S H O R T W O R K S
M O L T O V I V A C E !
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A group of young people meet in the barren ambience of the parking garage. For a brief moment they create their own ephemeral world, extravagantly dressed and full of mysterious codes. Molto Vivace! was largely inspired by the club kids movement. Starting from the New York nightlife of the 1980s, they formed a subculture that openly redefined questions of gender and social conventions.
Molto Vivace! is a contemporary dance film by choreographers Koen Augustijnen and Rosalba Torres Guerrero, and filmmakers Zachary Chant and Denislav Kanev. Born out of the developing COVID-19 situation, Molto Vivace! was originally conceived as full length contemporary dance production of Le Sacre to be performed by tanzmainz at Staatstheater Mainz, Germany. |
A W h i l e A w a y
A film with Andrea Muelas Blanco and Arno Brys
Commissioned for Dance Theater Heidelberg's
FREIRAUM FILM PROJECT
Commissioned for Dance Theater Heidelberg's
FREIRAUM FILM PROJECT
Please contact us for viewing possibilites
E X O D U S
Protagonist: Paul Simon
Regie: Paul Simon & Denislav Matzel
Produktion: De-Da Productions
Buchvorlage: „Exodus“ erschienen in der deutschen Ausgabe beim Verlag Matthes & Seitz Berlin
Kamera: Denislav Matzel
Musik: Anton Berman & „Schubert Sinfonie Nr. 8 – Unvollendete“ Waldemar Martynel
Drehort: Wartburg (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden) Live
Performance: Walhalla im Exil Wiesbaden Idee und Konzept der Performance: Sigrid Skoetz & Paul Simon
Read a review -----> HERE! <-----
Regie: Paul Simon & Denislav Matzel
Produktion: De-Da Productions
Buchvorlage: „Exodus“ erschienen in der deutschen Ausgabe beim Verlag Matthes & Seitz Berlin
Kamera: Denislav Matzel
Musik: Anton Berman & „Schubert Sinfonie Nr. 8 – Unvollendete“ Waldemar Martynel
Drehort: Wartburg (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden) Live
Performance: Walhalla im Exil Wiesbaden Idee und Konzept der Performance: Sigrid Skoetz & Paul Simon
Read a review -----> HERE! <-----
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L I C H T B L I C K E — S P I E G E L U N G E N
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Dance film on the occasion of the exhibition
Lichtblicke – Adolf Luther und Künstlerfreunde Dancers & Choreography: Camilla Marcati & Anna Gorokhova Directed by James Sutherland & De-Da Productions Music: Davide Degano Filming & Editing: Denislav Kanev & Zachary Chant - De-Da Productions Makeup: Sandra Höfer |
Works from the collection of the Adolf Luther Foundation Krefeld
25.09. - 02/21/2021
a cooperation between mpk and the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
under the sponsorship of the District Association of the Palatinate
T h e N u t c r a c k e r
Ein Film von Ramon John in Zusammenarbeit mit De-Da Productions und den Tänzern des Hessischen Staatsballetts
C o m m o n G r o u n d
Tanzvideo anlässlich der Ausstellung
Julia Steiner – Am Saum des Raumes
08.02. - 23.08.2020
eine kooperation des mpk - Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern mit den Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
Tänzer*in & Choreographie: Camilla Marcati & Davide Degano
Musik: Davide Degano
Regie & Schnitt: Denislav Kanev & Zachary Chant - De-Da Productions
Julia Steiner – Am Saum des Raumes
08.02. - 23.08.2020
eine kooperation des mpk - Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern mit den Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
Tänzer*in & Choreographie: Camilla Marcati & Davide Degano
Musik: Davide Degano
Regie & Schnitt: Denislav Kanev & Zachary Chant - De-Da Productions
Besonderer Dank an:
Urs Häberli - Intendant des Pfalztheaters, für die sofortige Bereitschaft der Kooperation.
James Sutherland - Direktor der Sparte Tanz und Choreographie des Pfalztheaters, für die fabelhafte Unterstützung des Projektes in allen Belangen, für zahlreiche Ideen und die generöse und vertrauensvolle Überlassung der Choreographie an seine TänzerInnen.
Bettina Bachem - stellvertretend für den Vorstand des Vereins der Freunde des mpk,
für die großzügige Übernahme der Produktionskosten.
H e a d O v e r H e e l s
Selected for online presentation by the The Tanja Liedtke Foundation support project for Australian artists in Germany
“Pardon the way that I stare,
There’s nothing else to compare.
But if you feel like I feel,
Please let me know that it’s real.”
“I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me.”
The most intimate of relationships.
One of intertwined experiences & increased reliance
Falling in deeper and deeper.
I rely on you,
& you depend on me.
As our online interactions replace our physical ones, are we in danger of experiencing
more through a technological device than we are without it?
Where does the device end and the self begin?
“Pardon the way that I stare,
There’s nothing else to compare.
But if you feel like I feel,
Please let me know that it’s real.”
“I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me.”
The most intimate of relationships.
One of intertwined experiences & increased reliance
Falling in deeper and deeper.
I rely on you,
& you depend on me.
As our online interactions replace our physical ones, are we in danger of experiencing
more through a technological device than we are without it?
Where does the device end and the self begin?
