodian male to dance professionally in a classical ballet company in the west. Dvd will be released nationwide across the unites states via first run features. Mar 26, 2010 even if you dont know your plies from your battements frappes, the dance sequences in dancing across borders are a delight. Having been a longtime devotee to the world of dance herself back in the united states. I discovered ways to approach the shadows carried by both my french and english roots, and dance them into the light.
Dancing across borders is the intimate story of sokvannara sy sar who, with the help of american dance patron anne bass, left his troupe in cambodia to audition for the prestigious school of. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Dancing across borders, blurring the line between hunter and. Thats the queasy sensation i got from the documentary dancing across borders. Dancing across borders is a featurelength documentary about change, growth, and the powerful interaction of many talented people. Dancing across borders is a feature length documentary about change, growth and the powerful interaction of many talented people. Across the border electric light orchestra song across the border vivid song across the border, a song by bruce springsteen from his 1995 album the ghost of tom joad. Spotlight on filmmaker anne bass dancing across borders. Produced by anne bass and catherine tatge and directed by anne bass, dancing across borders premiered at the. Anne bass documentary on teenage ballet protege from cambodia. From the serene countryside of southeast asia to the halls of the new yorks school of american ballet to the stage of the pacific northwest ballet in seattle. His journey from a farming life in cambodia to the international ballet stage is as improbable as russian dancers defecting from.
After completing dancing across borders, bass was surprised to get a call from sar as she prepared to screen her movie at the santa fe film festival. Dancing across borders is a beautiful documentary portrait of cultures, of love. Dancing across borders 2010 watch on prime video, tubi, and. Dancing across borders chronicles the intimate and triumphant story of. Apr 30, 2010 there are times when the subject of a documentary transcends merely adequate filmmaking, and that is very much the case with dancing across borders, the story of a 16yearold cambodian boy who. With selections from around the world as well as portland, they celebrate the beauty, vitality, and shared human experience possible through the marriage of dance and film. With sokvannara sy sar, anne bass, peter boal, philip glass. For those unfamiliar with the morris it is a form of english folk dancing, that has taken up a revival of sorts in recent years. Dancing across borders chronicles the intimate and triumphant story of sokvannara sar, who was discovered by anne bass on a trip to angkor wat, cambodia, in 2000 and brought to the ballet stage in america. Ranging from absurdly humorous to raw and human, all represent reality altered through the unexpected. There are times when the subject of a documentary transcends merely adequate filmmaking, and that is very much the case with dancing across borders, the story of a 16yearold cambodian boy who. And he is exposed to other cultures and the world at large as he travels to competitions. His journey from a farming life in cambodia to the international ballet stage is as improbable as russian dancers defecting from the ussr in the 60s.
At its heart, dancing across borders is an extraordinary story of growth, adaptation, and belonging as well as of the development of. Bass directed dancing across borders, a documentary about dance released in february 2010. This study describes and analyzes the phenomenal popularity of exotic dance forms in america. Produced by anne bass and catherine tatge and directed by anne bass, dancing across borders premiered at the 2009 seattle international film festival. Despite the fact that she served on the schools board, they turned the young dancer, who had precious little. The film was shown at the quad cinema in manhattan. Watch the makingof of the project, which features the whole process of the project including workshops, performances and gatherings. What unfolds in dancing across borders is a tentative negotiation between sy and the world of american ballet and culture from the serene countryside of southeast asia to the highpowered rehearsal studios of new york, and finally to the stage of the pacific northwest ballet in seattle.
Dancing across borders, the debut film by bass, documents the resulting story. Step by step, i explored the territory, named the countries, drew the maps, learned to dance across my own borders, to glean treasures from both sides. I originally chose to read this book because my project was on ballet folklorico, but found i just skipped the parts that were unimportant. On a trip to angkor wat in siem reap, cambodia in january 2000, filmmaker anne bass came across a sixteenyearold boy who moved her immensely with his amazing natural charm and grace as a dancer. This book explores mexican popular and traditional dance practices on both sides of the u. On a trip to angkor wat in siem reap, cambodia in january 2000, filmmaker anne bass came across a 16 year old boy who moved her immensely with his amazing and seemingly natural charms and grace as a. The film follows sys unusual development as a dancer and offers a remarkable behindthescenes look into the world of american ballet. At its heart, dancing across borders is an extraordinary story of growth, adaptation, and belonging as well as of the development of talent and the mastery of an art form.
As if we were trying to understand each others heart raya, mesang district, cambodge the words of this 17yearold hold my dream for dancing across borders. She has served on the board of directors and executive committees of the fort worth ballet where she founded the companys ballet school, new york city ballet, the school of american ballet, and the modern art museum of fort worth. Across the border, a 1922 western film starring guinn big boy williams. Anne bass has a long history of involvement in the arts and cambodia.
From the serene countryside of southeast asia to the halls of the new yorks school of american ballet to the stage of the pacific northwest ballet in seattle, dancing across borders peeks behind the scenes into the world of dance and chronicles the intimate and triumphant story of a boy who was discovered, and who only much later discovered all that he had in himself. Dancing across borders is the intimate and triumphant story of sokvannara sy sar, who as a young man in cambodia was dancing with a small troupe in angkor wat when anne bass, a longtime patron of dance in america, saw him perform. Traditionally the morris men and it was a male dance, hop and skip in time with bells on their shins and arms, wearing breeches and brightly coloured sashes over white shirts, sometimes waving handkerchiefs. Dancing across borders 2010 dancing across borders 2010. Video archive for the film dancing across borders, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2010. I also very quickly knew that the borders without mirrored the borders within.
Join facebook to connect with dancing across borders and others you may know. In the process, sy realizes the american dream he didnt even know he had until his and annes paths crossed. Mar 26, 2010 video archive for the film dancing across borders, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2010. More problematic perhaps is a truelife narrative about a. There are times when the subject of a documentary transcends merely adequate filmmaking, and that is very much the case with dancing across borders. Jun, 2018 dancing across borders, blurring the line between hunter and hunted. The film that we worked on in connecticut, dancing across borders, was made after i had. An egyptian microcosm in sudan during the 2nd millennium bc host institutionpi. Throughout the twentieth century and especially since 1950, millions have begun learning and performing various balkan dances, the tango, and other latin american dances, along with the classical dances of india, japan, and indonesia.
Apr 25, 2010 after completing dancing across borders, bass was surprised to get a call from sar as she prepared to screen her movie at the santa fe film festival. There are currently four videos available for the film, of which two are trailers, as listed below. Could a young man of 16 who does not speak any english, who has. Dancing across borders is a documentary that shows the development of this dancer, who came to ballet so late, and his awakening to the possibilities of his new life. After dancing in the modern ballet company between 19891992, he worked at the city theater of istanbul as a choreographer and dancer for about ten years. Dancing across borders is streaming with subscription on prime video, free on tubi, available for rent or purchase on itunes, and 1 other. Feb 16, 2010 dancing across borders is the intimate story of sokvannara sy sar who, with the help of american dance patron anne bass, left his troupe in cambodia to audition for the prestigious school of. The documentary shows how bass sponsored a teenager from cambodia to attend the school of american ballet and become a professional ballet dancer for the pacific northwest ballet. She directed the 2010 documentary film dancing across borders. In 2010, when the us denied kings palestinian partner a fiance visa, she relocated to ramallah.
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