May 9 at 12pm

Samskara, 2020, United States, 7 min

Directed by Angela Rosales Challis

Produced by Chelsea Alley, Heather Francis

Dancing by Joseph Run Through, Delfine Uwimbabazi, Jyothsna Sainath, Jamaika, Sebastian Forbes, Akiko Kaneshiro, Joshua Perkins, Presley Fewkes, Sheyenne Utai

Written by Angela Rosales Challis, Conor Long

Cinematography by Walter Mirkss

An abstracted film to contribute to the fight against racism. As an immigrant, I have experienced it first hand. This film showcases the beauty and richness of humanity. Nine cultures unite to make art. The dancers will tell you what brings humanity together. We must come together. This project was funded by the Utah Film Commission, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, and BYU Arts Partnership.

photo by Ross Riege

SAND, 2010, USA, 10 min

Directed by Cari Ann Shim Sham*

Produced by Kyle Ruddick, Cari Ann Shim Sham*

Choreography by Kenji Igus, Darrow Igus & Cari Ann Shim*

Dancing by Darrow and Kenji Igus

Cinematography by DP-Ross Riege, additional by Phillip Abrams & Kyle Ruddick

Edited by Cari Ann Shim Sham*

Sound Design by T.K. Broderick

"Sand," a short experimental dance-for-camera documentary, tells the story of sand dance as it is passed down from father to son.

re'ver'ence, 2013, USA, 3 min

Directed by Mary Wohl Haan

Produced by HAAN Dances

Choreography by Mary Wohl Haan

Featuring HAAN Dances

Dancing by Mary Wohl Haan with musician Anthony Salvo

Music by Anthony Salvo

Filmmaker: Sabrina Cavins

In light, shadow, and sound, simple steps taken with respect and awe.

Lay Me Low, 2015, Canada, 8 min

Directed by Marlene Millar

Produced by Sandy Silva

Choreography by Sandy Silva

Featuring Sandy Silva Dance

Dancing by Andrew Bathory, Sonia Clarke, David Cronkite, Dominic Desrochers, Josée Gagnon, Josianne Laporte, Hélène Lemay, Kimberly Robin, Sandy Silva, Bobby Thompson

Music composed by Traditional Shaker song

Music performed by Performers

Cinematography by Geoffroy Beauchemin & Peter Krieger

Edited by Marlene Millar

Sound design by Felix Boivert

This Shaker mourning march cuts to the heart, communicating a universal feeling of loss while evoking a sense of intimacy.

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Stopgap in Stop Motion, 2016, United Kingdom, 5 min

Produced and Directed by Stephen Featherstone

Choreography by Lucy Bennett

Featuring Stopgap Dance Company

Dancing by Amy Butler, Laura Jones, Nadenh Poan, Chris Pavia, Hannah Sampson, David Toole, David Willdridge, Tomos Young

Music by Dougie Evans

Filmmaker: Stephen Featherstone

Performers in disabled and non-disabled dance company "Stopgap" move in and out of photos and across tabletops until the whole company meet and perform in unison.

June 13 at 12pm

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Coil & Web, 2020, United States, 9 min

Directed by Gretchen LaBorwit

Produced by Evolving Doors Dance

Dancing by Erika Curry-Elrod, Hanna Ghadessi, Gretchen LaBorwit, Samantha Lewis, Kat Kalamaras, Angie Simmons, Alfred Smith, Victoria Stone

Music composed by High Fiction

Cinematography by Gretchen LaBorwit

Movement Invention by Angie Simmons

Music Direction & Editing by Amy Shelley

Bodies swirl and shift through “Coil &Web,” navigating natural elements and internal landscapes, contemplating the accelerating disconnect and the unseen entanglement of life forces on our planet. At the core of our being lies a code that defines us, a script that writes our story and interweaves our lives with others, making it evident that, even at our basic genetic level, we are 99.9% alike…more alike than we are different. This internal connection expands from living being to living being, creating an invisible web that is imperceptible to measure, yet omnipresent. “Coil &Web” journeys to a place where pushing past the noise and tuning in to a deeper connection aligns us on the same frequency, spiraling towards oneness and turning away from division.

