presents
MOVIES BY MOVERS 7.12–16
Created and Filmed across 11 countries July 12th–16th, 2017 DIRECTOR’S NOTE
Welcome to the 2017 ADF’s Movies by Movers Film Festival! It is with excitement that we present this program to you as we continue the tradition of having dance film as part of the offerings at the American Dance Festival. 2017 marks 22 years of supporting screendance at ADF! As is the case with prior iterations of the festival, this year’s line up is special for a multitude of reasons. Each year, films submitted from around the world are considered for the ADF’s Movies by Movers, and as the curator for this program it is my pleasure to watch, and enjoy, each and every one. It is through the submission and viewing process, that the screenings are created – or rather, that the screenings emerge. One of my greatest pleasures as a curator of screendance is allowing the work to speak for itself, and for the conversation around the work to begin with listening to how the work wants to be presented. Often in the viewing process, a few films will jump out at me and say, “We have something to say. Put us together and let the dialogue begin!” This year, a few themes have come through loud and clear. These themes say a lot about where our minds are, in the collective, both creatively and socially. In particular, there are films that tackle women’s issues across the world, that question our relationships to technology, and feed our need for contemplative space. Of course, there are also films which offer us pure joy, help us wrestle with what it means to be an artist, and give us opportunities to reframe our perceptions and expectations around what art is and can be. For all of this, I am grateful. I am delighted to share this with you, and I hope you enjoy these films as much as I do!
–Cara Hagan, ADF’s Movies by Movers Director and Curator. WEDNESDAY | 7.12 | 7:30PM Location: White Lecture Hall Shorts 1: Student works 24-hour film project
THE 24 HOUR FILM PROJECTS WERE CREATED BY ADF SIX WEEK STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE DURHAM COMMUNITY
THREE ON FOUR Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 3 minutes 41 seconds Director, Producer, Choreographer Marty Buhler Composer Brianna Lopez Cinematographers/videographers Angela Rosales Challis and Dat Nguyen Dancers Justin Bass, Marty Buhler, and Tyler Orcutt NOTE: This film is about the re-imagination of sound and movement. Through the de- corporealization of both body and sound, I created choreography and a sound score that emerged from within the elements given- creating a new work that does not exist in the corporeal sense.
THICKER THAN WATER Origin: United States–2014 Runtime: 8 minutes 19 seconds Director, Choreographer, Writer Amberly M. Simpson Producers, Videographers K. Stecke and SteckelFX Dancers Nathan D. Claus and Amberly M. Simpson NOTE: What if acceptance of your own personal history came with hidden barriers? What if, in order to move into a new future, you had to let go of all the teachings of your past, tings that have become so much a part of you that they have surpassed your recognition of them being anything unusual? What if you didn’t know how to do this? What if you couldn’t? What if you had to?
DROP Origin: United States–2017 Runtime: 6 minutes 33 seconds Director, Producer, Choreographer Aundrea Anderson Dancers Sheridan Bernstein, Britt Ford, and Taylor King NOTE: This work explores through the female body the concept of Ophelophelia: an obsession with the archetype of a drowning virgin. It is a journey of the sexualized female body from being condemned by the male gaze to taking her own sexual power within the frame. CONNECTION LOST Origin: Mexico–2016 Runtime: 4 minutes 29 seconds Director, Producer, Choreographer Marilu Aguilar Moreno Cinematographer/videographer Uziel Perez Dancers Camila Chávez, Carla Gómez Roel, Damián Guillermo Criollo, Itzel Betancourt, Juan Carlos Padilla, Katya Heras, Liliana Vergara, Raul Franciscos Osuna, Renata D. Monteón, Salvador Ruíz - Extras: Aldo Bejarano, Danya Mireli Rodríguez, and Gonzalo Rodríguez NOTE: Connection Lost is a dance short film that shows how devices are decreasing social connectivity and interfering with human interaction. There is no more intimacy nor closeness between people and glances and communication are being centered in an object, focusing on the ones who are not present and missing out on the ones who are.
