Selected Films 2024
Screenings October 27th, from 7:30pm
If I Were You
director Margot Gelber and Rebecah Goldstone
producer Jessie Lee Thorne performers Marlie Couto, Jessie Lee Thorne
In “If I Were You” a couple shares an oscillating dance of intention and disruption–their movements a continuous exchange of support and potential peril, pushing them toward self-discovery. Falling into known patterns, but desperate to shift, they beckon and reject each other, careening toward togetherness. This is a slow, exhausting, mesmerizing dance, steeped in the unknown, where souls wait patiently to be held, released, and resolved.
Spectra
director Kellie Lauren St. Pierre choreographer Molly Heller, performer Elle Taylor lighting Michael Lawrence
Spectra is an expression of self through a range of emotions and states. It is a celebration of fluidity, the joy of gender multiplicity, authenticity, and the honoring of our multiple selves.
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Aeterna
director, producer Hannah Goodman
performer Emily Brown director of photography Lea Liebich editing Lauren Gibbons, Hannah Goodman sound design Samuel Foggitt, Luke Parsons, Harry Boulton, production design Zara Zafar, sound engineer Kieran Borrick-Nixon
Aeterna is a movement-based film that explores the feeling of personal insignificance when confronted with the complexity of human existence. By combining choreography and cinematography, the film plays with distorting the human form, offering a visual representation of our place in the world.
Heartlands: Earth and Bones
a film by Restoke, Junction 15 Productions direction, camera, editing Suzanne James-Teale, Darren James-Teale choreografer Clare Reynolds producers Ceri Morgan (Keele University), Clare Reynolds (Restoke) performer Patsy Browne-Hope original soundtrack Paul Rogerson poem written & performed by Ceri Morgan
What grows in the dug up, broken parts of our post-industrial cities and ourselves?
Heartlands: Earth & Bones explores the excavation of the land beneath our feet, how this relates to our bodies, and whether we can feel the weight of industry in our bones. Inspired by the post-industrial landscapes of l’Estrie/the Eastern Townships in south-eastern Québec and her hometown of Stoke-on-Trent, Clare Reynolds (Restoke) created this solo in collaboration with dancer Patsy Browne-Hope.
The Way We…
directors, producers, performers Julienne Doko and Kyrie Oda video recordings Lamine PI Amadou Sow, Helouri Portail musicians Tarang Cissokho, Jinya Imai costume Seydouna Sow film and soundtrack editing Julienne Doko
Language and body language are the intricate threads that weave our identities. They unravel our stories, revealing the depths of our past and the essence of our being. “The Way We…” delves into this tapestry, unraveling not only our individual identities but also the legacies we carry forward. Through language, both spoken and unspoken, we inherit cultural nuances, values, and emotions. It’s not just communication; it’s a transmission of heritage and connection. Each word uttered, each gesture made, forms bridges between souls, carrying the weight of our experiences and the warmth of our shared humanity.
The Intruder
director, writer, producer composer Guillaume Herment-Berrebi performers Elsy Robert, Samuel Famechon, Adam Fontaine, Samuel Planas and Eline Larorry
In departures, break-ups, or death, aren’t we always intruders for a moment? Perhaps, then, it’s in reconnecting with the possibilities of our bodies and their own intensity that we’ll return to presence.
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Diana
director and writer Anna Melikyan producers Dmitry Litvinov and Ekaterina Kononenko performer Diana Vishneva
The pavilion space flashes for a moment with the music of Bach and the dance of ballerina Diana Vishneva.
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Crunch Time
director Chloé Beillevaire producer Cie La Teneur performers Carla Assie, Bharath Yadav, Britta Trankler, Constança Jesus, Uhaina Montet, Rachel Imperial, Juliette Dutreuil, Lou Grivac, Leoni Eibes, Eléa Guilloteau, Béatriz Pereira, Lizi Manisa, Lola Saint-Gilles, Joao Fonseca, Lisa Poirier , Filipa Baltazar, Claudio Costa, Clara Nogué, Mafalda Faria, Natalie Ko, Sam Yuen camera operator Isis Marksteder
Is a challenge, a provocation, a joyful mutiny. It is a chaos to come and yet already here where bodies are nothing but momentum and dance a cry of resistance.” In the frenetic world of Crunch Time, a sudden explosion propels bodies into a frantic race against the clock. In haste they rush headlong, some fall only to rise again while others collide in accidental encounters that oscillate between shock and embrace.
