Atlas Program, 2010

Atlas Center for Media, Arts and Performance directions
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

Friday & Saturday, September 10 & 11, 2010

Different programs at each screening:

Installation Videos
Friday Evening Screening
Documentaries (Black Box)
Documentaries (Rm 342)
Art films
Saturday Evening Screening

Full Schedule Scholarly Panel

Postcard with screen capture from "Persecution" (2009), by John T. Williams
[Download postcard PDF: front 1.3MB, back 1MB]

Support: Sans Souci has received support in the form of an Addison mini-Grant from Boulder Country Arts Alliance.

Our 7th Annual Festival was sponsored by
the Film Studies Program,
the Department of Theater & Dance, and
the ATLAS Institute Center for Media, Arts and Performance,
all at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Short films and live performance, Friday, Sept. 10, 7:30 PM

photo by Trish Simonite

Palimpsest, 2010, USA, includes live performance, 12 min

Directed by Susanna Morrow

Produced by Ana Baer Carrillo

Choreography and Dancing by Susanna Morrow

Filmmaker: Ana Baer Carrillo

A woman preoccupied with perfection attempts to learn from her mistakes by taking copious notes.

Body/Traces, 2009, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 7 min

Produced and Directed by Sophie Kahn & Lisa Parra

Choreography by Lisa Parra

Dancing by Lisa Parra and Tina Vasquez

Music Composed by Sawako Kato

Edited by Lisa Parra & Silvia Zaya Serra

New media artist & 3D animation by Sophie Kahn

3D scanning by David Barrett-Kahn

Made with a DIY 3D laser scanner, this stop-motion animation asks the question: what happens to the body in motion when it is made into a still image and then re-animated into the motion from whence it came?

Persecution, 2009, USA, 4 min

Produced and Directed by John T. Williams

Choreography by Yannis Adoniou

Dancing by Justin Andrews, Marina Fukushima

Music Composed by Richard Zarou (Music Arrangement)

Cinematography by James Tucker

Edited by John T. Williams

In this abstract film, symbols, words, and abusive phrases wash over the bodies of flowing dancers as they drift through a world of intolerance.

Passing Through, 2009, USA, 4 min

Produced by Michelle Ellsworth

Choreography by Toby Hankin

Dancing by Kelsey Chilton, Esmeralda Kundanis-Grow, Joy French, Cortney McGuire, Michael Richman and Stephanie Kobes

Cinematography by Robert Schaller

Edited by Hamel Bloom

Humans passing through each others' lives is portrayed with movement and overlay.

Duet, 2009, Istanbul, Devon, Turkey, 2 min

Directed by Anthony Askew, Ellen Pillow

Choreography and Dancing by Ellen Pillow

Music by Anthony Askew

Cinematography by Anthony Askew

Edited by Anthony Askew, Ellen Pillow

This playful manipulation of body image and time highlights the aesthetics of developing bodily movements and the body's integral relationship with environment. Filmed in Scotland.

photo by Margaret Williams

Veterans, 2008, USA, 17 min

Directed by Margaret Williams

Produced by Victoria Marks

Choreography by Victoria Marks

Dancing by Manuel Flores, Aaron McCollum, John Tingley, Cidkyee Williams, Felton Lee Williams

Music Composed by Jeremy Cox

Music Performed by Jeremy Cox, Nigel Hoyle

Filmmaker: Margaret Williams

Production Assistance by Ellen Bromberg & Cari Ann Shim Sham*

Temporarily emerging from solitary battles of isolation, dislocation, and memory, five US war veterans converge in a quiet alley and join in a ritual re-enactment of combat.

The Breath We Left, 2009, USA, 4 min

Produced and Directed by Tara Rynders

Choreography and Dancing by Tara Rynders

Music Composed by Sigur Ros [edited]

Filmmaker: Tara Rynders

I find comfort in your warmth and your texture in my hands and feet. I reach into my pockets and search for the breath we left. I look back only to see the future swept up by the current and I am again alone. Forced to face myself I have a choice. I am here and I am there - searching. . .

