Friday Evening Screening, September 2 at 7:30 PM
The Situation Room, 2013, USA, includes live performance, 9 min
Produced and Directed by Ana Baer
Choreography and Dancing by Michelle Nance
Music by Richard Hall
Filmmaker: Ana Baer
Voice by Melissa Grogan
A contemporary account of a woman's struggle.

Black Train is Coming, 2011, USA, 3 min
Produced and Directed by John T. Williams
Choreography and Dancing by eNinja & Joyntz Scott
Music Composed by Rev. J.M Gates
Cinematography by James Tucker
Edited by John T. Williams
Blending an old time sermon with modern day Flex/Turf dance style, this film is based on the 1926 exhortation, "Death's Black Train is Coming," by the prolific black preacher, Rev. J.M. Gates, many of whose sermons were strong warnings of the hellish punishments that awaited sinners.

Training Session, 2010, Canada, 6 min
Directed by Christian Lalumière
Produced by Émilie Heckmann
Choreography by Hélène Blackburn
Dancing by Roxane Duchesne-Roy, Daphnée Laurendeau, Pierre Lecours, Susan Paulson & Georges-Nicolas Tremblay
Music Composed by Nicolas Bernier
Cinematography by Jonathan Decoste
Edited by Thiery Laberge
A simple workout routine is transformed into a ballet where the athletes fit together like the notes of a symphonic musical score and rhythmic repetition punctuates the resulting dance.
Helena, 2015, USA, 4 min
Directed by Nadav Heyman, an emerging artist
Produced by Julia Planine-Troiani
Choreography and Dancing by Nadav Heyman
Music by Marco Zannone
Cinematography by Erich Hamil
Edited by Nadav Heyman
Lighting Designer by Andrew Munie
Executive Producer by Philip Marquez
A stream-of-consciousness voiceover accompanies a contemporary male soloist on an empty stage.

Six Weeks, 2016, USA, 5 min
Produced and Directed by Tara Rynders
Choreography and Dancing by Tara Rynders
Music Composed by Saskatoon
Cinematography by Tara Rynders and Sean Hudson
Edited by Tara Rynders
A glimpse into the beauty of creation and the mourning of loss that occurs below the surface.

photo by Kamala Kingsley
Waking the Green Sound: a dance film for the trees, 2015, USA, 15 min
Produced and Directed by Yulia Arakelyan, Erik Ferguson, Grant Miller
Choreography and Dancing by Yulia Arakelyan, Erik Ferguson, Grant Miller
Featuring Wobbly
Music by Sweatmeat
Filmmaker: Ian Lucero
Three mysterious beings concoct a botanical fugue among the trees.
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.

THE LAST DANCE, 2015, SPAIN, 11 min
Produced and Directed by CONCHA VIDAL
Choreography by CONCHA VIDAL
Featuring CONCHA VIDAL
Dancing by CONCHA VIDL
Music by ANONIMOUS
Filmmaker: CRISTINA MONGE
A woman performs a dance of grief with her partner, a life-sized rag doll, representing the desire of the soul to revive what is dead.
Less, 2016, USA, 10 min
Directed by Erika Randall and Daniel Beahm
Produced by Daniel Beahm and Erika Randall
Choreography by Erika Randall
Dancing by Dancer: Samantha Lysaght
Music Composed by Liszt Rossignol, The Blue Waltz , sound design: Jonas Bendsen
Music Performed by Emily Levin (arrangement and performance)
Filmmaker: Daniel Beahm
2nd camera by Laffrey Whitbrod
Costume by Markas Henry
Wearing a dress made of memories, a solo dancer explores notions of nostalgia, sensation, and grief as she moves through virtuosic phrases and theatrical vignettes. Photographs are clipped into and released from the skirt, the costume physically and metaphorically replicating notions of emotional scrapbooking and loss. Inspired by Randall’s aunt’s struggle with Bulbar ALS, “Less” borrows gestures from a body that is deteriorating at a rapid pace while the mind still grasps at an active, vibrant, and sensual history.