A film of Gideon Obarzanek’s 2004 work I Want to Dance Better at Parties will be airing on ABC1, June 24 at 10pm. Co-directed by Obarzanek and filmmaker Matt Bate, the film fuses documentary, drama and dance. It’s based on the stage production originally presented by Chunky Move, in which a grieving man in need of some form of human contact takes up dance classes.
I Want to Dance Better at Parties premiered at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival and will also screen at the Sydney Film Festival, Monday 9 June at 4.30pm alongside Tender, by artist-filmmaker Lynette Wallworth. There will be a panel discussion and opportunity to meet the artists behind these works at a panel discussion entitled Cross Pollination: The Hive Project on Tuesday 10 June at 6pm.
For more information about the Sydney Film Festival events head to www.sff.org.au
Elizabeth Nabben as Melissa and Steve Rodgers as Phillip. Photo: Ian Routledge