The Imp in the City, 2010, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2 min

Produced and Directed by Dawn Westlake

Choreography and Dancing by Marc Carrizo

Music by Gregory Johnson

Cinematography by Dawn Westlake

Edited by Gregory Johnson

Having just lost his mother to lung cancer, 15-year-old Marc Carrizo breakdances in his Barcelona neighborhood. This film is dedicated to her.

photo by Project Photographer: Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang

water burns sun, 2009, USA, 7 min

Produced and Directed by Petra Kuppers

Choreography by Petra Kuppers

Featuring The Olimpias

Dancing by Neil Marcus, Mayuko Abaye, Eboni Hawkins, Leslie Schickel

Music by Dax Pearson

Cinematography by Lissa Ivy Tiegel

Edited by Sadie Wilcox

This Butoh dancevideo sheds light on skin, water, ghosts and the meanings of 'cripple'. An Olimpias Disability Culture Production.

MY FERAL VALENTINE, 2009, USA, 3 min

Directed by Marta Renzi

Produced by And Dancers, Inc.

Choreography by Marta Renzi

Featuring And Dancers, Inc.

Dancing by Leonides Arpon and Mica Bernas

Music Composed by Lila Downs and Paul Cohen

Music Performed by Lila Downs and Ixaya Mazatzin Tleyotl

Cinematography by Jake Goldwasser

Edited by Jake Goldwasser and Marta Renzi

A man and a woman meet after-hours in an empty bar. Suddenly, a fusion of ranchera and jazz, all is teeth and tongues - not your usual valentine.

She, 2009, USA, 4 min

Produced and Directed by Kathy Rose

Choreography by Kathy Rose

Dancing by Kathy Rose, Chi Kit Tso

Music Composed by C.P. Roth

Filmmaker: Kathy Rose

An insectoid fantasy with an indio/arachnid sound track, this piece was originally created as a live performance and then re-interpreted as a video.

January, 2009, USA, 4 min

Choreography and Dancing by Rachael Lincoln

Music by Low in the Sky

Edited by Cari Ann Shim Sham*

Concept by RJ Muna and Rachael Lincoln

Set and Videography by RJ Muna

Within real and imagined confines of winter, with chalk dust as snow, a woman follows her mind's small agitations as she meditates on the passage of time.

dis.appear, 2010, USA, 5 min

Produced and Directed by Beth Portnoy

Choreography and Dancing by Beth Portnoy

Music by Caroline Shaw

Filmmaker: Beth Portnoy

what exists when everything you know disappears?

photo by Mauereen Lopez

After the Water the Clouds, 2009, san francisco, california, USA, 10 min

Produced and Directed by Carmen Rozestraten

Choreography by Carmen Rozestraten

Featuring Carmen Rozestraten

Dancing by Maureen Lopez, Carlos Fuentes, Anna Tejera

Music by Toni Marti

Cinematography by Enric Miro

Edited by Jennifer Chinlund

Playful and poetic voyage of a young Catalan woman whose world becomes more and more surreal as she encounters mythical and unusual characters.

Let's Dance, 2010, USA, 2 min

Produced and Directed by Malia Bruker, Oscar Molina

Choreography and Dancing by Eun Jung Choi, Guillermo Ortega Tanus

Featuring Da Da Dance Project

Music Composed by Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli

Music Performed by Miles Davis and the Lighthouse All-Stars

Filmmaker: Malia Bruker, Oscar Molina

"Let's Dance" is a sensual black and white film that captures the relief that dance provides in everyday life.

Documentaries in the Black Box Theatre, Saturday, Sept. 11, 1 PM

Gotta Move: Women In Tap, 2010, USA, 44 min

Directed by Lynn Dally

Produced by Lynn Dally & Gayle Hooks

Dancing by Chloe Arnold, Brenda Bufalino, Heather Cornell, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy, Acia Gray, Deborah Mitchell, Linda Sohl-Ellison, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Dianne Walker, Josette Wiggan

Cinematography by John Bishop

Edited by Cari Ann Shim Sham*

Music Director by Jerry Kalaf

For the first time ever, five generations of women, recognized as leaders in the renaissance of tap, come together to dance, share stories, talk tap, and celebrate. "Gotta Move" chronicles the weekend.

