3rd Coast Dance Film Festival

by Lydia Performances/Screenings

It’s hard to believe that this Saturday and Sunday is 3rd Coast Dance Film Festival.  I have had films in the past two years (Crease and There’s a Height Limit).  This year I’ve had the privilege of curating this festival which has been so much fun.  The entries were numerous– so many films from abroad and the U.S.  Funny, quirky, celebratory, dark….

Each night is about one hour of different dance films.  The event is free, so come back and enjoy both nights.

All the details are in the post below.  Come join us!

A note from the Founder of 3rd Coast Dance Film Festival, Rosie Trump

by Lydia Performances/Screenings
still frame from the film “Errances” by Audrey Bergeron

Hello Framers!  I invite you all to attend the Third Coast Dance Film Festival Sept. 15 & 16 at the Rice University Cinema.  The event is free to attend and features an exciting array of dance films from around the world.  We are also proud to showcase three Houston artists, Ashley Horn, Lynn Lane and Lindsey Sarah Thompson, in the festival.

From over forty international submissions, 2012 Third Coast Dance Film Festival co-curators Rosie Trump and Lydia Hance paired the films down to the top twenty one. The curators aimed to craft an evening of compelling films with cinematic appeal, diverse themes and innovative dancing.

What to expect: You will see short films (all under 12 minutes length) where the main narrative element is movement, be it highly choreographed, pedestrian or improvised.  Some films feature the journey of a character, some explore a certain feeling or idea and some experiment with dance in fantastic locations (such as underwater or on a rooftop). There is even a mini-documentary about the choreographic process.  The moods of the films range from humorous to contemplative to celebratory.

still frame from “Moving Minds” by Cara Clark

The films will be divided between Program A on September 15 and Program B on September 16, with the Houston based films screening both nights.  Attending both screenings ensures the audience sees all twenty-one films.

Where and when: September 15 and 16, 2012 at Rice University Cinema on Rice University campus, located off of entrance 8, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005.  This event is free and open to the public.  For more information, contact Rosie Trump at thirdcoastdancefilmfest@gmail.com or visit http://thirdcoastdancefilmfestival.wordpress.com.

Hi Framers, Lydia here.  I hope to see you all at what will be a fulfilling night(s) of dance film this weekend.  The past two years have showcased Frame Dance films, and I am so delighted to be returning this year as a co-curator.  See you there!

The Black Space

by Lydia Uncategorized

The Black Space from Frame Dance Productions on Vimeo.

Fresh Arts invites you to The Black Space, a multi-media dance installation and performance by Lydia Hance's Frame Dance Productions. Participatory and intimate in design, The Black Space explores the concept of forgiveness and the dichotomy between the sanity and healthiness of letting go and the unresolved anxiety that results from holding on to how others have wronged us.

Four performances only!
August 30, 31 & September 1, 2 (8:00pm)

Each performance begins at 8 pm.
Tickets $10
Purchase tickets at www.fresharts.org

Where the ^&*$% are we going?

by Lydia Uncategorized

Frame Dance is on a journey.  We reframe the performance experience, we provide entry points to the creative experience that might not be characteristic of a “dance performance,” we strip the confines away from the role of the audience.  We invite you into the performance/event/installation/exhibition.  We have so many words for what we create, and yet, I pull hard and fast away from the word “show.”  Because that’s just contrary to what we’re trying to do.  We’re not showing you something.  We invite you into something.

…and what is that?

The human experience.  We pull apart, dissect, magnify, glamorize or honestly reveal the intricacies of this thing called “living.”  Documenting life.  Revealing humanity.  Exposing the creative process, and living in the moment.  We never perform the same piece twice.  Never.  Just ask the dancers.  We screen the same film twice.  But never perform the same piece twice.  What’s the fun in that?  We don’t live the same day twice.

(yeah, yeah, I’ve seen Groundhog Day)

So our journey is this series of events, installations, films, and we progress in vision and through from event to event.  Each piece stands alone, but follow us, and you’ll see us completing a full thought on the role of audience in art experience, exposing and documenting life in our creations, and some flat out fabulousness.

In case you missed it, here’s the review of our last show.

Here’s the info on our upcoming show.

Links We Like Friday

by Lydia Links We Like

Our first “Link We Like” is actually ironic.  It’s a link we don’t like.  But at the same, it’s just too great not to share.  I thought foot binding was antiquated.  Special music and tutorial on computers (mobile website doesn’t do it justice.)  The more you watch, the more nauseating it is.

This is something no one ever teaches you: how to welcome a guest artist at your school or studio.

Loving this by Dancing Branflakes: she journeys through finding joy and acceptance with her body.  An always-relevent topic with dancers.

Get up on your leg! (what the @#$% does that mean, because apparently it doesn’t mean puffing up your chest and jetting out your chin) by Dance Intercepts