X-TREM Origin: Spain–2016 Runtime: 5 minutes 10 seconds Director Marta Arjona Producer DansPXL Choreographer Mei Casabona Composers North End Nightlife, Headphone Activist, and Zoë Keating Cinematographers/videographers Marta Arjona and Alberto Pérez-Mora Dancers Noemi Arche, Iliane Borràs, Daniel DomiÍguez, Judit Entrena, Èrica Garcia, Carla Garcia, Cristina Giró, Lavinia Hriscu, and Anna Marsal NOTE: Through movement, the dancer is constantly experimenting physical and emotional changes. But, what about the viewer? X-TREM pretends to design connections made from the abstraction of movement, where body, space and image draw and define, in order to birth something personal in the viewe. X-TREM is an audiovisual project made by DansPXL with the dance students of DansAra, Espai Municipal de Dansa de Sarral.
THE EDGE OF BALANCE Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 4 minutes 53 seconds Director, Videographer, Producer, Choreographer Jennifer Petuch Composers Ronnie W. Verboom and Marco Zannone Dancer Barbara Meulener NOTE: “The Edge of Balance” captures a moment when the natural world becomes imbalanced. This film depicts a girl empowered to fix her teetering world. In a race against time she is able to create homeostasis, the balance in nature. This work was created in Spring 2016 filmed at Lafayette Heritage Trail Park in Tallahassee, Florida. I wanted to explore creative tools of perspective and vantage points, particularly canted angles. I developed a plot for a soloist to interact with nature in an innovative way to make it appear as if the natural world was tilting and she was the only being who had the ability to fix it. This film is a metaphor for the power of the determined woman and the control she possesses in the balance in her own life.
RIGHT Origin: Canada–2016 Runtime: 1 minutes 50 seconds Director, Producer, Animator Emily Faulkner Composer Luke Pickman and Stéphane Calce NOTE: A visual interpretation of Luke Pickman’s original composition “Work Song”, in which a painter reveals a secret.
CAMINATORE Origin: United States (Filming in Italy)–2016 Runtime: 4 minutes 59 seconds Director, Producer Angela Rosales Challis Choreographer Elisabetta Bortolotto Composers Aaron Moura, Nick Day, and Thomas Mouchawar Cinematographer/videographer Conor Long Dancers Francesco Gerbi and Carola Anna Roccataglia NOTE: Caminatore in Italian means the one who travels. The places that we visit and the memories that we hold mold our personalities. Filmed in Genova, Italy
EXIT STRATEGY #2 Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 4 minutes 28 seconds Director, Producer, Videographer Kym McDaniel Dancer Kym McDaniel NOTE: Exit Strategy #2 (Speak) is the second in a series of films regarding the mind and body relationship to trauma, repression, and coping. As I continue to seek medical treatment for a head injury incurred from a choreographed fall in May 2013, I encounter a physical therapist who triggers a memory of another physical therapist I had in 2010. I have been reinforced throughout my life that creating boundaries and using my voice to state my needs is shameful. In resistance to my past ways of coping, I release this stored body memory and exercise my right to speak. CECI N’EST PAS MAGRITTE // THIS IS NOT MAGRITTE BY IVAN SKORIK Origin: Russia–2016 Runtime: 5 minutes 54 seconds
Director Ivan Skorik Production Design Sofia Kobozeva Composer Pensees and Ksenia Galyga Cinematographer/videographer Danila Goryunkov Dancers Olesya Astapova and Nikita Kurilow NOTE: A story inspired by paintings of René Magritte. The film was created as a part of Cinema Dance Project at Acting Faculty of Moscow Film School.
THURSDAY | 7.13 | 6:00PM Location: The Nasher Museum Shorts 2: Highlighting women’s voices (N)
YOUR APPROVAL IS NOT ESSENTIAL Origin: Netherlands–2016 Runtime: 11 minutes 49 seconds Director, Writer Leen Michiels Producer Yola Parie Choreographer Jelena Kostic Cinematographer/videographer Mark Sanders Dancers Ulrika Kinn Svensson and Majon van der Schot NOTE: When a chance supermarket encounter unlocks untapped passion in an ordinary woman, her grey life quickly goes into sensory overload. ‘Your approval is not essential’ sheds a colorful, whimsical light on what happens when you let go of your inhibitions and – out of the blue – start embracing life’s quirky pleasures.