Poster for Dancing the Big Apple 1937

Dancing the Big Apple 1937, 2009, USA, 29 min

Directed by Judy Pritchett

Produced by Dancetime Publications

Choreography by Traditional plus Frankie Manning

Featuring Regular folks plus Whitey's Lindy Hoppers

Dancing by Regular folks plus Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, Leon James, George Grenidge et al

Music Composed by Various big band swing standards

Music Performed by George Gee Orchestra, Solomon Douglas Big Band

Cinematography by Historic footage

Edited by Stuart Math, Jocelyn Hassenfeld

The Big Apple was a popular dance craze in 1937. This film examines its spread, its origins in the African-American community of Columbia SC, and its roots in African and African-American tradition.

The Rising Sun, 2008, several, 74 min

Produced and Directed by Fabian Kimoto

Choreography by roc kidz crew

Featuring roc kidz crew

Dancing by Aspirante Massimo, mengis navid, fikri gören, julia kimoto, sezai coban, roman nüesch, benny kimoto

Music Composed by deniz khan, dai kimoto, nappion, ....

Filmmaker: fabian kimoto

The Roc Kidz Crew, a group of young dancers began by breakdancing in the streets of European cities and has become one of the most well-known dance groups on the hip hop scene. This film conveys the viral enthusiasm and joie de vivre - transcending all classes, nationalities and skin colours - that these artists have been able to generate through their love for dance, music and freedom.

Documentaries in Room 342, Saturday, Sept. 11, 1 PM

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.

Living-room dancers, 2009, Switzerland, 23 min

Directed by Bastien Genoux

Produced by Cie Nicole Seiler /Le Flair

Choreography by Nicole Seiler

Featuring Cie Nicole Seiler

Dancing by Laurent Bortolotti, Coralie, Estelle Durr, Cinzia Ferrazzo, Cleudes Pannatier, Océane Pannatier, Tadeo Piana, Werner Schwab, Stellektro, Dominique Vannod

The passion of several non-professional dancers is portrayed with a sometimes voyeuristic eye as they tap, electro-dance, couple dance, improvise, or pole dance...

photo by Joerg Jeshel

Passion - Last Stop Kinshasa, 2009, Berlin, Germany, 90 min

Directed by Joerg Jeshel & Brigitte Kramer

Produced by Brigitte Kramer

Choreography by Alain Platel

Featuring Les ballets C de la B

Dancing by Lisi Estaras, Quang

Music Composed by Fabrizio Cassol

Music Performed by Aka Moon and Fabrizio Cassol

Cinematography by Joerg Jeshel & Michael Boomers

Edited by Stéphan Talneau

Jesus played by Serge Kakudji

Maria played by Melissa Givens

Having performed "pitié!" more than 100 times on tour, Alain Platel and his company, Les ballets C de la B, mount the very last show in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo. "Passion - Last Stop Kinshasa" not only documents that performance, but is a reflection on dance, classical music, and difficult political surroundings.

Frame from 15 Days of Dance: 'The Making of Ghost Light'

15 Days of Dance: 'The Making of Ghost Light', 2010, USA, 69 min

Produced and Directed by Elliot Caplan

Choreography by Brian Reeder

Featuring ABTII

Dancing by Aria Alekzander, Roddy Doble, Joseph Gorak, Jose Sebastian, Mary Mills Thomas, Yannick Bittencourt, Owen Gaj, Ty Gurfein, Devon Teuscher, Faye Hideko Warren, Katherine Williams

Music Composed by Aaron Copland

Music Performed by Leonard Bernstein

Cinematography by Elliot Caplan / Donald DuBois

Edited by Donald DuBois

Post Production by Yarden Yanover

This film documents, day-by-day, the making of a new ballet.

Saturday Afternoon ScreenDance, Sept. 11, 4 PM

North Horizon, 2010, Finland, 22 min

Directed by Thomas Freundlich & Valtteri Raekallio

Produced by Holy Polarbear Productions

Choreography and Dancing by Thomas Freundlich & Valtteri Raekallio

Music by Sputnikburg

Filmmaker: Thomas Freundlich & Valtteri Raekallio

"North Horizon" explores the enormous contrasts of scale between the moving human body and the beautiful, seemingly still, boundless Arctic landscape. Shot on location in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.

