Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa explores the intersection and divergence between feminist and gay concerns in the third world context, as it features the poetry of Merlinda Bobis, Ruth Elynia Mabanglo, Joi Barrios, Rebecca Anonuevo, Benilda Santos and Ophelia Dimalanta. When Marlon, a college student, stalks Karen, his literature professor, he finds out that she moonlights as a choreographer and dance teacher in a dance studio. Frustrated over his performance in her literature class, he plans to impress her instead by learning to poeticize his body movements and enroll in her dance class. He hires his classmate to teach him the basics of dancing. As Dennis, his tutor, teaches him how his body should move, Marlon begins to understand the intersections between the art of poetry and dance. This opens up his world to new insights about the life of Karen as a single woman who chose to live the life of an artist in a third world setting. Marlon begins to understand how the poems being discussed by Karen in class are testaments to her choice to stand by her art.
Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa is an entry for the Cinemalaya 2011 and is under the New Breed Full Length Category. Its movie screening is open still open today July 23, Saturday at the Bulwagang Pambansang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall) 3:30 PM and tomorrow, July 24, Sunday, 4:00PM at the Greenbelt 3 - Cinema 3. This is a film by Alemberg Ang and Alvin Yapan.
We arrived at CCP at around 6:30PM yesterday and we're actually 15 mins late from its screening time. Good thing is that I didn't missed a lot of the important scenes of the film on that first 15 minutes. Somehow, I still got a full grasp of what's happening on the story.
Ms. Jean Garcia, Rocco Nacino and Paulo Avelino played the lead characters of the film and they really made a great job on portraying their characters. What was evident on the film was the interest of Paulo's character to Karen who is being portrayed by Ms. Jean. But what really made the crowd enjoy the movie was Paulo and Rocco's giddy scenes in the movie. It really wasn't the making out kind of scene but I guess the film really made a good job on making people think of something deeper out of the situation presented to us. It was those simple giddy moments like Rocco staring at Paulo, Rocco being enveloped into Paulo's arms, the one on one dancing lessons of Rocco and Paulo and lots of stuff like that. Girls in the crowd just can't stop giggling on those kind of scenes, really! And even the girl beside me who was alone really can't hide her giddyness on the film that we were watching.
So there! I just really hope to watch this film again for me to understand well the story, including the deep poetry used there. I think they will still be having a screening of this movie at FEU on Thursday. So this is what a bum like me did yesterday and take note, FREE ticket! Haha! Thanks to Mark for inviting me over!
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