WOMAN VERSUS Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 12 minutes 33 seconds Director, Producer, Choreographer Justina Grayman Cinematographer/videographer Joseph Adcroft Dancers Alexandria Johnson, Samantha Bergman, Sarah Kleinke, Mikayla Hendry, Justina Grayman, Holly Jones, Emily Anderson, Gina Montalto, and Shannon Nash NOTE: Woman Versus is a dance film about a woman’s awakening to the machines, or systems, that she is forced to take part in. It is the tale of her (and others’) struggle to stay within those machines and accept their domination or to challenge their power. CHASSER Origin: Taiwan–2016 Runtime: 4 minutes 4 seconds Director Meng Hsueh Ho Producer Wen-Chun Liu Cinematographer/videographer Dennis Chen Dancer Chen-Hui Yen NOTE: The performer “Her”, has been gazed, chased, and aggressed by “I” behind the camera. What would happen once “She” has the power to reverse the relationship of subject/ object, of gaze and chase?
CEILING Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 3 minutes 53 seconds Directors Katherine Helen Fisher and Govind Rae Producer Safety Third Productions Choreographer Katherine Helen Fisher Composer “Etude 1A” by Nico Muhley, performed by Nadia Sirota Cinematographers/videographers Larkin Donley and Sam Miron (Assistant) Dancer Katherine Helen Fisher NOTE: CEILING focuses on a dancer’s repetitive leap as a physical allegory for striving. Shot in the Angeles Forest on the Phantom Camera, the film weaves gender and landscape into the body’s potential for movement in the tradition of Eadweard Muybridge.
WRONGHEADED Origin: Ireland–2016 Runtime: 9 minutes 35 seconds Director Mary Wycherley Producers Zlata Filipović and Liz Roche Company Choreographer Liz Roche Composer Ray Harman Cinematographer/videographer Eleanor Bowman Dancers Sarah Cerneaux and Justine Cooper Poetry & Narration Elaine Feeney NOTE: Fierce physicality and restless poetry intertwine in a film that highlights the current debate in Irish Society around choices available to women regarding their bodies. Created by three acclaimed Irish female artists; Choreographer Liz Roche, Poet Elaine Feeney and Director Mary Wycherley. GIMP GAIT Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 5 minutes 6 seconds Directors Pioneer Winter and Tabatha Mudra Producer, Choreographer Pioneer Winter Composer soundFORMovement & Abi-L-ity Cinematographer, Editor Jacqueline Romano Dancers Marjorie Burnett and Pioneer Winter NOTE: GIMP GAIT is a solo for two - surrogates to one another. It includes exploration of the subjects’ private and public lives - how the perspective of the viewer may attempt to control or shape or have some sort of power over who they are. The title of this work discloses its origin: ‘gimp’, a slur meant to mark a weak or handicapped person and ‘gait’, the manner or style of a person’s walk. The subjects do not hide these from you - do you have a good view? Can you notice every part of their bodies - both the similarities and differences? This is Marjorie, and she wants you to witness her. This is Pioneer, and he is performing Marjorie’s power.
BOUND Origin: United States–2015 Runtime: 6 minutes 28 seconds Director, Producer, Choreographer Monica Thomas Composer Will Huff Cinematographer/videographer Jason Chiu Dancers Stacy DeMorrow Miller, Ericka Vaughn Lashley, Abby Suskin NOTE: Bound is an experiment in object relationships. Using books as a prop, three dancers cycle through multiple relationships, and they varying metaphors that inevitably emerge.
LONE SIGNAL Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 3 minutes 37 seconds Director Bat-Sheva Guez Producers, Cinematographers Bat-Sheva Guez and Jessi Colon Choreographer, Dancer Jessi Colon Composer DJ Kid Koala NOTE: LONE SIGNAL is a short film in which nostalgia nuzzles the futuristic, as a dancer reaches out to connect with loved ones left behind. In a paper moon universe, our dancer attempts to send a message back home through an unusual and mystifying method of communication. Set to DJ Kid Koala’s modern rendition of Moon River, LONE SIGNAL is a wistful and romantic little ride. FRIDAY | 7.14 | 7:15PM Location: The Shed Special opening act Shorts 3: Something for everyone – family friendly Closing reception
SUPERMARKET/DEGENERATE Origin: United States–2013 Runtime: 11 minutes 25 seconds Director, Producer, Choreographer Liana C. Percoco Composer Nick Broste Cinematographers/videographers Daniel Kullman and Bitter Jester Creative Dancers Christine Hands and Blake Russell NOTE: “Supermarket / Degenerate” is a short, narrative dance for the camera that follows the emotional journey of consumerism and consumption within the aisles of a grocery store. Overwhelmed in the sea of produce and food products, the main character loses touch with reality in the supermarket environment, leading to humorously paranoid dance sequences about both the joyful findings and alienating struggle for true nourishment.