Domestic Animals #1, 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA, 6 min

Directed by Erin Mei-Ling Stuart

Choreography by Erin Mei-Ling Stuart

Featuring EmSpace Dance

Dancing by Blane Ashby, Julie Sheetz

Music by Scott Simon

Cinematography by Thomas Boyles & Erin Mei-Ling Stuart

Edited by Erin Mei-Ling Stuart

A couple turns breakfast into a battle of passive-aggressive one-upsmanship.

The Movement of Live, 2009, Spain, 3 min

Directed by Fátima Tocornal

Produced by ob-art produccions, S.L.

Choreography and Dancing by Maria Stoyanova & Tania Atanassova

Music Composed by Guillem Pascual

Cinematography by Fátima Tocornal

Edited by Albert Zapater Bonet

Complex strategies give the vital pulse its form.

An Ant, 2010, Finland, 24 min

Produced and Directed by Kimmo Alakunnas

Choreography by Kimmo Alakunnas

Dancing by Kimmo Alakunnas, Jaakko Nieminen

Music Composed by Marko Ahokangas

Cinematography by David Berg

Edited by Tiina Aarniala, Kimmo Alakunnas

Funding by Theatre Academy Helsinki

A workaholic Man begins to lose his sense of reality; he and his co-worker fall into imaginary worlds from which it is almost impossible to escape. Through dance and movement, "An Ant" exposes the inability to give and receive love and to distinguish right from wrong.

no, 2010, USA, 2 min

Produced and Directed by Michelle Ellsworth

Choreography and Dancing by Michelle Ellsworth

Filmmaker: Michelle Ellsworth

"no" is an experiment in negative listening. Shot at the Beecher Island Battlefield near Wray, Colorado.

photo by ana baer

View the video.

Le Jardinier de la Gafferie, 2010, USA, 7 min

Directed by Nancy Spanier, Ana Baer

Produced by Performance Inventions

Choreography by Nancy Spanier - Paul Oertel

Dancing by Paul Oertel

Music by Anthony Salvo

Filmmaker: Ana Baer Carrillo

Music designed by Xavier Hirissou

"Le Jardinier de la Gafferie" takes a gentle look at a typical day in the life of an atypical gardener and asks the question: If one's passion is one's garden, what happens when the garden is no longer enough to whet one's passion? Filmed in the Dordogne region of southwestern France.

Vesper, 2009, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 15 min

Produced and Directed by Brock Labrenz

Choreography by Stuart Loungway & Brock Labrenz

Featuring Terra Firma Dance Theatre

Dancing by Lester Badenoch, Rosalina Chann, Brittany Fridenstine-Keefe, Lydia Haug, Matthew Keefe, Jonathan Royse Windham

Music Composed by Brian McKenna

Cinematography by Bliss Holloway

Edited by Brock Labrenz

Costumes by Cathy Hazard

"Vesper" takes the audience on a journey through a futuristic dance landscape where the cinematic elements and heightened physicality work in tandem to weave a tapestry of tonality ripe with reflection and interpersonal growth.

Short films and live performance, Saturday, Sept. 11, 7:30 PM

photo by Trish Simonite

Palimpsest, 2010, USA, includes live performance, 12 min

Directed by Susanna Morrow

Produced by Ana Baer Carrillo

Choreography and Dancing by Susanna Morrow

Filmmaker: Ana Baer Carrillo

A woman preoccupied with perfection attempts to learn from her mistakes by taking copious notes.

photo by Angela Crawley

Stronger (excerpt from White Caps), 2010, Bristol, Avon, UK, 4 min

Produced and Directed by Wilkie Branson

Choreography by Champloo Dance Company

Featuring Champloo Dance Company

Dancing by Wilkie Branson, Joel Daniel

Music by Phil King

Cinematography by Rob Saunders

Edited by Wilkie Branson

Commissioned by Theatre Bristol, Bristol Old Vic

Two companions embark on a b-boying adventure up a wooded mountain, finding jubilance and strength in the experience.

Plastic Ballad, 2009, USA, 3 min

Directed by Mara Tasker and Esmeralda Kundanis-Grow

Produced by Mara Tasker

Choreography and Dancing by Esmeralda Kundanis-Grow

Music Composed by Hamster Theatre

Cinematography by Mara Tasker

Edited by Mara Tasker and Esmeralda Kundanis-Grow

Ink, color and assorted mediums provide textures which parade playfully upon the surface layer, engaging in a ballad of abstract conversations between figure and ink. With the cinematic influences of Bruce Conner and dance influences of Loie Fuller, "Plastic Ballad" abstracts the movements of the human form beyond recognition.

