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A Good Madness – The Dance of Rachel Browne

Wed - Fri, Apr 22 - 24 / 7 pm
Sat, Apr 25 / 3 pm
Directed by Danielle Sturk
2014, Canada, 77 min

April 22 Q&A with director/producer Danielle Sturk and Oscar Fenoglio (editor, cinematographer).  Introduction by MTS TV Stories from Home’s Executive Producer, Cam Bennett

April 23 and 24 – Q&A with director/producer Danielle Sturk and dancers
Kristin Haight (April 23) and Treasure Waddell (April 24)

Winnipeg filmmaker Danielle Sturk has created a beautiful feature documentary on Rachel Browne (1934-2012), founder of Canada’s oldest professional modern dance company, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers. The film captures the essence of the woman and power of the dance she created, exposing her unwavering desire to create dance to the exclusion of all else.

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Reva Stone / Dir. Danielle Sturk, 2015, Canada, 4 min / Reva Stone is a mindful and visionary artist who has been bringing her unique perspective to the field of new media for over two decades. She examines the complex relationships between humans and their technical inventions and what it means to be human in these times of rapid change. Her challenging large-scale multi-media installations are beautiful, menacing, technologically complex and intellectually rigorou

Reviews

If Rachel Browne’s career is an aesthetic tour de force, so is Danielle Sturk’s cinematographic feat.This homage is a pas de deux between the limitations of daily life and the creative potential of a feminist soul. - J. R. Léveillé, Liaisons (Fall 2014 edition)
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