NICK DE PENCIER

Streetcar

Streetcar is a dance document of a man forced to carry the full weight of his mortality on his commute home. As the streetcar rumbles through the winter night with the city neon and traffic streaming by outside its windows, he begins - imperceptibly at first - to accentuate certain of his pedestrian gestures to the point of stylization. First with just his eyes, then his fingers, then the striking of certain poses in relation to the forms of the other riders, him movements begin to add up to a personal dance.

director: Nick de Pencier
choreographer/dancer: Peter Chin

Nick de Pencier

Nick de Pencier is a director, producer, and director of photography working in performing arts, documentary, and dramatic film. He has also directed, produced and photographed eight modern dance performance films which have received national and international broadcasts and won awards at Canadian and international festivals. The latest of these, Streetcar, was nominated in 2004 for a Performing Arts Best Direction Gemini; the film's choreographer and lead, Peter Chin, won for Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Documentary

http://www.mercuryfilms.ca

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