Category: Dance Film

Short Film: REDEMPTION, 7min., USA, Experimental

Redemption is my third and final non-narrative experimental film that deals with the death and resurrection of the human essence. This is not about a physical death but a spiritual one. The themes are my abstract interpretations of actual events that I have experienced. Those experiences dealt with the death of hope and spirit and… Continue reading Short Film: REDEMPTION, 7min., USA, Experimental

Director Biography – Stirling Matheson, Sarah Farnsley (ABSOLUTION)

Stirling Matheson is a founding director of Ballet Theatre of Indiana, a choreographer of numerous narrative works, and a dancer. Stirling Matheson grew up in Fairfax, California, where he trained at Dance Theatre Seven under David “Rocky” Roxander and Jody White. He continued his training at the Arizona School of Classical Ballet with Nadya Zubkov… Continue reading Director Biography – Stirling Matheson, Sarah Farnsley (ABSOLUTION)

Short Film: ABSOLUTION, 7min, USA, Dance

The House of the Rising Sun is a place of transition in music and folklore. It’s a purgatory where travelers, vagabonds, and lost souls cross paths before continuing toward their life after. Absolution is a snapshot of that purgatory, that waiting room, where souls must accept the regrets and disappointments in their lives before they… Continue reading Short Film: ABSOLUTION, 7min, USA, Dance

Director Biography – Anjela Vega (THANATOS)

A self-taught dancer, Anjela Vega later trained with companies such as Pilobolus and Push Physical Theatre. In 2008 she founded Post Mortem Movement Theater and has been creating new works with them ever since. She recently won a grant to study in Spoleto, Italy with top directors and choreographers, and won a full scholarship to… Continue reading Director Biography – Anjela Vega (THANATOS)

Short Film: UNREMEDIED, 2min., USA, Dance

Sexual harassment is an epidemic. I wrote this piece as a way to relieve the screams I felt suppressed in my own skin. I created this work for anyone who felt they were hiding in their bones too. We can not silence the monsters of our society by hiding them, under beds they grow and… Continue reading Short Film: UNREMEDIED, 2min., USA, Dance

WEIGHTLESS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival June 2019

WEIGHTLESS, 5min., Canada, Dance Directed by German Prieto What happens when we allow ourselves to shift perspectives? When we defy established concepts such as “direction”? Perhaps, just perhaps, up is not up, and we need to look down. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

WATERMORPHOSIS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival June 2019

WATERMORPHOSIS, 4min., Germany, Dance Directed by Lorenz Reisel Weightlessly, life moves through dark infinity, a mystical space without threat. The dance embodies the beauty of nature, appears innocent. But as suddenly as it arises, it becomes vulnerable and physical – life is suffocated by dead matter. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of… Continue reading WATERMORPHOSIS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival June 2019

UHAMBO Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival June 2019

UHAMBO, 5min., Australia, Dance Directed by Thubalethu Ndibali Uhambo is a short film about a youth embarking on a journey of discovery of his own culture after being in Australia for 10 years. It explores the idea of reconnecting with people of his origin, through dance and culture. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more… Continue reading UHAMBO Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival June 2019