FARTHER UP THE ROAD Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 3 minutes 24 seconds Directors, Writers Mark Orsborn and Jen Ray Producer The JaM Youth Project Choreographer Mark Osborn Composer Justin Myles Cinematographer/videographer Jen Ray Dancers The JaM Youth Project NOTE: JYP is a pre-professional tap dance company based in Washington, DC with passionate young dancers from over 10 states. Each semester, their choreography is adapted into a dance film. This is JYP’s second film which combines lindy-hop style and old school values such as ‘reap what you sow’ with fresh rhythms and the diverse personalities of these talented youth.
F I E L D T R I P Origin: United States–2017 Runtime: 5 minutes 37 seconds Director, Choreographer Kira Blazek Ziaii Producer AM Arts Composer Michael Ziaii Cinematographers/videographers Amy Morrow, Essam Osman, Martin Perez, Ryan Scharfenberg, Corey White, and Kira Blazek Ziaii Dancers Kevin Armstrong, Gillian Bowen, Ester Bramlett, Lizette Marie Chapa, Josh Eguia, Ciceley Fullylove, Jessica Marie Gray, Kelly Goetz, Audrey Halm, Elizabeth Hartzell, Eva Jin, D’lonte Lawson, Sarah Newton, Oluwaseun Samuel Olayiwola, JP Pattiwael, Wendy Rucci, Hunter Sturgis, Haley Sung, and Lizzy Tan NOTE: F I E L D T R I P follows a group of dancing figures who become curious about the world above them. Inspired by the ideals behind the Standing Rock protest and “Century of the Self” by Adam Curtis, this film dreamily twists the importance of individualism, self-expression, and our connection to the natural world.
JOHN FORBID Origin: United States–2017 Runtime: 4 minutes 48 seconds Director, Producer, Choreographer Holly Wilder Composer Jennah Bell Cinematographer/videographer Duncan Wilder Dancers Gabriel Hyman and Larissa Gerszke NOTE: “John Forbid” is the slow dance of two star crossed lovers to the inevitable truth: they can never have the love they dream of. It is the official music video for Jennah Bell’s song “John Forbid”.
SWIMMINGHOLE Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 3 minutes 43 seconds Director, Producer, Choreographer Sarah Friedland Producer Sarah Friedland and Physical Plant Composer Droves Cinematographers/videographer Gabe C. Elder Dancers Kyle Marshall and Benny Olk NOTE: “Swimminghole” is a music video for the premiere EP of Berlin-based electronic duo Droves. A dancefilm choreographed and directed by Sarah Friedland, “Swiminghole” features abstract choreographies of skin, fat and light, juxtaposed against a contemporary dance duet featuring dancers Kyle Marshall(Doug Elkins Co, Trisha Brown Dance Co) and Benny Olk (Merce Cunningham, Lucinda Childs Co). Cinematography by Gabe Elder and Production Design by Stephanie Osin Cohen. COLD STORAGE Origin: Finland–2016 Runtime: 8 minutes 46 seconds Director Thomas Freundlich Producer Aino Halonen Choreographer Valtteri Raekallio Composer Kimmo Pohjonen Cinematographer/videographer Thomas Freundlich Dancers Valtteri Raekallio and Eero Vesterinen NOTE: On a desolate arctic shore, a lonely ice fisherman discovers his prehistoric counterpart frozen in the sea ice, and thaws him out as his newfound soul brother. A wild all-night drinking and dancing party in the fisherman’s tent ensues, but in the harsh light of the morning he must once again confront his own loneliness and dependency. Cold Storage is a short dance film that pays homage to the virtuosic physical performances and melancholy comedy of the classic silent screen.
CURING ALBRECHT Origin: United Kingdom–2016 Runtime: 5 minutes Directors, Writers Morgann Runacre-Temple and Jessica Wright Producers Jim Dawson and Katherine Hartley (English National Ballet) Editor Livia Serpa Choreographers Katherine Hartley (English National Ballet) Composer Dan Pugsley (Sound Design) & Recomposition by Frank Moon Cinematographer/videographer Matthias Pilz Dancers Sam Coren and Jenny Runacre NOTE: A young man checks into a bespoke institution, hoping to be cured of his inability to stop dancing.