SOHAM - The Swan, 2019, India, 6 min

Directed by Usha Rajeswari

Produced by Divya Devaguptapu

Choreography and dancing by Divya Devaguptapu

Featuring Divya Devaguptapu

Music composed by Ranjani Ramakrishnan

Music performed by Ranjani Ramakrishnan, Prithvi Chandrasekhar, Abhinandan Ramakrishnan, Sunil Kumar

Cinematography by Shiva GRN

Edited by Usha Rajeswari

In the West, Swan Song is an idiom often used to denote a final act or performance, in reference to the beautiful song the swan is believed to sing right before death. In contrast, the East perceives the Swan (Hamsa in Sanskrit) as a symbol of supreme consciousness – of life and freedom. The Swan is a homeless free wanderer, that swims on the surface of the water and soars into the air; at ease in both and not bound to either. In this film, the iconic ballet Dying Swan becomes a point of departure - compositionally, choreographically and metaphorically. SOHAM is the Immortal Swan Song of the East, performed in the movement language of Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical Dance) and a soundscape of Carnatic Music (Indian Classical Music).

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Unspoken Spoken, 2018, United Kingdom, 18 min

Directed by Fin Walker, Ross McGibbon

Produced by Candoco Dance, The Space

Choreography by Fin Walker

Featuring Candoco

Dancing by Tomas Gulgec, Roberta Pitre, Jess Dowsewell, Dan Daw, Jemima Hoadley, Julie Cleves

Music composed by Ben Park

Music performed by Ben Park, Rebecca Jordan, Buffy Rowe, James Taylor, Geriel, Suzuki Destanika

Cinematography by Ross McGibbon

Edited by Josh Levinsky

Breaking down the rules that restrict us, those that lie within and those that lie without.

Groggy Grugg, 2018, United States, 4 min

Produced and Directed by Conor C. Long

Choreography by Brianna Lopez

Featuring University of Utah Screendance

Dancing by Grugg

Music by William Cannon

Filmmaker: Conor C. Long

A claymation screendance short film about that terrible every day struggle to get out of bed for that first delicious cup of coffee.

July 11 at 12pm

Juliet, Juliet & Juliet, 2017, Sweden, 9 min

Directed by Giovanni Bucchieri

Produced by Isabella Rodriguez

Choreography by Giovanni Bucchieri

Dancing by Ana Laguna, Stina Ekblad, Giovanni Bucchieri

Music by Stefan Levin

Cinematography by Kristoffer Jönsson

Edited by Viktor Skogqvist

Dancer Ana Laguna, actress Stina Ekblad, and choreographer/director Giovanni Bucchieri join forces in this expressive story about an unexpected meeting.

le passage du temps, 2014, USA, 8 min

Directed by Jen Guy Metcalf

Produced by Elon University and Elon in LA

Choreography by Jen Guy Metcalf

Featuring TERRANOVA Dance Theatre

Dancing by Heather Leffler, Allister Dahlberg, Allynne Noelle, Alex Castillo, Gianna Jigarhan, Dan Collins

Music by Philip G. Anderson

Cinematography by J McMerty

Edited by Ben Stringfellow

Costumes by Karl Green

Danced by three couples of different ages, boy and girl meet on a beach and their love binds them as they dance together through life.

Frame from Dance With Your Heart (Tengo Talento Cuba)

Dance With Your Heart (Tengo Talento Cuba), 2016, United States, 10 min

Directed by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi

Produced by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Yoana Grass, Isnay 'DJ Jigüe' Rodriguez

Choreography by Jennyselt Galata

Featuring Osain del Monte

Dancing by Jennyselt Galata & Sailen Hechevarria

Music composed by Isnay Dj Jigüe Rodriguez

Music performed by Osain del Monte

Cinematography by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi

Edited by FistUpTv / Puntilla Films

Jennyselt Galata, internationally renown dancer and teacher of Afro Cuban Folklore in Cuba, seeks her successor in preserving the legacy of Afro-Cuban dance among the youth dancers of Juanelo (Havana).

Gusts, 2022, United States, 3 min

Directed by Christiana Wheeler, Thomas Wingerd

Featuring Christiana Wheeler

A dance film about the ebb and flow of wind and the movement inspired by it.

Swarm Raid, 2019, United States, 4 min

Directed by Anna Lindemann, Ryan Glista

Choreography by Felice Lesser, Ryan Glista, Anna Lindemann

Dancing by Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Anna Lindemann, Elizabeth Barbeau, Felicia Famularo, Maddie Gidman, Lenore Grunko, Allie Leonard, Rachel Surridge, Stephan Vazquez, Paige Woods

Music composed by Anna Lindemann

Music performed by Lucy Fitz Gibbon

Cinematography by Alex Rouleau

Edited by Ryan Glista

Lyrics by Emma Komlos-Hrobsky

Camera by Alex Rouleau, Charlie Gorski, Evan Olson

The music and dance video "Swarm Raid" is a surreal trip to the grocery store inspired by an army ant swarm raid.

