Synopsis

A silent man enters a house and is confronted by memories from the past…

Through a series of dance routines we watch the couples relationship at different moments. As the man is drawn through the house he draws closer to the present and the couple’s final confrontation.

Together is a film about the things we leave behind…


Reviews

“I would love to have seen Together among the prizewinners. Madeleine Hetherton directed choreographer Rowan Marchingo and Alexandra Harrison in a extract from a piece they have performed at Belvoir Street Theatre. The nine-minute film version is set in a house. He walks in and remembers their tumultuous relationship, replayed in the remarkable, intense physicality of these two powerful and sensitive performers.”


“This (is a) fine portrait of a volatile relationship.”

“…highly skilled dancers…woven into an interesting plot…
excellent direction and good cinematography.”

Awards

• Together, Finalist, 2005 IMZ dance screen Award for Best Screen choreography
(not longer than 15 minutes)
• Winner, Inside Film People’s Choice Award,
2004 ReelDance Awards for Australian & New Zealand Dance Film & Video
• Shortlisted for Best Dance Film, 2004 Australian Dance Awards
• Certificate of Distinction, 2004 American Dance Festival, Dancing for Camera
• Shortlisted for the 2004 ReelDance Awards for Australian & New Zealand Dance Film & Video
• Shortlisted for Best Dance Video, Il Coreografo Elettronico,
Festival Internazionale di Videodanza, Naples (Napolidanza).
• Highly Commended by Bob Lockyer, BBC Judge, Dance for the Camera Festival, Utah, USA
• Runner up, SBS Eat Carpet Award, World of Women International Film Festival
• Winner, Best Editing, Fitzroy Shorts 2005
• Runner up, Best Film, Fitzroy Shorts, 2005


Screenings

• American Dance Festival, Dancing for Camera, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
• American Dance Festival, Screendance: The State of the Art Conference, NC, USA
• Bangkok Fringe Festival, Thailand
• Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, Maine, USA
• CineMoves: A Forum for the Exhibition of Dance and Movement on Film, Sydney, Australia.
• Cookatoo Island Festival, Sydney, Australia
• Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester, UK.
• Constellation Change Screen Dance Festival, London, UK.
• Dance Camera Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a retrospective screening
of ten works entitled A Dance Television: Physical TV
• Dance[E]motion – Jakarta, Indonesia
• Dance for the Camera Festival, Utah, USA.
• Dance on Camera Festival, New York City, USA.
• DIDance (digital dance festival), International Dance Festival,
CID Unesco Koren Chaper, Seoul, Korea
• Flickerfest International Film Festival, Sydney, Australia.
• Il Coreografo Elettronico, Festival Internazionale di Videodanza, Naples (Napolidanza), Italy.
• In the Realm of Senses Short Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
•    IMZ dance screen on tour at the Kulturhus, Sandnes, Norway,
and the Tanzplan, Dresden, Germany

• International Dance Fair, Dusseldorf, Germany
(exhibitor screening by IMZ and the SK Stiftung Kultur)
• International Video-Dance Festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel
• International Dance Film Festival, Dance and Media, Japan
• Japanese FFest, Japan
• Monaco Dance Forum, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
• ReelDance International Dance Film Festival, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide,
Melbourne, Perth, Newcastle, Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand.
• Video Dance Festival, Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece
• Woodford Film Festival, Woodford, Australia
• World of Women International Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
• Tanznite 2010, Opera Graz, Germany (IMZ dance screen on tour)


Cast and Key Crew

Performers: Rowan Marchingo & Alexandra Harrison
Choreographer: Rowan Marchingo

Director: Madeleine Hetherton
Writers: Madeleine Hetherton & Richard James Allen
Producers: Danielle Kelly & Luke Eve
Director of Photography: Cordelia Beresford
Production Designer: Trina Rowston
Editor: Bridget Lyon
Script Editor: Karen Pearlman
Original Music: Basil Hogios
Sound Design: Luke Mynott & Paul Hurrell

Executive Producers: Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman, The Physical TV Company
& Madeleine Hetherton

Technical Details for Screening

Screening medium: Video: Betacam SP, mini-dv, or DVD (PAL or NTSC)
Duration: 8:30 minutes
Number of Cassettes: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4 x 3
Speed: 25 frames per second
Sound: Stereo