Format: Video

Linked To

Collection

The ReelDance Archive

Director

Jorge Léon

Contributor

Meg Stuart

Performer (contributor)

Ronald Burchi

All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of the copyright holder, unless the use falls within an exception of the Copyright Act (such as research or study).

Tools

Download Add to My Favourites Contact us about this Citation for this item

Library

Records & Archives

Between two chairs

Details

TitleBetween two chairsDate2007SubjectDocumentaryDescriptionFilm maker Jorge Léon presents in Between two chairs a video portrait based on an interview with the former dancer Ronald Burchi. After training as a modern dancer in the USA, the American Burchi used to live and work in Europe in the early nineties, didn’t manage to tie work permits to his actual working situation and ended up with an illegal status - a situation which is actually ore common in the dance world than we know or want to admit - to eventually go through a legalisation procedure in Belgium. Between two chairs sheds light on the many realities of the Alien Resident, making the fragile balance between the artistic visibility of international artists and their social and political rights clear in a striking way. In this work, Jorge Léon continues his artistic research on the format of the video interview as a potential portrait.NoteThe ReelDance Archive was developed by ReelDance Inc. with support from Arts NSW, Australia Council for the Arts and Performance Space.OrganisationSARMAExtent00:16:25CollectionThe ReelDance Archive

Creators

DirectorJorge Léon

Contributors

ContributorMeg StuartPerformer (contributor)Ronald Burchi

Use

RD089.mp4

Between two chairs

Connect with us