Aug 8 at 12pm

Сonfidence, 2017, Russian Federation, 2 min

Produced and Directed by Yulian Baryshnikov

Choreography and dancing by Vlada Borodulina

Featuring Vaganova Ballet Academy

Music composed by Yulian Baryshnikov

Music performed by Darija Hvalovskaja, Yulian Baryshnikov

Cinematography by Vasiliy Ivanov

Edited by Yulian Baryshnikov

Dance allegory of the state of confidence.

I Modh Rúin, 2017, Ireland, 11 min

Directed by Ríonach Ní Néill

Produced by Ciotóg

Choreography by Ríonach Ní Néill

Dancing by Sibéal Davitt, Ciara Nic Einrí, Máire Nic Fhinn, Emma Fitzgerald, Máire Uí Fhlatharta, Úna Ní Fhlatharta, Proinsias Uí Ógartaigh, Emma Verling

Filmmaker: Luca Trufarelli

What would compel you to go against the status quo and bring up your family as Irish speakers in English-speaking Ireland of the 1950s to 1980s? In "I Modh Rúin" ("In Secret"), Ríonach Ní Néill blends film, dance, interviews and music to tell the story of five women who did just that.

Digital Afterlives, 2018, Australia, 5 min

Produced and Directed by Richard James Allen, Karen Pearlman

Choreography and dancing by Richard James Allen

Featuring The Physical TV Company

Music composed by Franz Liszt

Music performed by Edward A. Kilenyi

Cinematography by Michi Marosszeky

Edited by Karen Pearlman

A witty and whimsical meditation on free will, identity and the afterlife. A narrative made through the collision of unlikely elements: dance, digital code, Franz Liszt, and playful echoes across the history of onscreen physical storytelling, paying homage to films like “Modern Times” and “The Red Shoes.” A man in white-winged angel shoes is awakened, then multiplied and manipulated through all the dimensions of infinite black, finally to be returned to his original form and spat out onto the junk heap of history.

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Wake, 2020, United Kingdom, 8 min

Produced and Directed by Katie Beard, Naomi Turner

Choreography by Liv Lockwood

Featuring Sarah Farrow-Jones

Music composed by Ben Glass

Cinematography by Sam Finney

Edited by Katie Beard

Executive Production by Brian Gowenlock, John Huckstep

"Wake" is a short dance film which explores and responds to modern attitudes around loss and grief, taking inspiration from different rituals and funeral traditions from around the world. Filmed on the stark and shifting terrain of Dartmoor, "Wake" steers us through ones woman’s journey of grief.

Solitude, Darkness, Light, 2016, United States, 5 min

Directed by Thomas Carr, Kayla Briët, Isabela Dos Santos

Produced by National YoungArts Foundation

Choreography and dancing by Isabela Dos Santos

Music by Kayla Briet

Cinematography by Kayla Briet and Thomas Carr

Edited by Kayla Briet

In a blend of abstraction and realism, "Solitude, Darkness, Light" explores the confluence of place, time, people and emotions. Contrasting worlds of the future and the past and the still and the moving take the viewer across time in search of a new perspective on the present, as experienced through the lenses of sounds, animation and imagery.

In Wake of the Crashing Dawn, 2020, United States, 5 min

Directed by Bruce Tetsuya

Choreography by Bruce Tetsuya, Han Andrew

Dancing by Han Andrew, Verut Mean, Aretha Chui

Music composed by Astre

Cinematography by Jacob Glazier

A young Japanese-American man seeks guidance from the past in order to overcome his modern identity crisis. Meanwhile in 1942, his great grandfather escapes an incarceration camp.

Sep 12 at 12pm

The Indexical Dance-a-Thon!, 2016, Canada, 4 min

Directed by Evann Siebens

Choreography and dancing by Cora Bos-Kroese, Justine A. Chambers, Kevin Cregan, Jane Ellison, James Gnam, Amy Raymond

Featuring N/A

Music composed by Philip Glass

Music performed by Lisa Moore

Filmmaker: Evann Siebens

Remixing her archive of 16mm film and years of dance cinematography, Siebens creates a messy yet emotional montage, using visual phasing to jump-cut across time and individual dancers. Shot in seminal dance environments Ballett Frankfurt in Germany and The Western Front in Canada, the film mixes professional and amateur dancers, probing their gaze and the search for the sublime through simple improvisational gestures.

shift, 2018, United States, 6 min

Directed by ana baer

Produced by baer productions

Featuring N/A

A house in decay, a woman embodying this site. Shift is a site-specific screendance bringing to the forefront questions on aging, identity and the body.

