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A Good Madness: The Dance of Rachel Browne
Written, Directed and Produced by Danielle Sturk
Documentary | 77 min | English | HD | Stereo Canada | 2014
This feature documentary on Rachel Browne (1934–2012), founder of Canada’s oldest professional modern dance company, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, captures the essence of the woman and power of the dance she created, exposing her unwavering desire to create dance to the exclusion of all else.
Creative Team:
Producer / Writer / Director: Danielle Strurk
Cinematographer / Editor / Original Music: Oscar Fenoglio
Assistant to the Director: Kristin Haight
Dance Consultant: Stephanie Ballard
Choreography: Rachel Browne
Featured Performers: Kristin Haight, Sharon B. Moore, Treasure Waddell
Music: Kurt Weill, Ann Southam, Rogers and Hart, Hoagy Carmichael, Oscar Fenoglio, Simon Jeffes, Bernard Xolotl
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SCREENINGS
GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL 2020
June 20th, 2020, 7 pm CDT, followed by Q & A with director Danielle Sturk and dancer/production assistant Kristin Haight.
Also available for free viewing online through Gimli’s website.
CANADIAN CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE: 509 Parliament Street, Toronto
November 19th, 2016; 7:00pm
http://dcd.ca/emails/rachelbrowne2.html
BETTY OLIPHANT THEATRE: 404 Jarvis Street, Toronto
August 12th, 2015; 7:30pm
https://princessproductions.ca/dance/what-we-do/current-festival/
GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL: Gimli, Manitoba
July 24th, 2015
http://www.gimlifilm.com
CBC SCREENING: CBC Documentary Channel Preview
July 7, 2015; 9pm ET/ 8pm UTC
FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE: 280 East Cordova St, Vancouver
July 4, 2015; 7pm
http://firehallartscentre.ca
CINEMATHEQUE: 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg
April 22-25, 2015
WCD 50th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING: Rachel Browne Theatre, Winnipeg
April 21, 2015
OFFICIAL SELECTION-INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILMS ON ART (FIFA):
Place des Arts, Cinquieme Salle, Montreal
March 26, 2015
UQAM, Salle Jean-Claude Lauzon, Montreal
March 28, 2015
info & tickets: artfifa.com
PRAIRIE DANCE CIRCUIT-New Dance Horizons, Regina
October 15-16, 2014
PRIVATE LAUNCH: Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
September 30, 2014
This film has generously been supported by the financial assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council, MTS TV Stories From Home, Manitoba Film & Music and the support in equipment and services from the Winnipeg Film Group, William F. White International, Video Pool Arts Media Arts Centre, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers and the School of Contemporary Dancers. A special thank you to the Rachel Browne Dance Fund.