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	One’s own body is the site of identity......Nancy Spanier   My films are visual tone poems. Videodance allows me to invent in new ways that inspire my choreographic sensibilities. I am interested in how the human body interacts with ancient and sacred sites set in lush and exquisite nature. I work collaboratively and improvisationally with the dancer to capture the essential spirit of each site. All of my films have been shot on location in southwestern France. Flesh Sites focuses on the nude male body responding to such sites as a prehistoric cave dating back 30,000 years with bas-reliefs, a 10th century pigeonnier, an 11th century abbey ruin, and a 12th century chateau ruin. Echos, esprits et traces dans l’ancien hospice de Hautefort is a docudance, cinematic voyage through a museum of medicine housed in a 17th century hospital. Once Before A Time is a poetic fairy tale featuring an 11 year old child who goes on a vision quest to rediscover her equilibrium after the loss of her mother.
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