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Fragility, 2009, USA, 6 min

Directed by ana baer

Produced by ana baer carrillo

Choreography by kim olson

Featuring sweet edge

Dancing by kim olson, patrick mueller

Music Composed by barry adamson

Filmmaker: ana baer carrillo

A couple grasps for intimacy in a bleak urban landscape, emerging from and collapsing into codependency.

Binary Form, 2009, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2 min

Directed by Chirstinn Whyte

Choreography and Dancing by Chirstinn Whyte

Featuring Shiftwork

Cinematography by Jake Messenger

Edited by Chirstinn Whyte

Short sequences of improvised movement are reduced to a binary form. The resulting frames are animated by sequence replication with the Apple Motion application.

5 Cuts, 2010, USA, 4 min

Directed by Joy French and Stephanie Tuley

Produced by Joy French

Choreography and Dancing by Stephanie Tuley

Music Composed by Antonín Dvořák

Music Performed by Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and Ivan Zenaty

Filmmaker: Joy French

It takes five cuts to make an apple pie; the angst and ritual of these five cuts are explored in this intense kitchen drama.

NEGATIVE PRESENCE, 2009, Spain, 3 min

Produced and Directed by Patrick Wilen for xartcollection®

Choreography and Dancing by Maria Stoyanova

Music Composed by Patrick Wilen

Filmmaker: Patrick Wilen

Maria Stoyanova improvises freely on "Madame de Sade" by Yukio Mishima. The Marquis, who remains off-stage throughout the play, is seen entirely through the eyes of his wife. This absence is the "NEGATIVE PRESENCE".

photo by Martin Klemik

Puddle Song, 2009, Oakland, CA, USA, 3 min

Directed by Teresa Brazen

Produced by Michele Stewart

Choreography and Dancing by Jenni Bregman

Music Composed by Brandon Hopp

Cinematography by Martin Klemik, Brandon Hopp

Edited by Brandon Hopp

Lighting by Rich Wells

Observation by Leila Banijamali

A young woman happens upon a puddle that makes a strange sound. This film explores play and its loss in adulthood.

1/6, 2009, Switzerland, 16 min

Directed by Orsola Valenti

Produced by Cie Greffe

Choreography by Cindy Van Acker

Dancing by Tamara Bacci

In a natural scenery of snow and fir trees, abandoned by all traces human, a body moves in an unlimited space and in an indefinite time. It is a body without a history, soaking time, testing speed and stillness, apprehending space by taking tactile and sensory possession -- the metaphor of a cycle: of a day of life, of a life, of life.

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NOBODY'S DARLING, 2010, USA, 4 min

Directed by Marta Renzi

Produced by Dixon Place

Choreography by Marta Renzi

Featuring And Dancers, Inc.

Dancing by Tina Vasquez, Amos Wolff

Filmmaker: Marta Renzi

The independent spirits and unsentimental intimacy of the dancers is both tough and tender. Similarly, the setting for this relationship is a bare bones studio in which their breathing and footfalls create the score.

Bukfenc (Somersault), 2009, Hungary, 5 min

Directed by Bernadette Mayer, Rita Góbi, dramaturgist- Katalin Turai

Produced by Sponsors: NKA, OKM, KODAC, ROLEBOMUSIC

Choreography by Rita Góbi

Featuring GoBe Contemporary Dance Company

Dancing by Vesa-Petteri Asikainen

Music by Csaba Gyulai and József Gáspár

Cinematography by Nyika Jancsó

Edited by Sára Haragonics

Makeup by Orsolya Petrilla

Lab and scanning by Károly Kamerda & Szilárd Szilas

A man facing death is placed in a narrow and dark well, lit only from above. He struggles to no avail and finally realizes that the only way out is to give in.

photo by Patrick Mueller

A Treatise on Endless Struggle and the Crystallized Moment of Impact, part 2 of 3, 2010, USA, 10 min

