Empezar, in pieces
Rosanna Terracianno
Calgary,
2011 DV 5:43
Empezar, in pieces is Rosanna’s first short film.
Drawing on her experiences as a dancer and choreographer, the film explores
elements of dance on film or videodance. In flamenco music, the rhythm, or compás,
can eventually take on a certain resonant quality for a flamenco dancer or
musician, and becomes a sort of heartbeat or meter for the music being played
or the movement being danced. As with any rhythm, this compás stays
with you, and resonates within your body in different ways, whether you are
directly involved as a mover or musician, or indirectly as a viewer or
listener. With this film, Rosanna explored a different way in which this compás
or heartbeat can resonate with the viewer; specifically, how can it
visually resonate with the viewer? How can a series of images or a certain
gesture or everyday movement or action resonate with the viewer with this same
driving and persistent quality as the compás? With a single female
character present in the film, how can the viewer visually experience the
resonance of an artist who goes into herself? This film was created with the
support of the EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society’s Production Access
Program as a Bars ‘n’ Tone scholarship recipient.
Rosanna Terracciano is an
independent flamenco dance artist based in Calgary, who dedicates her work to
developing a distinct and personal voice working at the intersection of
traditional flamenco and contemporary dance practices. One of her current
interests is in translating the essence of the flamenco form into the
video/film medium. Rosanna travels to Spain regularly to deepen her
understanding of the flamenco tradition. 2011 was a monumental year for
Rosanna, with invitations to perform her own contemporary flamenco
choreographies for the first time in Spain at the Flamenco Empirico cycle
(dedicated to experimental flamenco) of the Flamenco Ciutat Vella Festival in
Barcelona and at the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, being
selected as one of 11 Alberta choreographers for the Alberta Showcase at the Fluid
Movement Arts Festival in Calgary, and having her first short dance film
selected to screen at the Festival of Flamenco Short Films in Madrid.