THE NINETY9 Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 4 minutes 3 seconds Directors, Producers Annalee Traylor and Dane Wagner Choreographer Annalee Traylor Composer Puscifer by The Mission Cinematographer/videographer Dane Wagner Dancers Raymond Ejiofor and Megan McCarthy NOTE: The collaboration between the choreographer and cinematographer was purely a passion project centered around combining and expressing the art of each person involved. From the dancing and choreography to the cinematography and editing, we worked together to develop something that is relevant to what’s going on in the world today. “The ninety9” directly refers to the income and wealth inequality of the 99% of the people in the United States, as opposed to the top earning 1% - a situation to which many different kinds of people can relate. The “ninety9” is ultimately about bringing people together, and the makers of the film did just that. We came together in order to create something to help evolve humanity.
TERRAIN Origin: United States (Filmed in Spain)–2016 Runtime: 12 minutes 30 seconds Director, Choreographer, Dancer Daniel Gwirtzman Producers Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company and AADK Spain Composer Kevin MacLeod and Jeff Story Cinematographer/videographer Rosa Llinás NOTE: Terrain, filmed in a desert region of Spain, depicts a body in a vast mountainous landscape. At first a dot indistinguishable against this backdrop, the viewer is challenged to discern the camouflaged body. As the film progresses, the body comes into close focus, revealing detailed glimpses akin to an animal in the wild. Stripped of a recognizable narrative, Terrain explores when a context is disrupted. The idiosyncratic choreography investigates gesture and form, transforming the body into a panorama of identities.
A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 6 minutes 46 seconds Director, Choreography Courtney Krantz Composer Courtney Krantz and Jeff Seelye Cinematographers/videographers Courtney Krantz, Jared Olmsted, and Chris Turiello Dancer Christiana Axelsen NOTE: Back and forth the moving relationship between camera and performer travel the span of a theatre’s stage. As one part motion study, one part live theatrical experience and one part document, this piece explores the ephemerality of live performance and the potentiality of its documentation. Filmed on 16mm with a Bolex EL and transferred to video, this piece offers a unique and peripatetic encounter between the camera, the performer and the viewing audience. SATURDAY | 7.15 | 12:00PM Location: The Nasher Museum Feature Film
WE ARE MOVING – MEMORIES OF MISS MORIARTY Origin: Ireland–2016 Runtime: 1 hour 5 minutes Director Claire Dix Executive Producers Alan Maher and Danielle Ryan Producer Roisin Geraghty Choreographer Joan Denise Moriarty Composer Hugh Drumm Cinematographer/videographer Kate McCullough Key Roles & Dancers Ruth Fleischmann, Maeve Fleischmann, Anne Fleischmann, Colum O’ Cleirigh, Michael Blair, Joanna Banks, Katherine Lewis, Roy Galvin, Julia Cotter, Shaun Higgins, Monica Gavin, Alan Foley, Patricia Crosbie, Regina Nolan, Kay McLoughlin, and Domy Reiter-Soffer NOTE: We Are Moving – Memories of Miss Moriarty is an intimate portrait of Joan Denise Moriarty, a visionary who overcame enormous odds by doggedly following her dream of bringing ballet to every corner of Ireland. A pioneer of early 20th century Irish dance, Joan Denise Moriarty dared to create a uniquely Irish form of ballet inspired by her love of nature and Irish folklore. Her life’s work has been largely over-looked since her death. Despite this, she has left behind a remarkable legacy of dancers and dance lovers who may never have found ballet without her influence. This is a celebration of this great woman - the artist, the dancer, and the woman - who was best known, loathed, and loved as Miss Moriarty.
SATURDAY | 7.15 | 2:00PM Location: The Nasher Museum Shorts 4: A collection of films, which explores our relationship to technology.
WAKE Origin: Canada–2016 Runtime: 6 minutes 5 seconds Director Katherine Macnaughton Producer Emmanuel Hessler Choreographer Ashley Werhun Cinematographer/videographer Derek Branscombe Dancers Mark Caserta, Jeremy Coachman, Gemma Freitas, Kiera Hill, and Ashley Werhun NOTE: Wake is a reflection on the isolation that technology can create. Wake is an invitation to reconnect and rebuild our relationships with the people and elements around us.
SINCE THE SILENCE Origin: Canada–2016 Runtime: 9 minutes 48 seconds Director, Producer Thomas Corriveau Choreographer, Dancer Sophie Corriveau NOTE: “Depuis le silence” (“Since The Silence”) combines animated images that were conceived for a solo performance entitled “Jusqu’au silence” (choreography and interpretation : Sophie Cor- riveau, winner of the Prix INTERPRÈTE, Prix de la danse de Montréal 2016) with footage from the original show presented at the Agora de la danse, in Montreal (October, 2011).