Created & performed by Zachary Chant
Music: SImon Mottl
O u t s i d e i n
Created for the The Tanja Liedtke Foundation support project for Australian artists in Germany
Music
"Blush" by Abby Bella May
Costume design & performance
Isabella Heymann
"Blush" by Abby Bella May
Costume design & performance
Isabella Heymann
D O E
A collaboration between
Thrifterbell & De-Da Productions
Music by Thomas Heymann
Costume Isabella Heymann
Thrifterbell & De-Da Productions
Music by Thomas Heymann
Costume Isabella Heymann
A l m i g h t y M e n
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A clear setting of emblematic objects determines and limits the space. The dancer Gustavo Gomes gradually expands in space and time during this filmed performance. His instruments are not only the objects but his body itself. Inspired by the gestures and facial expressions of dictators, he shows strength, power, and leadership. He aims, threatens, accuses and does not ignore what he is: a white man. A white man who spreads, oppresses, marks his territory and elevates his vision of right and wrong to the norm. Drawing influence from the first forms of fascism under Benito Mussolini in northern Italy and also by Pier Paolo Pasolini's feature film Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom, the Brazilian dancer Gustavo Gomes embarks on an artistic examination of past as well as current social issues. Who is privileged in our society? How do we encounter minorities? What's the fear behind homophobia? How do we deal with oppression and threat? Why can religion be used as a justification for violence? How does power, admiration and followers arise? What remains of a culture after decades of colonial rule? |
Directed by Denislav Kanev and Zachary Chant
Concept and performance by Gustavo Gomes
Music by Ulysse Zangs
Light by David Bräuer and Hendrik Borowski
Assistant on set Dayana Sturm
Special thanks
Hanna Knell - Frankfurt Lab
Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company/Jacopo Godani
Gabrielle König
Luisa Sancho Escanero
E i n M o m e n t , e i n A u g e n b l i c k
Premiering April 14th
Ein Film von De-Da Productions und Mareike Buchmann
Mit: Mareike Buchmann und Robert Krajnik
Texte/Idee: Mareike Buchmann
Sound: Mirko Danihel
P u r s u i t
A short dance film by Zachary Chant and Denislav Kanev
with Gustavo Gomes
with Gustavo Gomes
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~ SEMI FINALIST ~
Lisbon Film Rendezvous Film Festival |
Coming Soon
R e s p i r e
.to inhale and exhale air for the purpose of maintaining life; breathe.
.recover hope, courage, or strength after a time of difficulty
Times are challenging. They are also uncertain, frustrating and at times boring. Individually we may not know what each other may be going through, but from one corner of the globe to another we are all affected in varying degrees.
Pressure can be felt and measured in a number of ways, be it financial or emotional, or from the micro to the global. What matters now?, what has shifted, and what will come to be?
All questions none of us yet have the answer to, but this unknowingness we also share.
When pushed into new circumstances we can’t help but find a way. It may not always be productive, not always beautiful, yet it it should still be acknowledged and even celebrated.
Embrace the in between.
Keep your distance,
but come together
with Rubén Albelda Giner
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Drawing inspiration from Bach’s Goldberg variations, ∞ reflects upon the purity of existence, and the cyclical, yet contradictory way in which life and death lead to, and become one another.
J.S.Bach "The Goldberg Variations"
Waldemar Martynel
Concept: Zachary Chant & Denislav Kanev
Dancer: Ramon John
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Selected for POOL Internationales Tanz-Film- Festival Berlin 2019
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Selected for the DANCE ON SCREEN FESTIVAL 2018
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S T I L L
Please contact us if you are interested in viewing this short dance film.
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After sitting by the Baltic Sea, watching the still serene water and listening to the tranquility of the silence, choreographer Nathan Cornwell asked himself the question, in absence of motion are we truly still? As humans we respire, we dream, our muscles function when we are asleep, so is stillness a true physical state or more of a mental one? Is it the suspension of a first kiss? The motionlessness of one’s surroundings? Or is the true meaning of stillness eternal rest?”
Photography by Dominic Harrison
J i g g l e
WINNER
Best Experimental Film - Ork_Kota_platform
TOP 10 DENMARK
60secondsdance competition 2018
See more over on the official website
WINNER
Cine Fern 2018 - Nov 2018
Best Experimental Film - Ork_Kota_platform
TOP 10 DENMARK
60secondsdance competition 2018
See more over on the official website
WINNER
Cine Fern 2018 - Nov 2018
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Jiggle is an expression and exploration of the body's whimsical nature.
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A one mInute film by Zachary Chant and Denislav Kanev
with Giulia Torri and Alex de Vries
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A one mInute film by Zachary Chant and Denislav Kanev
with Giulia Torri and Alex de Vries
v o i d
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Void is a short film that represents things which are not there. A lack of connection to the space, and those who are occupying it. A flicker of recognition or a dream unable to be recalled. Unrealised potential or a wish that fails to materialise. Emptiness. The chasm left by a departed lover Receding memories. Absences. All these things that leave a void |
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Have I ever spoken properly?
Have I ever spoken properly? - Figurative
Derived from the concept FIGURATIVE by Kihako Narisawa.
FIGURATIVE is a conceptual project which is representative of a system, questions which address the disparity between idea and word, language and artistic expression...
De-Da Productions
Denislav Kanev & Zachary Chant
Derived from the concept FIGURATIVE by Kihako Narisawa.
FIGURATIVE is a conceptual project which is representative of a system, questions which address the disparity between idea and word, language and artistic expression...
De-Da Productions
Denislav Kanev & Zachary Chant
Please contact us if you are interested in viewing this short dance film.
- L i p s t i c k N o i r e -
A collision between De-Da Productions and Rubén Albelda Giner