MAY FESTIVAL CCCWORKSTATION BEIJING CHINA

27 April to 5 May, 2009
Organizer: Caochangdi Workstation/ Living Dance Studio
Co-organizers: Beijing Storm, BORNEOCO/ CultureXpress, The Netherlands

Support:
DOEN FOUNDATION, The Netherlands
China Independent Documentary Archive Website
Borneoco/CultureXpress Foundation, The Netherlands
Swiss Films
Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council
Public DV Magazine
Contemporary Art & Investment Magazine
Center of Documentary Film Archive
Iberia Center for Contemporary Art
Independent Film Archive of ICCA

This year marks the 4th continuous year of Caochangdi’s “May Festival”. As before, the festival will feature two main components: Performance Space and a Film Forum. The Performance Space segment will include the 8 newest works from the 2009 Young Choreographers’ Project. The choreographers of these 8 pieces come from Beijing, Shanghai, Wuxi, and Tianjin, and are mostly under 30 years of age. The works demonstrate the artists’ first forays into creating independent performance art and choreography, though many of them are already performers, or have participated or performed in previous Young Choreographers’ Projects. May is a time of youth; our hope is, in the 4th year of the Young Choreographers’ Project, these even more youthful performers will bring us a breath of fresh air.
Our “Documentary Forum” will also follow the form of previous years. The new films from the Villager Documentary Project are highly recommended. Since the Project began at Caochangdi in 2005, it continued with the villagers’ first feature length documentaries, all titled “My Village 2006”. This year, their second films, titled “My Village 2007” will be screened here once again. In addition, the “New Works of Independent Documentary in China” and “Student Short Films” segments will continue on as part of our Film Forum. Following the success of screening Peter Liechti’s films at our “Crossing Festival” in October, we will be collaborating once again with Swiss Films, and under their generous support have been able to invite another Swiss director, Edna Politi, to screen her films.
Providing opportunities for training and discussion regarding creative processes has always been our top priority at Caochangdi. This year, the Village Documentary directors will take part in editing workshops from the beginning to the end of April, during which they will finalize the edits for their newest films. Swiss director Edna Politi will also host a five-day Documentary Workshop, offering direction for rough cuts of new films submitted by new documentary directors.

l PERFORMANCE SPACE ·YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS’ PROJECT, 2009
★Productions Group A (four works)
Time & date: 20:00, April 27 (Mon.), 28 (Tue.)

Village’s Doctor
Choreographer: Gong Zhonghui, Performers: Gong Zhonghui, Zhang Li
Moon
Choreographer/performer: Sharina
Catabolism Equation X
Choreographer: Wang Ting, Performers: Wang Ting, Wu Lichun
Light, Bright
Choreographers: Li Zhen, Zang Ningbei, Performers: Li Zhen, Zang Ningbei

★Productions Group B (four works)
Time & date: 20:00, April 30 (Thu.), May 1 (Fri.)

A Reality That Dreams Cannot Capture
Choreographer: Lei Yan; Performers: Lei Yan, Lian Guodong
Battle
Choreographer: Jiang Fan, Performers: Jiang Fan, Yang Jing
Ouroboros
Choreographer: Xiao Chen; Performers: Xiao Chen, Xiongying Lina, Xiao Wei
Self-portrait and Dialogue with My Mother
Choreographer/performer: Zhang Mengqi

l DOCUMENTARY FORUM
★Villager Documentary Project

My Village in 2007 (70 mins./2008), screen on 19:30, May 2
Directed, filmed, edited by Shao Yuzhen
My Village in 2007 (75 mins./2008) , screen on 14:30, May 3
Directed, filmed, edited by Wang Wei
My Village in 2007 (80 mins./2008) , screen on 14:00, May 4
Directed, filmed, edited by Zhang Huancai
My Village in 2006 (75 mins./2008) , screen on 19:30, May 5
Directed, filmed, edited by Jia Zhitan
My Village in 2007 (80 mins./2008) , screen on 21:00, May 5
Directed, filmed, edited by Jia Zhitan

★New Works in Documentary Film
Sister Heaven Sister Earth , screen on 19:30, May 3
Director: Leslie Tai; Length: 103 minutes ; Production: 2008
Disorder , screen on 13:00, May 5
Director: Huang Weikai; Length: 58 minutes; Production: 2008

★Filmmaker in Focus: Edna Politi (Switzerland)
SHADOWS screen on 13:30, May 1
THE QUARTET OF THE POSSIBLES screen on 13:30, May 2
KURTAG – FRAGMENTE, Part /3 screen on 13:00, May 3
THE DAUGHTERSOF UTOPIA screen on 19:30, May 4