PERHAPS I WAS T/HERE? Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 7 minutes 26 seconds Director, Producer Charlotte Griffin, Geoff Marslett, and Millca Parasonic Choreographer, Dancer Charlotte Griffin Composer Milica Paranosic Cinematographers/videographers Geoff Marslett and Amy Bench Animator Geoff Marslett and Kylie Blair NOTE: “Perhaps I Was T/Here?” transforms a makeshift workspace into a surreal landscape of dance, animation, and music. It is an all out sensory assault combining simple gestures and mixed media in a style that pays homage to experimental filmmakers including Stan Brakhage and Nor- man McLaren.
BODY LANGUAGE ZONE Origin: Finland–2015 Runtime: 10 minutes 13 seconds Director Kim Saarinen Producer Johanna Keinänen Writers Johanna Keinänen and Kim Saarinen Choreographer, Dancer Johanna Keinänen Composer Dave Forestfield Narration Sami Kojonen Cinematographer/videographer Kim Saarinen NOTE: Body Language Zone is a humoristic dance film about how body language is affected by a controlling office environment. LABYRINTHS Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 5 minutes 51 seconds Director, Video Motion Graphics, Composer Jeffrey Hass Choreographer Elizabeth Limons Shea Dancer Kate Vermillion Anderson NOTE: Labyrinths is a dance-based video work with original computer music employing the latest techniques in 3D motion graphics, particle systems and movement/sound coordination and green-screen filming. The work features dancer Kate Anderson and choreography by Elizabeth Shea, with videography and music, in 5.1 surround, by Jeffrey Hass. Based loosely around imagery of labyrinths and mazes, along with oddly-adapted models of blueberries, eyeballs, and pin sculp- tures, the work very abstractly progresses from constraint to release in a fantastical setting.
CAPTIVA Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 11 minutes 15 seconds Directors, Producers Victoria Marks and Margaret Williams Cinematographers/videographers Carrell Courtright and Jason Stilp Composer Mick O’Shea Dancers Willy Souly and Emory Cavin NOTE: Boy/Man Drone/Toy Weapon/Camera. Nature is a terrifying force; it is a tourist paradise. Either way, it knows no justice. Play turns sinister. Machines land on earth, gently… or with devastating impact.
13 KUSHAQUA TRAIL Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 9 minutes 21 seconds Director, Producer Kira Davies Choreographer Veraalba Santa Composer David Rogers Berry Cinematographer/videographer Brain C. Harnick Dancers Kira Davies, Bree Merkwan and Veraalba Santa NOTE: 13 Kushaqua Trail was made in response to the foreclosure of the director’s childhood home. The house itself is a character, the piece an exploration of the architecture of growing up, and traversing the landscape of adult life. The goal of the film is to convey the process in which we explore, learning not only ourselves, but how we process the big emotions in life. Ultimately finding a sense of calm and hopefully release. SUNDAY | 7.16 | 3:00PM Location: The Nasher Museum Short opening film Feature Film (N)
ABISMO Origin: Canada–2016 Runtime: 8 minutes 12 seconds Director Pablo Diconca Producer Katherine Jerkovic Choreographer Catherine Gaudet Composers Bruno Belanger and Alejandro Pinnejas Cinematographer Glauco Bermudez and Daniel Duranleau (Assistant) Dancers Caroline Gravel and Dany Desjardins NOTE: Drifting on a raft, a man and a woman dance instinctively and choose the only possible escape.
LIVING THE ROOM Origin: United States–2016 Runtime: 32 minutes 32 seconds Director Dylan Wilbur Producers Kailee McMurran, Duke Stebbins, and Design By Goats Choreographer Subrosa Collective Composer Duke Stebbins Cinematographers/videographers Patrick Blevins, Subrosa Collective Dancers Zahra Banzi, Jessica Evans, Carlyn Hudson, Kailee McMurran, Tia Palomino, and Lena Traenkenschuh NOTE: Living the Room is a collection of personal and human stories shot in an 103-year-old house. Humans as individuals often get stuck in routine without realization – just as each of the women in this film continue on with their cyclical processes. Sometimes outside forces and relationships can push / pull a person to new places and experiences, but the home, as a place of comfort, ownership, and things, often perpetuates routine.