SOCIAL SKILLS

SOCIAL SKILLS is a composition in which a large international group of improvising dancers share a viable vision of a cooperative and imaginative future based on mutual support and spontaneous creation. Here is an environment of touch without threat, closeness without conflict, and individual expression within collective action. Highlights from the 60 DAYS WORKSHOP conducted by dancer/choreographer/pedagogue David Zambrano (a long-time favorite instructor at ImpulsTanz) in his Brussels art center TIC TAC (from October through mid-December of 2019) were recorded on 16mm film. Studying this crowd-filled footage, and composing from it this concise film, provided comfort and consolation during these unexpectedly protracted times of social isolation. Hills' 1988 dance film SSS also featured improvised movement by Zambrano (with Parkins also on the soundtrack).

Orig. Title
SOCIAL SKILLS
Year
2021
Countries
Austria, Belgium
Duration
12 min
Director
Henry Hills
Category
Experimental
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
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Credits
Director
Henry Hills
Concept & Realization
Henry Hills
Cinematography
Henry Hills
Editing
Henry Hills
music selection and editing
Henry Hills
electric harp improvisations
Zeena Parkins
workshop conducted by
David Zambrano
Available Formats
DCP 2K flat (Distribution Copy)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,37
Sound Format
5.1 surround
Frame Rate
24 fps
Color Format
colour
Digital File (prores, h264)
Festivals (Selection)
2021
Lisboa - inShadow
Viennale - Vienna Int. Film Festival
2022
Seoul - International ALT Cinema&Media Festival (neMaf)
Graz - Diagonale, Festival des österreichischen Films
Kiew - Docudays UA - International Human Rights Film Festival
2023
New York - MoMi - First Look Festival