Dartington

The Barn Cinema, Dartington, 12th November 2009, 7pm

The Birds Eye View Sound and Silents strand fuses silent film and live musical accompaniment to create a unique cinematic experience.  My Best Girl, accompanied by the Elysian Quartet was originally commissioned for the BEV Festival in 2008 where it was a huge success.  

My Best Girl (Sam Taylor, 1925) is a charming comic love story featuring stars of the day Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers.  It was nominated for an academy award in 1928 for its stunning cinematography. 

Elysian Quartet has performed all over the world to great acclaim and is the only British string quartet of its generation dedicated exclusively to contemporary, improvised and experimental music. The Elysians have collaborated with artists as diverse as Damo Suzuki, Meredith Monk and Simon Fisher-Turner and have performed many new commissions including recent works by Graham Fitkin and Keith Tippett.

This collaboration showcases the Barn's combined performance and digital projection environment at its best

For more information on how to get tickets visit the Dartington website:  www.dartington.org/arts

Originally Commissioned with support of ACE for Birds Eye View Film Festival 2008