Memory House, 2021, Australia, 8 min

Directed by Annika Glac

Produced by Elise Wilkinson, Jessica Lesosky

Choreography by Lyndel Quick

Featuring Blink Dance Theatre

Dancing by Sarah Hall, Elise Wilkinson

Music composed by Josh Mitchell

Cinematography by Marcus Struzina

Concept/Movement Director by Lyndel Quick

"Memory House" is a short dance theatre film exploring the physicality of memory, the body as home and the Jungian archetype of the house as a metaphor for self. The body becomes a site for both sanctuary and confinement in repeating patterns of human behaviour. A spiraling journey through time and memory as one woman looks back on her past to re-create her future.

The Room Inside, 2021, Australia, 11 min

Directed by Eric Dittloff

Produced by Jessica Lesosky, Elise Wilkinson, Lyndel Quick

Choreography by Lyndel Quick

Featuring Blink Dance Theatre

Music composed by Josh Mitchell

Cinematography by Eric Dittloff

"The Room Inside: Making Memory House" is a short documentary film recording the process and reflections of the cast and crew of "Memory House." Originally a much longer live dance theatre production, the COVID-19 pandemic required the project and participants to change, in order to continue their work, and to overcome new challenges. The artwork is also remarkable for translating theories of mind and memory into movement, and the way this paralleled the lived experiences of the people making it.

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Mudlove, 2019, Finland, 7 min

Produced and Directed by Tero Peltoniemi

Choreography by Tero Hytönen

Dancing by Salla Rytövuori, Tero Hytönen, Pauliina Sjöberg, Kalle Pulkkinen

Filmmaker: Tero Peltoniemi

Production Designer by Fabian Nyberg

Boy meets girl at a coffee shop, and the two are thrown into a mud wrestling ring to find a common path forward, while their best friends act as coaches.

Oct 10 at 12pm

Frame from Will You Be OK Without Me? (and other stories)

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Will You Be OK Without Me? (And Other Stories), 2021, United States, 14 min

Directed by Jeff Kuperman

Produced by Jeff Kuperman, Rick Kuperman

Choreography by Jeff Kuperman + Cast

Written by Jeff Kuperman, Rick Kuperman

A screendance anthology weaving together stories of 2020: A man waits out the pandemic and to be reunited with his wife. A rabid Karen terrorizes her community. Reality TV contestants quarantine together for a shot at love. A forbidden dinner party materializes spontaneously.

Flood, 2021, United States, 4 min

Produced and Directed by Mike Esperanza

Choreography by Mike Esperanza

Featuring BARE Dance Company

Dancing by Mike Esperanza, Leann Alduenda

Music composed by Mike Esperanza

“Flood" is a depiction of time and its build in spacial dynamics, showing moments of interaction that dwell in surreal forms of suspension.

photo by Adnan Hasovic

Songs of the Underworld, 2016, The Netherlands, 6 min

Produced and Directed by Nicola Hepp

Choreography by Nicola Hepp

Dancing by Rolf Hepp, Martinette Janmaat, Reggy Deekman, Célinne Moza

Music composed by Lou Reed (The Bed)

Music performed by Good Sounds and Daphne DeMuir

Cinematography by Chris Fawcett

Edited by Ad Rietvelt

The images of an older and a younger couple become more intertwined as time goes on.

Imitation and Splattery, 2016, USA, 6 min

Directed by Michelle Bernier

Choreography by Michelle Bernier

Featuring Life/Art Dance Ensemble

Dancing by Michelle Bernier, Jessica Riggs, Megan Roney, Mykayla Solorio

Music composed by J.S. Bach

Music performed by The Swingle Singers

Cinematography by Tyler Stocker

Edited by Michelle Bernier

Ceramicist by Ariana Kolins

Color Correction by H. Paul Moon

A dancer and a ceramicist enjoy one another's processes and products.

Pilgrimage, 2017, Canada, 11 min

Directed by Marlene Millar

Produced by Sandy Silva

Choreography by Sandy Silva

Featuring Migration Dance Film Project/ sandysilvadance

Dancing by Andrew Bathory, Sonia Clarke, David Cronkite, Dominic Desrochers, Afia Douglas, Hélène Lemay, Kimberly Robin, Sandy Silva, Bobby Thompson

Music composed by Sandy Silva, Timucin Gurer

Music performed by all performers

Cinematography by Geoffroy Beauchemin

Edited by Jules De Niverville

Nine dancers and singers travel across open farmlands, parched roads, and moonlit fields to find refuge in an abandoned place of worship. Through a complex series of Turkish usul patterns designed to ignite emotional states of journey and light, the group finds connection within their company and solace in the sheltered space.

DRAWING BLANK, 2012, Canada, 5 min

Directed by stefan verna

Produced by David Finch

Choreography and dancing by Emily Jean Honegger

Music composed by David Drury

Cinematography by Bill Kerrigan

Edited by stefan verna

A dream-like story of impermanence told through dance and stop-motion painting.