FILM + VIDEO

    WILLIAM SHATNER'S GONZO BALLET

    WILLIAM SHATNER'S GONZO BALLET

    Presented by Indie Memphis at The Evergreen Theater

    May 25, 2011

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    Part of an Indie Memphis series of dance films screening at the Evergreen Theatre in collaboration with Project: Motion.

    WILLIAM SHATNER'S GONZO BALLET (51 min.) is a documentary about legendary choreographer Margo Sappington's quest to create a ballet set to the music of William Shatner's critically acclaimed album "Has Been" (produced and co-written with Ben Folds). The film shows Sappington's finished ballet, called "Common Pe...ople," in its entirety, as well as Shatner himself speaking candidly about his artistic endeavors and life choices. The film also features interviews with Ben Folds, Henry Rollins, Margo Sappington, and members of the Milwaukee Ballet.

    "A surprisingly revealing documentary that suggests the full depths of Shatner's self-awareness and -- no kidding -- artistic aspirations."
    ~Variety

    "When the lights went up, there were cheers. Shatner comes across as a true original."
    ~indieWIRE

    "Every dance number they do... shows the heart and soul of the dancer thrown into every move, every lift, and every turn. I recommend that everyone who appreciates creativity in all mediums see this movie."
    ~ San Diego Film Festival

    The feature is preceded by a program of short films by award-winning filmmaker Mitchell Rose:

    * ADVANCE (3 min) - One dance. Two minutes. Fifty locations. Winner of the 2010 Indie Memphis Film Festival jury award for "Best Animated or Experimental Film."

    * MODERN DAYDREAMS (16 min) - A suite of four Chaplinesque films exploring the theme of movement engendered by day-to-day life. In "Treadmill Softly," a man reaches aerobic heart rate at the gym when he falls for a hunkette. In "Islands in the Sky," four people weave fifty feet in the air atop four cherry-pickers, aloft and aloof in their ivory towers. In "Unleashed," a cubicle-bound Dilbert-ditto gets in touch with his inner puppy. In "Deere John," a man and a twenty-two ton John Deere excavator dance a dance of discovery, fulfillment, and eventually, the loss that any diesel-based relationship must suffer. "Inventive and conceptual crossbreeding of comedy and cutting edge dance." - FilmThreat.

    * ELEVATOR WORLD (4 min) - A computer-animated essay on the spatial politics of elevator riding. "A computer masterpiece" - CBS Evening News.


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        The Evergreen Theater

        1705 Poplar Avenue
        Memphis, TN 38104

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        May 25, 2011

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        7 pm

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