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LE MILE Introduces TV


.LE MILE INTRODUCES

 
 

*Step Into The Light
by Andrew Winghart

Director Andrew Winghart offers a profound exploration of resilience and rebirth in his latest dance film, "Step Into The Light." Produced in collaboration with Columbia Performing Arts Center, the film chronicles the journey of young dancers emerging from the shadows of pandemic-induced isolation into a world radiant with newfound hope and beauty.
Originally staged as a live performance, "Step Into The Light" seamlessly transitions to the silver screen, merging haunting vocals with evocative choreography. Shot in mesmerizing 35mm, every detail, from the vulnerability in dancer Brianna Keingatti's eyes to the gentle sway of fabric, is captured with pristine clarity. Winghart's film is a testament to the human spirit's ability to find light in the darkest times. Experience yourself and find your own connection to hope.

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Immersive Performance Reimagines How Fashion Is Presented


Immersive Performance Reimagines How Fashion Is Presented


  

Performance Of Postures
*Changing How Fashion Is Presented


A performance that places the audience in the middle of the action allows fashion to be seen in a new light. Laura Banfield and Claire Myers, based in Melbourne, use a technique that suspends the models in the air to create a performance that lasts over time.

 

The latest collaborative project by Laura Banfield and fashion designer Claire Myers is called Performance of Postures. Laura's practice, which is interdisciplinary, examines bodies, materials, and fashion through performance, installations, wearable art objects, and image creation. Claire previously worked for Molly Goddard and then went on to start Lambert, a womenswear label that uses upcycled post-consumer textiles and digital prototyping.

 
 

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Performance of Postures

Performance directed and produced by Laura Banfield and Claire Myers

 
Laura Banfield Fashion Performance Creative Way of presenting fashion
 
 

Performance of Postures, which was presented at Melbourne Design Week 2022, featured a number of local experimental fashion designers. The event, which took place at the Australian Native Garden, consisted of models assuming ethereal still-life poses with the assistance of a body-suspending installation.

 
 
 

The performance was designed to challenge conventional ways of presenting fashion, such as on a runway or in an exhibition. As the models held their elevated poses, viewers were invited to interact with the performance. Instead of staying in one place, audience members gradually moved around, looking at the work from different angles. The audience’s exploration of the levitating models and their clothes, enhanced by different viewing angles and distances, allowed for new perspectives of bodies, performance and fashion.

 
 
 
 
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credits

Photographer: Kaede James-Takamoto
Featured designers: Lucinda Babi, Phoebe Pendergast, Love Manifesto, Emily Watson, Veils of Cirrus, Laura Galati, Lambert, Be Right Back, Wackie Ju
Talent: Xandria Fe Vejano, Laura Banfield, Siobhan McKenna
Installation: Laura Banfield
Crew: Laura Galati, James Fletcher, Patrick Anderson, Alice Ramsden, Kim Thompson, Gus Berenyi, Dion Tartaglione, Sian Parany, Betty Liu, Anna Petry, Bridget Petry

 
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Among the designers whose looks were revealed during the performance were Lucinda Babi, Phoebe Pendergast, Love Manifesto, Emily Watson, Veils of Cirrus, Laura Galati, Lambert, Be Right Back, and Wackie Ju.

 
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LE MILE Art & Fashion Films


LE MILE Art & Fashion Films


.LE MILE ART

 
 

Stijn Koks
*on Fashion, Process, and the Power of Objects

 
 
 

The Grotesque
*directed by Alex Zapata

 
 
 

THE TRIGGER
*directed by Christopher Puttins