★EXPERIMENTAL AND SHORT STUDENT VIDEO SCREENINGS screen on 13:00, May 4
Public Space (the group of short film); My Grandma (12 min); Private Garden (5 min）
Hu Fusheng (5 min); Old People (25 min)

★Documentary Workshop, conducted by Edna Politi (Switzerland）
8 participants and the documentaries (in draft cutting) of the workshop
Activity & Schedule of the Documentary Workshop
10:00 to 10:30, May 1th: opening & introduction
10:30 to 12:30, May 1th: screen film of participant #1 & discussing
16:00 to 18:00, May 1th: screen film of participant #2 & discussing
10:00 to 12:00, May 2th: screen film of participant #3 & discussing
16:00 to 18:00, May 2th: screen film of participant #4 & discussing
10:00 to 12:00, May 3th: screen film of participant #5 & discussing
16:00 to 18:00, May 3th: screen film of participant #6 & discussing
10:00 to 12:00, May 4th: screen film of participant #7 & discussing
16:00 to 18:00, May 4th: screen film of participant #8 & discussing
10:00 to 12:00, May 5th: more discussing
16:00 to 18:00, May 5th: more discussing

l Seminars and Feedback Sessions
★Seminar: Discussing & Feedback of Program A of Young Choreographers Project (all groups together) Time and date: 10:30, April 28, Tue.
Conducted by: Tian Gebing, Zhang Xian
Present: all choreographers and dancers of YCP 2009
Inviting: Wang Yanan, He Yufan, Li Jianjun, Estelle Zheng

★Seminar: Discussing & Feedback of Program A of Young Choreographers Project (individual) Time and date: 14:00, April 28, Tue.
Conducted by: Tian Gebing, Zhang Xian
Present: all choreographers and dancers of YCP 2009
Invitng: Wang Yanan, He Yufan, Li Jianjun, Estelle Zheng

★Seminar: Creation and Continuation of Young Dance Theater (focus on works of three choreographers) Time and date: 13:30, April 30, Mon.
Conducted by: Wu Wenguang
Present: Wang Yanan, He Yufan, Li Jianjun
Inviting: Wen Hui, Tian Gebing, Zhang Xian

Seminar: Discussing & Feedback of Program A of Young Choreographers Project (individual) Time and date: 16:00, April 29, Wed.
Conducted by: Tian Gebing, Zhang Xian
Present: all choreographers and dancers of YCP 2009
Inviting: Wang Yanan, He Yufan, Li Jianjun, Estelle Zheng

★Seminar: Dance Creation and Social Reality (focus on works of Living Dance Studio)
Time and date: 13:30, April 30, Thu.
Conducted by: Tian Gebing
Present: Wen Hui

★Seminar: Discussing & Feedback of Program B of Young Choreographers Project (all groups together) Time and date: 10:30, May 1, Fri.
Conducted by: Tian Gebing, Zhang Xian
Present: all choreographers and dancers of YCP 2009
Inviting: Wang Yanan, He Yufan, Li Jianjun, Estelle Zheng

Seminar: Discussing & Feedback of Program B of Young Choreographers Project (individual) Time and date: 15:00, May 1, Fri.
Conducted by: Tian Gebing, Zhang Xian
Present: all choreographers and dancers of YCP 2009
Inviting: Wang Yanan, He Yufan, Li Jianjun, Estelle Zheng

Seminar: Discussing & Feedback of Program B of Young Choreographers Project (individual)
Time and date: 16:00, May 2, Fri.
Conducted by: Tian Gebing, Zhang Xian
Present: all choreographers and dancers of YCP 2009
Inviting: Wang Yanan, He Yufan, Li Jianjun, Estelle Zheng

Work team:
Curators: Wu Wenguang, Wen Hui
Project manager: Mao Ran
Co-Programmers: Constance Vos, Dineke Koerts (The Netherlands)
Stage Manager: Zheng Fuming
Technical Director: Su Ming
Coordinator: Xie Lina
Publicity: Zhang Xiaoyan, Yan Lifang
Graphic designer: Xie Lina
Translation: Marilyn Ong, Dong Haiying
English interpreters: Leslie Tai, Dong Haiying, Xu Yan, Wawa
Program assistants: Odette Scott、Zou Xueping, Li Xianmin
Sound/Video: Wang Wenli
Light: Jia Xiaonan
Volunteers: Pei Yanfeng, Pei Huifeng, Chen Yi, Huang Chaojun

Information contact, telephone: 010-6433 7243
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