Driven by a raw, insatiable and contagious energy they relentlessly push back their individual limits to forge a collective force. In perfect symbiosis they then burn with audacity to conquer urgency with grace.
In the frenzy of the modern world where performance, productivity and efficiency reign supreme, CRUNCH TIME plunges us into the very heart of the emergency and questions our ability to unite to stand firm and cope with the pressure.
Screenings November 10th, from 7:30pm
Ruins with Ruins
director and writer Lefteris Parasyris Máté producer Parasyris Parasyris
choreographer Dimitra Daskalaki music Venus Volcanism, In Atlas
A group of dancers positions themselves between the ancient and modern ruins of the island of Crete, Greece. Drawing inspiration from its rich heritage, they craft a series of kinetic forms and patterns influenced by folk dances. These installations, whether harmonising with or contrasting against the island’s culture, offer reflections on historical memory and the Cretan identity.
Blind Dreamers
director, writer, producer Sandra Geco performers Jean-Yves Phuong, Sandra Geco video David Masson
A visual fable with poetic notes that oscillate between reality and surrealism to reveals a universe mixing plastic, landscape and poetry. We discover a couple looking like René Magritte’s lovers who have exchanged their veil against a plastic bag.
In research of sensitivity, this video fable question our rupture with the rest of the living world and our (in)ability to identify with it. We are this living being caught in a trap: how could we forget about it?
IN
directors, writers, producers, Michal Bratt, Amnon Houri performer Michal Bratt music composer Gal Roditty art Koby Davider
The sensation of suffocation, whether physical or emotional, real or metaphoric, is a universal experience often triggered by traumatic events. This groundbreaking video, created by Michal Bratt in collaboration with the Spanish choreographer Israel Galván, aims to articulate this feeling through a cinematic dance medium. Depicting the struggle of coping with confinement, the protagonist embarks on a journey expressed with honesty, humor, and moments of madness, all in pursuit of inner peace and hope within the confines of a closed room. Will she find liberation? Will we?
Daydreamer
director, writer, producer Sophie Soderberg dancers Addyson Soderberg, Annika Lindh, Ava Nabseth, Abbi Berge-Millard, Chevelle Flemming, Drew Hiebert, Emily Peters, Ella Brooks, Julia Bennett
DAYDREAMER, featuring music by Canadian artist Patrick Watson, is a short dance film displaying an abstract view of ones daydream. A short escape from the realities of everyday life. This concept brings to life “a series of thoughts that distract ones attention from the present.” The video begins in a very simplistic, yet empty and cold image which represents ones mundane everyday life, until you find yourself lost in a fanciful daydream.
Masked Tears
director, producer, performer Joseph Julius Kasozi
In Uganda, a talented dance artist struggles to pursue his passion in a society that doesn’t value his art. Through powerful movements and an inner mask that hides his pain, he creates a dance piece that speaks about the challenges he faces. Despite obstacles, he uses his art to bring awareness to the importance of dance in his community. Masked Tears explores the struggles of Ugandan dance artists and the need for recognition and support for the arts, showing the power of dance as a tool for expression and empowerment.
Charged
performer Sarah Mondle, director of photography Andrew Ina concept, choreography, direction, editing, Daniel Gwirtzman
Charged showcases an over-caffeinated Everywoman in her kitchen on the brink of disaster. A portrait of a driven, detailed woman who manages an array of tasks, alternating between the discipline of accomplishing and the daydream of departure. Humor, grit, exhaustion, frustration, and liberation emerge as themes as the soloist pursues unexpected and surprising actions within an expected and unsurprising setting.
La tipica domenica italiana
director, producer Sunhye Won performers Chiara Benedettelli, Carlotta Francioli, Riccardo Socionovo, Sunhye Won
We are setting the table while grandma and mom are cooking. We eat, we drink, and we chat. We are together. Enjoying ourselves. Appetizers, first course, second course, and dessert. Lastly, the digestive and coffee are coming as well. This joy never ends. All of this is a circle of life, tradition and also community.
Screenings November 17th, from 7:30pm
Inter-Library Loan
director Marta Renzi producers Angelica Vessella, Paris Fernandez
From quiet reading to rambunctious display, 15 members of the Rhode Island College Dance Company inhabit elegant spaces in the Providence Public Library.
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The people are missing
directors Pau Pericas, Georgia Vardarou
writer Gilles Deleuze performer Georgia Vardarou
Only the act of resistance resists death, whether the act is in the form of a work of art or in the form of human struggle.