Produced and Directed by Patrick Mueller

Choreography by Patrick Mueller / Control Group

Featuring Control Group Productions

Dancing by Kristine Whittle, Buffy Barfoot, Candess Giyan

Music Composed by Paul Betts

Music Performed by Hrsta, A Silver Mt. Zion, Le Fly Pan Am

Filmmaker: Chris Manning

The inherency of conflict, driven by the survival instinct, rendered against a post-apocalyptic wasteland-scape. Desolation and beauty enter direct struggle in this final work of Control Group performance company's series > Treatises on Interplanetary Weather Systems.</i>

My 1st Big Break, 2008, USA, 5 min

Directed by Kyle Ruddick

Produced by Eyestorm Productions

Dancing by Tom Lenk, Rachael Lincoln, Mark Stuver, d. Sabela Grimes, Raphael Xavier, Calvin Cheng, & Lou Genise

Music by Cut Chemist

Assistant Direction by Cari Ann Shim Sham*

This music video, shot in one take with a cast of 17, employs a strategy of blocking, camera choreography and dance choreography that was developed over months in an intense collaborative process.

Mere Images, 2008, USA, 5 min

Produced and Directed by Stephanie Kobes

Choreography by Stephanie Kobes in collaboration with the dancers

Dancing by Nada Diachenko, Michelle Ellsworth, Toby Hankin, Esmeralda Kundanis-Grow, Cherie Hill, Alden LaPaglia, Belle Marsh, Cortney McGuire, Tara Rynders, Uli Ellsworth-Miller, Neri Torres

Music Composed by Explosions in the Sky

Filmmaker: Stephanie Kobes

A woman's collection of memories throughout the four seasons of a year. From reflected youth and innocence to reflected age and wisdom, an entire lifetime captured in a mere image.

MOCEAN, 2009, USA, 3 min

Produced and Directed by Kim Arrow

Choreography and Dancing by Kim Arrow

Featuring Ponto Facto

Music by Tara Tucker and Anura Kulatunga

Cinematography by Dawn Estelle Singleton, Michael Bednarzi, Kim Arrow

Edited by Kim Arrow

Stage lighting design by James P. Murphy

Shot mostly under the sea on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, "MOCEAN" evokes drift and shape-shift in a moving space inhabited by a human and other creatures.

Blue's not the word...., 2009, USA, 3 min

Directed by Carrie Noel Richer

Produced by Hole Dance Films

Choreography and Dancing by Kate W. Kosharek

Music by Patsy Cline

Cinematography by Natalie Newman

Edited by Carrie Noel Richer

Music rights by UMe

This short film about a woman's relationship with her television rides an emotional roller coaster. Danced with a schizophrenic grace, the film is comedic, heart breaking and lovable, all at the same time.

Let's Dance, 2010, USA, 2 min

Produced and Directed by Malia Bruker, Oscar Molina

Choreography and Dancing by Eun Jung Choi, Guillermo Ortega Tanus

Featuring Da Da Dance Project

Music Composed by Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli

Music Performed by Miles Davis and the Lighthouse All-Stars

Filmmaker: Malia Bruker, Oscar Molina

"Let's Dance" is a sensual black and white film that captures the relief that dance provides in everyday life.

Installation videos on view, Friday & Saturday, September 10 & 11

photo by Mimi Garrard

March Circles 2010, 2010, USA, 19 min

Directed by Mimi Garrard

Produced by Mimi Garrard Dance Company

Choreography by Mimi Garrard

Featuring Mimi Garrard Dance Company

Dancing by Samuel Roberts of the Alvin Ailey company

Music Composed by Glen Velez

Music Performed by Glen Velez and Lori Cortler

Filmmaker: Mimi Garrard

"March Circles 2010" is a suite of four contrasting dances created for video using a single choreography.

2/6, 2009, Switzerland, 30 min

Directed by Orsola Valenti

Produced by Cie Greffe

Choreography and Dancing by Cindy Van Acker

Featuring Cie Greffe

Set in a ghost yard, "2/6" recounts the fate of a body that becomes an object then an object that becomes a body...

REALM, 2010, Australia, 7 min

Directed by Narelle Benjamin and Samuel James

Produced by Narelle Benjamin

Choreography by Narelle Benjamin

Dancing by Emee Dillon and Narelle Benjamin with Julie Anne Long and Martin del Amo

Music Composed by White Rainbow

Filmmaker: Samuel James

There are memories and traces of what was before us, but in the present we are all living in our own bubbles.