David Rimmer is a young Canadian film-maker best known for his excursions into 'structural' film. Dance is rather different, and in a distinctively humorous vein, though in common with most of Rimmer's film, it makes subtle use of found footage and extended loops.
The film starts: it is a full house, we see the stage draw open. At the back of the stage an eight piece orchestra knocks out a lively and continuous rhythm. A couple in the dancing area turn and pirouette in true competition style. Their routine is extended...and extended, competing enthusiastically they whirl beyond the point of credibility...on and on they go...in perfect repetition, a final masterly and endless spin, then the two figures at last cease to turn. They are presented with a bouquet to the sound of ecstatic clapping.
'Found footage, structured in loop form.'
'Outrageous' - Standish Lawder.