2012 New Releases Catalogue November - Learningemall.com

The result is a unique mix of familiar
similarities and stark contrasts on the
perspectives and understanding of
democracy.
Combining professionally produced
footage with excerpts from the students'
work, the film follows personal
experiences of the students while also
exploring the social and political contexts
of these distinct nations, now linked by
their use of a democratic system.
Item no. : ES03720832
Format : DVD (Color)
Duration : 60 minutes
Copyright : 2011
Price : USD 224.00
CULINARY
CHEF CHEF DES DES CHEFS: CHEFS: CHEFS: THE
THE
PALACE PALACE OF OF MONACO MONACO
MONACO
Chef des Chefs is an elite club composed
of 40 highly distinguished chefs cooking
for the world's most powerful heads of
states. Preparing daily meals and
sumptuous feasts for special government
receptions, they live a life of both privilege
and considerable pressure. They are
ambassadors of their country's cuisine
and have the crucial role to meticulously
create an atmosphere that will favor
diplomacy and political negotiations. Their
challenge is to consistently exhibit the
highest standards of gastronomy,
including selecting the finest ingredients,
creating inventive menus, and delivering
flawless service. We delve into the
luxurious and mysterious palace of
Monaco to meet Christian Garcia, who has
been the personal chef of Prince Albert II
of Monaco and his family for the past 24
years. This passionate man will go to any
length to discover the rarest treasures that
will compose the imaginative and delicate
dishes required by the royal family.
Uncover what happens behind closed
doors as Chef Garcia carefully
orchestrates a prestigious reception for
the President of Croatia with the help of
his dedicated 30 person team.
Item no. : FC00161696
Format : DVD
Duration : 60 minutes
Audience : Senior High - College
Copyright : 2012
Price : USD 225.00
DANCE
BEJART! BEJART! DID DID DID YOU YOU SAY
SAY
BEJART?
BEJART?
This documentary, made with the
complicity of Maurice Bejart, reveals the
first 30 years of his life which were totally
unknown: his happy childhood in Marseille,
the painful loss of his mother, his classic
training at the hard Russian school, his
father's death, the philosopher Gaston
Berger, the debuts in Birgit Cullberg's
Swedish company.
All these events marked the dancer, the
choreographer, the artist, the thinker, and
they throw a new light on his work. It is the
genius of Bejart under all it's forms that is
shown in this film which proposes a global
vision of this already legendary figure of
dance.
Listen as Bejart sits down one last time in
front of the camera to tell his remarkable
story.
Item no. : MV00770159
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 91 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791487
Price : USD 50.00
I I I DREAM DREAM OF OF MUMMERS
MUMMERS
By Adela Peeva
I Dream of Mummers is a story about a
custom, called kukeri, in which masked
people dance at the end of Winter and the
beginning of Spring. The custom's origins
are hidden far back in the past — a
tradition that has become part of the
history of an entire nation. It is found in
many places in Bulgaria, but here, in the
village of Sushitsa, it has almost
completely preserved its authenticity and
can still be seen as it was performed
centuries ago.
For people here, this is the biggest feast of
the year, and today, on its eve, the entire
village is preparing for the celebration.
Bells are tinkling, costumes and masks
are taken out of drawers and attics.
Everything looks just as it did in an old
newsreel found in the National Film
Archives. In 1942 — more than 60 years
ago — cameras filmed the same
celebration in the same village. Here the
tradition is handed down from generation
to generation, from father to son, and
when shown this archival footage, some
people in the village recognized their
fathers and grandfathers. One man
recognized his father and another saw his
grandfather as a young man with curly
mustache.
This is a film about a small village and its
inhabitants, about an ancient tradition that
they have preserved almost intact to this
day, and about a friendship as undying as
the tradition itself.
Awards
� Ashgate Audience Film Prize, RAI
International Festival of Ethnographic
Film, London, 2011
� Preservation of Spiritual Heritage
Award, International Festival of
Ethnological Film, Serbia, 2011
� Best Bulgarian Film, International
Mountain Film Festival, Bulgaria,
2011
Item no. : PH03790827
Format : DVD (Color)
Duration : 27 minutes
Copyright : 2011
Price : USD 252.00
JATHILAN: JATHILAN: TRANCE TRANCE AND
AND
POSSESSION POSSESSION IN IN JAVA
JAVA
By Robert Lemelson
Practiced in Java for centuries, Jathilan is
a folk dance that uses the power of music
and dance to channel powerful and
sometimes terrifying forces. Led by a
spiritual guide and a whip-bearing
ringleader, a group of dancers ride woven
horses in rhythmic unison until they are
entered by spirits. Once possessed they
engage in a range of self-mortification
behaviors until safely emerging from their
altered state, left with no memory of the
event and no lingering ill effects.
The film combines footage of a number of
Jathilan performances with interviews with
dancers, spiritual leaders, anthropologists,
and enthusiasts. This extraordinary
practice becomes more than just
spectacle as Jathilan is contextualized
within broader processes of Indonesian
historical, political and social change and
the viewer is provided a window into the
subjective experiences of those who
participate. Multiple interpretations of
Jathilan's significance ultimately emerge,
from an empirical proof of spiritual
presence, to a strategy of community
building, to a resistant expression of folk
identity.
Item no. : HR03650828
Format : DVD (Color)
Duration : 27 minutes
Copyright : 2011
Price : USD 167.00
PLACE PLACE PLACE - MIKHAIL MIKHAIL
MIKHAIL
BARYSHNIKOV
BARYSHNIKOV
PLACE is a sensational dance film,
especially created for world-famous
dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov & Ana
Laguna by an outstanding international
team of artists.
Staged by Mats Ek, considered to be one
of the world's best Choreographers.
Directed by Grammy, MTV & Cannes,
Grand Prix award-winning director, Jonas
Akerlund -- famed for collaborations, with
Lady Gaga, Madonna, U2, Rolling Stones,
Robbie Williams & Christina Aguilera.
In Place watch 4 icons of art combine
forces to create a new type of dance for
camera.
Touching and Exciting the Body's Fragile
Beauty is interpreted by Super-star
Virtuosos of Dance, Choreography & Film.
Keeping ballet's inherent form while
adding an another culture, Place becomes
a modern but dynamic balance of two
different worlds
Item no. : VZ00770354
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 30 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769790190
Price : USD 50.00
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