Thursday's Fictions directed and choreographed by Richard James Allen produced and edited by Karen Pearlman based on the book by Richard James Allen a Physical TV Company Production
Thursday’s Fictions was first broadcast in Australia on ABC1 on Sunday July 29, 2007 at 3pm, in conjuction with the launch on the ABC Island of Thursday's Fictions in Second Life. It was subsequently broadcast on ABC2 on August 31, 2008, at 10pm, and on ABC1 on Sunday November 8, 2009, at 11.15pm. Film Festivals and other screenings:
• Screendance: The State of the Art Conference at the American Dance Festival, Durham, North Carolina, as part of ‘Stories Told by the Body’, a curated screening of Australian and New Zealand Dance Films • Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, Maine, as part of a retrospective ‘The Physical TV Company: Dance on Screen’
• Alternative Film/Video Festival, Belgrade, Serbia, Screening in ‘Panorama’ programme • Dance on Camera Festival, New York City, USA, (followed by Q & A with Producer/Editor Karen Pearlman on dance within a narrative). Also included:
EDITING PANEL: Karen Pearlman, nominated for The ASE Best Editor Award in a Television Drama for Thursday's Fictions, participated on a panel composed of dancers who edit films. Click here for more information on the panel, entitled "How the kinetic body/mind of a dancer has infliltrated the mainstream through editing of tv and film". Panel Chair: Kelly Hargraves.
MENTORSHIPS ("The Editing Doctor is In"): Taking advantage of Karen Pearlman’s presence in New York, and her Doctoral degree in Editing, the Dance on Camera Festival offered special mentoring sessions called “The Editing Doctor is In”, to which people can bring their works in progress for discussion, development and advice. Click here for more information on “The Editing Doctor is In.”
