FilmFest by Rogue Dancer: FEELz
(March 2023)
There are times you just don't know how to express the rumblings of the heart, the nagging of thought with no words, the tantrum, the happy (or was it a sad tear). Sometimes it is all too overwhelming to sort and pride and joy are difficult to contain. It's confusing to untangle whether you should say something or keep it to yourself. Feelings are hard to grow, nurture and mature but worth the time. Ironic to try and tame an infant when the child inside just wants to curl up in a ball or jump off a swing with a death-defying arch.
Join us this month as we explore moving through the FEELz.
March 24 - April 9, 2023
«»dance for the camera», «video dance», «cine dance», «screendance», – may seem somewhat interchangeable, they are, in actuality, quite specific. Each term speaks to a particular combination of performance and materiality, and each sites the dual properties of their hybridized identities in an order that signifies the relative importance of the parts.” - Douglas Rosenberg, Screendance
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«»dance for the camera», «video dance», «cine dance», «screendance», – may seem somewhat interchangeable, they are, in actuality, quite specific. Each term speaks to a particular combination of performance and materiality, and each sites the dual properties of their hybridized identities in an order that signifies the relative importance of the parts.” - Douglas Rosenberg, Screendance ☯☯☯
“We think the only way to change the worlds is through ART & we appreciate our audiences more than you know. Thank you for experiencing the DANCE with us, please enjoy this month’s event!
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— Jennifer Scully-Thurston, Rogue Dancer Creator & Curator
Your Playbill
Roca Morena
film by Siam Obregón, Kyana Lyne (c) 2022 CANADA
"Under the tutelage of the Moon, a rock woke up and started to dance."
"Sous la tutelle de la Lune, un rocher s'est réveillé et a commencé à danser."
Siam Obregón - Director, Producer & Editor
Kyana Lyne - Director, Movement Director & Producer
Steven Turcotte - Producer & Cinematography
Mouvement Perpétuel - Producer
Isabel Cruz - Voice & Performance
Andrés Solis - Sound recordist & Sound designer
Mérédith Gonzalez-Bayard - Production Manager
Rum 444
film by Peter Svenzon & Joakim Envik Karlsson (c) 2022 SWEDEN
A dance piece for film. An international collaboration with the dance artists and playwrights Lars Noren and Falk Richter who have shared their texts...
Peter Svenzon - Director, Producer, Choreographer, Score & Sound Design
Falk Richter - Writer
Lars Norén - Writer
Joaim Envik Karlsson - Director of Photography
Simon Carlgren - Editor
Mats Hjelm - Colour grading
Dancers - Ulriqa Fernqvist, Melissa Ugolini, Harlan Rust & Evan Schwarz
Tom Larsson - Sound Edit/ Foley, Sound Mix/ Boom & Sound Design
Ofelia Deist Rolo - 1st AC
Erwin Semler - Second Unit
Joel Sundqvist - Gaffer
At the limit of feelings
film by Liudmila Komrakova (c) 2020 RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Classical love triangle. An excruciating situation from which there seems to be no way out. Love. Jealousy. Revenge. What can happen if all these feelings are at the limit?
Liudmila Komrakova - Director, Writer & Producer
Together
film Sue Schroeder, Adam Larsen & Judd Greenstein (c) 2022 USA
When Town Hall Seattle commissioned composer Judd Greenstein to write a piece for yMusic, there was no way of knowing how challenging 2020 would turn out to be. The isolating nature of the pandemic impacted everything - from rehearsal to recording - so Judd and yMusic quickly pivoted and turned these limitations into the structure and inspiration for “Together.” A live performance was out of the question so they reached out to me to create a visual poem as an accompaniment. Listening to Judd’s composition, I experimented with a variety of images to see which best supported the music. As I worked, I realized that the human form and gesture provided the feeling and intent I wanted to express so I invited my friend, choreographer, Sue Schroeder, to collaborate. My vision was to film 4-5 dancers in their homes and outdoors as they explored the idea of what togetherness/separateness has meant to them during this past year. Sue and I worked on movement concepts and ideas - considering at times incredibly calm energies like living portraits and at other times more dynamic action. As we filmed, we shifted from very personal solos to group movement. Through this process - and without touch - the dancers emphasized the distances between themselves and others (both near and far) eventually finding togetherness. - Adam Larsen
Sue Schroeder - Choreographic Direction
Adam Larsen - Film Direction, Cinematography, and Editing
Judd Greenstein - Musical Composition
Dancers - Walter Apps, Juana Farfan, Laith Stevenson, Lori Teague, Shawny Humlao Evens,
Nadya Zeitlin & Dana Lupton
The Spring of Nijinsky
film by Martyna Maja Sikonczyk (c) 2023 UK, POLAND
The famous ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky struggles with rehearsing his newest choreography - the revolutionary Rite of Spring.
