PARTNER PROJECTS
AKIRUNO
New project with Idiot Savant Theater Company (Japan) and Belloo Creative (Australia) for Tokyo Tokyo Festival 2021.
Film Link:
https://vimeo.com/dbel/akiruno-tokyo-finale
TAL/VOYAGER
Project with musicians Sora Kim and Jihye Lim (DUOBUD of Seoul, South Korea) featuring dance artist Christina Guieb.
Best Dance Music Video at the Rome Music Video Awards 2022* Best Dance Music Video International Music Video Awards Budapest 2022* Best Experimental Film All Asian Independent Film Festival Manila 2022* Best Dance Short Hong Kong Indie Film Festival* Semi-Finalist New York International Women Festival* Semi-Finalist Dubai Indie Film Festival* Semi-Finalist Hong Kong Indie Film Festival 2023*
Film Link:
https://vimeo.com/dbel/voyager-tal-ellipse
INFINITE OCTAGON
(Arts Residency/Digital Film) 8 Immortals Trans-Water Arts Odyssey Research Partnership with Angela Liong and Arts Fission Company Singapore 2018-2021. Showcases National Maritime Gallery Singapore (2019), City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi (as part of the 2021 Chinese New Year Festival, New Zealand). Supported by The Arts Fission Company Singapore, Asian Events Trust, Asia New Zealand Foundation and Creative New Zealand toi Aotearoa.
Film Link:
https://vimeo.com/dbel/infin8-octagon-cny
HOUSE IN THE DUNES 砂の家
(Live Theatre/Projections/Sound) Japanese, Australian and New Zealand collaborators led by Idiot Savant Theater Co and Belloo Creative. TPAM 2020 Fringe Premiere at Teishoin Temple, Yokohama. Supported by Creative New Zealand and Arts Council Australia, Norpa and Japanese partners).
Film Link:
https://vimeo.com/dbel/duneshouse
LANIAKEA
(Interactive Film/Pipa/Gongs/Electronics) Australian, Taiwanese and New Zealand collaborators with composer Corrina Bonshek and Co. Funded by HOTA Home of the Arts and City of Gold Coast through HOTA's Creative Development Program. Supported by Creative New Zealand and The Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and City of Gold Coast Council to promote local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
Film Links:
https://vimeo.com/dbel/laniakea1
https://vimeo.com/dbel/laniakea2
https://vimeo.com/dbel/laniakea3
Laniakea VR
XYZ
(Digital Film) World Premiere International Dance Day 2018 at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand hosted by Dance Aotearoa New Zealand. Official selection Chinese New Year Celebrations Wellington 2020, recommissioned by the Asian Events Trust. Featuring dancer Jill Goh with music by Jan-Bas Bollen. Funded by Creative New Zealand toi Aotearoa with support from the New Zealand School of Dance.
Film Link:
https://vimeo.com/dbel/xyztouch
SATELLITES
(Live Dance/Kinetic Sculpture/Projections/Electronic Score) Royal New Zealand Ballet commission to Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts for the Allegro National Tour 2014. Daniel Belton director/choreographer/designer with Donnine Harrison costume designer, Verity Jacobsen choreographic assistant, Jan-Bas Bollen music, Jim Murphy sculpture, Jac Grenfell motion graphics and dancers of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. EXPAND (Reviews)
STITCHBIRDS (HIHI)
(Live Dance/Kinetic Sculpture) Commissioned and produced by The Body Festival 2007 with Adam Hayward. Direction, design and choreography Daniel Belton, featuring senior students of the New Zealand School of Dance, music by Jan-Bas Bollen and couture from ADUKI. World Premiere: The Body Festival, Christchurch, NZ 2007. Best of Dance Awards 2007 NZ Listener. Funders/support partners: The Body Festival, New Zealand School of Dance, Creative New Zealand toi Aotearoa.
AFTER DüRER
(Dance-art Film) in association with Waikato University Music Department. World Premiere: The Body Festival 2007, Christchurch, NZ. Awarded Best of Dance Film 2007 New Zealand Listener Magazine. Awarded Most Innovative Work, XV Festival Internazionale Di Videodanza il Coreografo Elettronico, Naples, Italy 2008. Official selections: MIR Festival 2008, Athens, Greece; VAD 2008, Festival of Video and Digital Arts, Girona, Spain; Dance on Camera International Festival Competition 2009, New York; Dance Camera West, Los Angeles, USA; Salento Finibus Terrae Festival 2009, Apulia, Italy; CINEDANS Festival 2009, Amsterdam, NL; Cinedans invitation Filmhuis Den Haag, NL; Dance Symposium Otago University, 2010, NZ. Official selection Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec (BAnQ), Montreal, Canada during 2012-13 (Raymond Klibansky 10 month Exhibition). This solo dance film by Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts features cello scores from Martin Lodge. Support partners: The Body Festival (NZ), Waikato University New Zealand, Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec.
Film Links:
https://vimeo.com/dbel/after-durer
https://vimeo.com/dbel/magic-square-dance
After Dürer (Polyhedron Master)
After Dürer (Polyhedron Magic Square)
FIGURE(S) OF SPEECH
(Digital Film/Essay) 2003 Creative New Zealand Choreographic Research Residency awarded to Daniel Belton in association with the University of Otago Dance Studies. Awarded Best Video Creacion at Canariasmediafest International Festival of Multimedia and Video, Spain 2004. Official selection New Zealand International Film Festival 2004, Body Festival Christchurch, New Zealand 2004; Videodance 2004, Athens, Greece; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand 2004/5; Kawasaki Digital Short Film Festival, Kawasaki, Japan 2005; CINEDANS International Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2005; Napolidanza International Film Festival, Naples, Italy 2005. Official selection 150th Otago University Celebrations, Dunedin, New Zealand 2019 commissioned remaster edition. Honorable Mention International Music Video Awards, Budapest, Hungary 2022. Official Selection Prague Music Video Awards 2023. Honorable Mention Rome Music Video Awards, Rome, Italy 2023. Supported by Creative New Zealand toi Aotearoa with Otago University.