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here you can enjoy curated, dance-on-camera short film screenings. (in collaboration with pool film festival) this evening has two parts and will have a short break. free of charge.
oleg stepanov // Vitã & Juru
movie night
dates (eden)
not barrier-free
Directors:
oleg stepanov is a dance artist, choreographer, film and music maker. he was born in the urals, russia, and after graduating from the physics department of the ural university, oleg devoted himself to art-making. oleg danced at tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch, gothenburg dance company, theater basel, and provincial dances theatre. he collaborated with renowned choreographers such as dimitris papaioannou, saburo teshigawara, sidi larbi cherkaoui, alan lucien oyen, richard siegal, constanza macras, bobbi jene smith, fabrice mazliah, uri ivgi & johan greben, tatiana baganova. in 2023 oleg’s work in film involved choreographing for director tom tykwer’s film, the light, and directing numerous shorts. in 2024 oleg's short film, a moth on a bomb, won a prize at new york tri-state international short film festival, and was officially selected for tokyo & seoul's international short film festivals. he is currently collaborating as a choreographer with film director alla kovgan on her next full-length dance film. oleg's choreographic language and method is based on the observation of the body in space and space in the body. he sees the movement as a synthesis between the architecture and biomechanics of the body and a sensorial inner journey. in his creative work, it’s important for oleg to assume and envision that the body is endowed with qualities of the subject and the object, simultaneously, and that it exists in spacetime among pure potentialities and a multitude of choices. www.olegmoves.space
Vitã is a filmmaker and screenwriter. Director of the short film "The day I remembered the trip to Bicuda" (2015), producer of the feature documentary "It's Not the First Time We Fight For Our Love" (2022). Curator of Brazilian Comedy FF and of showcases on Hong Sangsoo films in four cities in Brazil. Master's degree in Audiovisual at UFF (Brazil). In the ballroom scene, they participate as an independent photographer and are a member of the Legendary House of Lauren Intl.
Juru is a researcher, dramaturgist and performing arts critic. Casting coach for the feature film "Com O Terceiro Olho na Terra da Profanação", by Catu Rizo (2017) and the short film "Sunset", by Bruno Roger (2014). Dramaturgist in the performance "Repertory n. 1", by Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira. Master in Contemporary Arts Studies at UFF and PhD student in Arts at UERJ.
"this is ballroom" (Salão De Baile) by Vitã & Juru:
In Rio de Janeiro City and its outskirts, LGBTQ+ youth of color recreates Ballroom culture on their own terms. A portrait of the dramas, the voguing performances, and the art of shade, 50 years after its inception in New York. Rio is burning!
movie night
"A moth on a bomb" by oleg stepanov & "this is ballroom" (Salão De Baile) by Vitã & Juru
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