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Yacht Club Swing, 2019, United Kingdom, 5 min
Produced and Directed by Silvia Cherneva
Choreography by Angela Andrew
Featuring Cookie's Jam Productions
Yacht Club Swing is a pedestrian study of an all-too-poeticised question: the regeneration of cities and what happens to those who were there before.
Tenets, 2023, United States, 4 min
Directed by Taylor Madgett, Lawrence Beard
Produced by Taylor Madgett
Choreography by Taylor Madgett, Constance Harris
Featuring
Dancing by Constance Harris, James Solis-Gutierrez, Becca Schaff, Taylor Madgett
This high energy piece features a fusion of Afro dance, House and Hip-Hop dance styles. Through an exploration of these dance forms, this piece seeks to establish American street dance as a direct extension of West African culture.
Regret To Inform You, 2022, United States, 12 min
Directed by Yusuf Nasir
Produced by Yusuf Nasir, Harvey Mason Jr.
Choreography by Yusuf Nasir
Featuring
Dancing by Yusuf Nasir, Steve Geist
Why are our fantasies so far removed from our reality? "Regret to inform You" follows a difficult day in the life of a Performer on the verge of forced obscurity and retirement. After one too many rejections, he becomes undone, retreating into a black and white dance fantasy to combat the reality of a society that has no place for him.
Otherland, 2018, Netherlands, 13 min
Directed by Jan Pieter Tuinstra
Produced by Sanne Cousijn, Camiel Zwart
Choreography by Keren Levi
Featuring -
Dancing by Elvin Elejandro Martinez, Xavier Barthelemi, Zelda Dapaah, Joby Shayron Tremus, Guilliano Pinas, Marvin Oliveira, Cyril Adaine, Mattia Palumbo, Amber Vineyard, Naimah Janse, Debbie Ruijter, Natascha Ruimwij, and more
Music by Hexenschuss
Cinematography by Jan Pieter Tuinstra
Edited by Patrick Janssens
Based on the biographical story of Elvin Elejandro Martinez and narrated by him, ‘Otherland’ is a juxtaposition of two narratives that evoke new associations for viewers: Martinez's coming of age in Sint Maarten, and his character's Vogue performance at the Voodoo Carnival Ball. While the visual story of the Ball is fictional, the film is based on in-depth research into the Dutch ballroom community, and all the characters and dancers are part of the European ballroom/vogue community.
Symphony of Skills, 2022, United Kingdom, 3 min
Directed by Karen Wood
Produced by Sima Gonsai
Dancing by Annette Walker, Mark Robertson
Rhythm, tap dance and history weave together to create a symphonic arrangement. Improvisation and composition synergize. Tap dance, drums and typewriting skills collide and generate pattern and flow. Rhythm is a core human function and this film illuminates the beauty of participating in life's music - past and present.
Hambone Griot, 2024, United States, 13 min
Produced and Directed by Erika Randall
Dancing by Rennie Harris
Written by Erika Randall
Shot in part at 10,000 ft at Gross Reservoir in Colorado over a span of 12 years, this short film, featuring the indomitable Rennie Harris, shares a dreamscape glimpse into the vernacular dance form, hambone, or “Patin’ Juba.” This work positions the powerful resilience of the Black male body in the face of white surveillance and the survival and evolution of the dance/music form of hambone within and beyond the histories of enslavement.
Everyone Left, 2025, United Kingdom, 4 min
Directed by Abby Warrilow, Lewis Gourlay
Produced by Lewis Gourlay
Choreography by Abby Warrilow
Dancing by Maya Bodiley, Sky Su
"This film explores the alternate, dark memories of a abandoned spaces, revealing fragments of a forgotten past or glimpses into a possible future. [CR][CR]In the space between shadow and light, time and memory, we see two characters dancing in a dark corner of a warehouse. Sweat drips and hair sticks to moist skin. The scene is dark and grungy. Deeply transfixed in the moment where inhibitions are lost in an ecstatic, dreamlike state. Punctuated with interjections of mental turmoil and aggression, the bodies clash and entwine in this disjointed duet. [CR][CR]‘Everyone left’ is a title which holds a number of meanings and interpretations. Initially a response to the way in which abandoned spaces, carry memories of their previous existence and use. We imagined how the workforce downed tools and walked out, never to return, leaving space for creatives to move in. Warehouses are synonymous with electronic music and parties in the late 80s and 90s, our narrative finds two dancers, the only ones there after everyone left, who’ve met at the party and experienced a moment of connection together. The Choreography is built on the left hand side of the body, a quirt of being a left handed choreographer, and something that was picked up upon by the dancers as they learnt the movement. The final correlation came through the terms of use of the music, the artist Moby allowed the rights to use the track as long as it is not used to promote right wing agendas (only left).[CR][CR]The film is designed to be projected on two independent vertical screens and is presented here as a single screen piece."
Maracatu vs Passinho, 2022, Brazil, 3 min
Directed by Rodrigo Pépe, Priscila Paciência
Produced by Aline Alves
Choreography by Priscila Paciência
Featuring
Cinematography by Helder Tavares
In the videodance "Maracatu vs Passinho" we invited a Passinho dancer and a Caboclo de Lança to present some of their expressions in a friendly duel.
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.