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Kingdom
director, writer, visual concept Jagoda Turlik producers JaTu Film, Ryszard Brożek performers Julia Domagalska, Aleksander Staniszewski, Marek Szajnar editing, sound design Felix Mirosław Mamczur camera Piotr Werewka music Tilman Sillescu VFX Postproduction/ Color Correction Higgs Media OU Felix Mirosław Mamczur
Past, Present, Future – Three orders determining the space of life. Distant, but without each other they do not constitute truth. They coexist as a sum, a stream of experience. The past stores memories, evokes sentiments, but also hides demons. There is no future, it may be dangerous. The present forces you to decide in what direction to go “here and now”
The future is enchanted in movement and nature; in the sky and green. You decide whether your “Kingdom” is a barren, frozen vastness in which you are only apparently the “Queen/King of Your Fate”, remaining dictated by the past, or whether you take your fate into your own hands and face what has been, accept the offered hand and not look back behind you. Go towards the sky and greenery. The compass is the heart and intuition. The Future is there. In you.
Urbà Terra Bartzelona
directors Ana Baer, Heike Salzer performers Amanda McCorkle, Michelle Nance, Heike Salzer original composition Richard Hall cinematography, editing Ana Baer production WECreate Production
Intrigued by collectively encountering the Catalan capital Bartzelona, three women immerse themselves in the vibrant atmosphere of this Mediterranean metropolis. In dialogue with street-art murals, colourful mosaics, avant-garde and historic architecture, the dancers are-being-moved by the design of public spaces and the flow of daily life of its inhabitants.
The Greatest Show on Earth:
The End
director Nate Rynaski producers Nate Rynaski, Monica Williams, Monica Williams, Mason Gray, Tippy Dringman performers Tippy Dringman, Annalise Gehling, Mason Gray, Casey Shea, Keilan Stafford, Monica Williams director of photography Sidharta Muskat production designer Kees Wilcox editing Sophie Giessel music Sloppy Jane wardrobe stylist Fernanda Lopez lighting director Kate Hutter board operator Darby Epperson
“The Greatest Show on Earth: The End” follows a group of traveling performance artists as they prepare for their final act under the big top. In an all-or-nothing finale, the circus-inspired performers’ relationships, heartbreaks, losses, gains, identities, and joys shine through. Despite what goes on outside, under the big top, their performance exemplifies an absurd, daring, and sincere tribute to the deep bonds of chosen family.
Sheila
director, writer, producer, camera Gabri Christa performer Sheila Rohan dancers Sajda Musawwir Ladner, Idea Reid, Makeda Thomas, Nyah Love Thomas, Malasia Bell, Niyah Bell cinematography Guy deLancey composer Mazz Swift sound design Eve Cuyen editing Abby Lee
In this experimental short documentary, a dancer SHEILA ROHAN, blows out a candle and finds herself in a magical world of memory, dance and presence. Featuring Sheila Rohan, one of the founding members of Dance Theater of Harlem.
Beyond The Plaques
directors and choreographer Joeley Anne, Amy Groves, Hannah George, Catherine Sleeman
producers Hettie Lloyd, Imogen Robinson, Molly Costello, Sarah Becirovic composer Sofia Roubati cinematographer Cordelia Lawler
Commissioned by English Heritage and National Youth Ballet, Beyond The Plaques is a dance film inspired by the lives of four female Pioneers – sculptor Eleanor Coade, author Frances Burney, literalist Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and astronomer Annie Maunder. These women’s achievements, largely overlooked, provide the basis for a contemporary response from four young female artists navigating similar themes. The film weaves together concepts of cultural ephemerality, societal expectations of women, and exploration amidst isolation. Going beyond their plaques, The choreography is a dynamic celebration of enduring female endeavour and creativity across the ages. The creative team hope this project not only brings recognition to historical figures, but also to the continued need to amplify the voices of women.
La vie en noir
director, writer Fatma (Ataota) Mohamed Ibrahim producers Nadah Adel Agwa, Heidi Nazih Faraj performers Fatma Mohamed Ibrahim, Kyla Victoria Munro, Noran Ayman Mohamoud
A short dance film that depicts the life of depression survivors who go through their days trying desperately to escape their own worlds, where they’re found trapped in the deep darkness of mental misery, and when they have dreams as a solace, it eventually leads them back to the rabbit hole, which is their reality. Symbolism is highly used in this film and can be noticed in the colours, props, and the main atmosphere of it, as well as the metaphor of using the song “la vie en rose,” which talks about how life can “feel like pink” as a meaning of a joyful and loving life, while in the contrary here, the film conveys the complete opposite feels.