Takako Vs. Nine Lives is screen dance that uses a hybrid dance language and multiple camera perspectives to create parodic feminist interpretation of a three act balletic pas de deux/ three round wrestling match. The choreography, performed to an original score, draws upon vocabulary and aesthetic imagery from professional wrestling, classical ballet, comic books and… Continue reading Short Film: TAKAKO VS NINE LIVES, 9min., USA, Dance
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Short Film: MONK, 15min., Shanghai, Dance
A son is brought to a monastery by his parents and left there. He struggles to become a monk and on his journey inward finds protection and solace in three female immortals. This dance for camera is depicted through five sections: root, heart, will, mind and body. Project Title (Original Language): 尚.和 :孝 忠 德… Continue reading Short Film: MONK, 15min., Shanghai, Dance
The She-Wolf Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival Oct. 2019
THE SHE-WOLF, 10min., France, Dance Directed by Virginie Kahn Marion mysteriously appears in a clearing populated by marauding wolves. Attracted by the melody of a cello, a strange dream brings her to the heart of a wonderful forest. But as she tries to get closer to the cello, their bodies gradually cover themselves with a strange… Continue reading The She-Wolf Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival Oct. 2019
Short Film: THE SHE-WOLF, 10min., France, Dance
Marion mysteriously appears in a clearing populated by marauding wolves. Attracted by the melody of a cello, a strange dream brings her to the heart of a wonderful forest. But as she tries to get closer to the cello, their bodies gradually cover themselves with a strange bark-colored skin.
Short Film: BRUTE, 4min., Australia, Dance
‘Brute’ is about duality – how we try to restrain the untameable beast within us, and how this in turn contorts and mystifies our consciousness. Project Links Website
Short Film: INCLINATIONS, 5min., France, Dance
Choreographed, directed and shot from disability perspectives, this dance-on-video short contrasts the playful connections when disability aesthetics, community and a ramp meet the institutional histories and discordant inclinations that can lurk just below the surface. News & Reviews “I Dance Because I Can written by Alice Sheppard” The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/opinion/disabi
Short Film: KADDUME, 3min., Canada, Dance
“Kaddume” is an expedition that recognizes San Basilio de Palenque’s past and future relationships. It’s a look to and from the body, the land they live in and the voice of their female ancestors. The same ones that opened new paths in search of freedom. This dance is a new approach through rhythm and movement,… Continue reading Short Film: KADDUME, 3min., Canada, Dance
Short Film: ANIMAL, 7min., France, Dance
This short film is an adaption of the performance Animale (choreography by Lisie Philip, music by Laurent Tamagno). It was produced for an event in the MAMAC (the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Nice) called “la Nuit des Musées” in 2017. I perceived the show as a celebration of the vitality of the… Continue reading Short Film: ANIMAL, 7min., France, Dance
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
Short Film: EMERGENCE, 5min., USA, Dance
Directed and Conceived by Klaus Hoch, “Emergence” is dance music video shot as a single, continuous drone take. “Emergence” features live music composed and performed by Peter Manning Robinson playing his Refractor Piano™, with choreography by Emilio Dosal. Project Links Website