Martyna Maja Sikonczyk - Director, Writer & Producer
Filipa Gaspar - Key Cast "Bronislava Nijinska"
Ben Biaggi - Key Cast "Vaslav Nijinsky"
Filipa Gaspar - Background Artist
Aidan Funston - Original Score
Tim Burgess - Sound Design
TRAUMA
Film by Jose Velasquez & Tope Olaniyan (c) 2020 USA
A short dance film showing us the trauma we all go through! Special thanks to all the people who came together to bring this project to life!
DANIEL XTRA MCNEIL- The Oracle
TRAVIS SKITZ SIMMONS - The Addict
SUZIE Q FELTON - The Abused
JOSE VELASQUEZ - The Grieving
RYAN NATIVE TAYLOR -The Alcoholic
TREZ MOCKV DAVIS - Anxiety
TOPE OLANIYAN (Rareoptics Photography)
I Just Found Out Today
Film by Carl Coomer (c) 2020 USA
This dance film reveals a man’s relationship struggles. This video was influenced by Alex Highton’s song of the same name.
Carl Coomer - Director & Editor
Alex Highton - Music
0. The Fool
film by Clara Silveira & Java Orlando (c) 2021 BRAZIL
When science cannot answer reality, people search for different ways to keep faith in life.
This is the second dancefilm of Oracle Project. Card by card we will compose an animated digital Tarot, exploring these ancient archetypes studied by psychoanalysis and bringing them into a contemporary context for those who seek guidance in such turbulent times. In this dancefilm we explore 0.The Fool, this card is not one about madness, but about wisdom and courage to follow your own path despite the social structure. He represents the beginning of a journey with all fears and expectations attached to it.
Clara Silveira - Director, Writer & Dancer
Java Orlando - Director
Ricardo Tetzner - Dancer
Bolívar Alencastro - Diretor de fotografia
Weeping
film by Lindsay Fisher Viatori (c) 2020 USA
Experimental dance film unearthing the physical and emotional response to grief.
Lindsay Fisher Viatori - Director
Garden of the Sirens
film by Ben Mosca (c) 2018 USA
A tired metalworker has a strange, magical encounter with a dancer and harpist in the woods.
Ben Mosca - Director
Veronica Rutledge - Producer
Aneta Gjorgoska - Key Cast
Sasha Alvarez - Key Cast
Emma Worth - Key Cast
DOG'S CHILD
film by Botis Seva & Ben Williams (c) 2020 UK
“Sometimes I think pain is just a lack of understanding.
If we could only understand it all, would we feel no pain?
God must feel no pain” - J Cole
Botis Seva - Creative Director
Ben Williams - Film Director & editor
Lee Griffiths - Producer
Torben Lars Sylvest - Music
Ezra Owen - Dancer
paper cuts
film by Jennifer Salter (c) 2022 USA
"paper cuts", a dance film by Jennifer Salter, is an exploration of the four basic emotions: happiness, fear, sadness, and anger. A handwritten letter is threaded through a series of scenes, navigating the viewer through an emotional journey.
Jennifer Salter - Director
Dancers - Maeghan Bullard, Lillie Crow, Bethany Mills & Macy Watts
I Want to Undie You
film by Nekeshia Wall (c) 2021 USA
A collaboration with Keshia Wall and Jackie Shelton-Green. Holding space for women who have passed away and the grief their mothers carry. Based on the book "I Want to Undie You" by Jaki Shelton-Green, poet laureate of NC.
Nekeshia Wall - Director & Producer
Jaki Shelton-Green - Writer
Dancers - Jaki Shelton Green, Eileena Boyce, Isabella Piccirili, Kendra Chideya, Meaghan Skogen & Kali-Ann Nassoura
Lifeboat
film by Kristen Jorden(c) 2020 USA
Percussive step dancing on a door. The door presents a fantasy of escaping our problems—the lifeboat to whisk you away. But what saves us is the dance, the little things in life, and so the fantasy boat floats away without us.
Kristen Jorden - Director, Editor & Dancer
Nic Gareiss - Choreography
Aidan O'Rourke - Music
Noel Jorden - Videography & Editor
Dandelions
film by Kyana Lyne (c) 2022 CANADA
Deux soeurs revisitent la danse de leur enfance comme rituel de connexion.
Two sisters revisit their childhood dance as a ritual of connection.
Kyana Lyne - Director & Editing
Migration Dance Film Projects - Producer
Erika Zue Nedden - Producer
Dancers - Sana Hutchison & Rachel Hutchison
Zacharie Fay - Camera
Fiori Ghirmai - Camera
Luc Papineau - Sound Design
Marco Fania - Recordist
Sandy Silva - Choreography
HUMANO SER
film by Juan Federico Santucho (c) 2022
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Juan Federico Santucho - Director