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The Dance

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Social Criticism · Women · Music/Dance · Labor  

  • CountryIndia
  • Production Year2008
  • Running Time84min
  • Format Digi Beta
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
At a cattle fair in Bihar, India, fifty young and beautiful women perform every night. The majority of the audience is men. The women’s dance presents a sexual fantasy to its viewers, but to the dancers, the dance is just a job that helps them manage their daily life and dream of having independent lives. The documentary also captures the sincere voices of these women whose work is handed down from their mothers. The film meditates on the significance of gender, sexuality, labor, and popular culture. (NAM In-Young)
Director
Saba DEWAN
Saba Dewan is a filmmaker based in Delhi, India. She completed her masters in film and TV production from the Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi in 1987 and has been making independent documentaries ever since. [The Dance] is the second film of a trilogy that focuses on stigmatised women performers, the first being [Delhi–Mumbai–Delhi](2006). The final film of the trilogy is about the art and lifestyle of courtesans and is in progress.
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Credit
  • Director Saba DEWAN 사바 드완
  • Producer Rahul ROY
  • Screenplay Saba DEWAN
  • Cinematography Rahul ROY
  • Editor Anupama CHANDRA
  • Sound Asheesh PANDYA
  • Production Company Aakar
    A-19, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi INDIA 110049

  • World Sales Media Associates
    A-19, Gulmohar Park New Delhi INDIA 110049