Karen Pearlman
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Dr Karen Pearlman, author of Cutting Rhythms, Shaping the Film Edit (Focal Press, 2009) is known for her pioneering work in articulating underlying principles concerning what rhythm in film is, how it is shaped and the purpose it serves in modulating cycles of tension and release for viewers. The focus of her research and teaching as Head of Screen Studies at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School is on the connection of theory and practice and making conceptual thinking accessible and useful to practitioners.
Many of her ideas about rhythm, editing, and affect derive from her career as a professional dancer on the opera house stages of the world with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
, and dancing and choreographing in the theatres, lofts and experimental dance venues of Australia, the USA and Europe. As well as using her understanding of kinesthetic empathy in her theorizing, she applies her choreographic sensibility to her own editing and dramaturgy of the multi award winning dance on screen works made by The Physical TV Company, which she co-directs with Richard James Allen
. In 2009 Dr Pearlman was elected President of The Australian Screen Editors
Guild (ASE).
Many of her ideas about rhythm, editing, and affect derive from her career as a professional dancer on the opera house stages of the world with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company is an American dance company based out of Harlem in New York City. Founded in 1983 by Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane, the company made its debut performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with the world premiere of Intuitive Momentum with lauded drummer...
, and dancing and choreographing in the theatres, lofts and experimental dance venues of Australia, the USA and Europe. As well as using her understanding of kinesthetic empathy in her theorizing, she applies her choreographic sensibility to her own editing and dramaturgy of the multi award winning dance on screen works made by The Physical TV Company, which she co-directs with Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen is a contemporary Australian poet, dancer and filmmaker. The former Artistic Director of the , and founding director of the , Richard was Co-Artistic Director with Karen Pearlman of That Was Fast and Tasdance , and now at The Physical TV Company .Richard James Allen recently...
. In 2009 Dr Pearlman was elected President of The Australian Screen Editors
Australian Screen Editors
Australian Screen Editors is a guild dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in the arts, sciences and technology of motion picture film and televisual post production. The current President of ASE is Dr Karen Pearlman. Immediate past Presidents include Lindi Harrison and Peter...
Guild (ASE).
External links
- Dr Karen Pearlman at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
- Cutting Rhythms: Shaping the Film Edit
- Performing The Unnameable: An Anthology of Australian Performance Texts
- The Physical TV Company
- The Physical TV Channel on YouTube
- The Physical TV Company Website selected for preservation by Pandora, Australia's Web Archive, at the National Library of Australia
- Dr Karen Pearlman on ABC Radio National Australia Talks Movies: Dance Film
- Reviews, Articles and Books by and Interviews with Dr Karen Pearlman
- Karen Pearlman at the Manuscripts Collection, the State Library of New South Wales
- Karen Pearlman at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Portrait of Karen Pearlman at the National Library of Australia