Canyon Theater, Monday, November 9

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 The Choice to Stay in this Place Together

The Choice to Stay in this Place Together, 2014, USA, 6 min

Directed by Tara Rynders & Jadd Tank

Produced by Tara Rynders

Choreography and dancing by Tara Rynders & Jadd Tank

Music by Saskatoon

Cinematography by Drummond West

Edited by Tara Rynders

Dancers discuss their shared future through movement.

Here Now with Sally Gross, 2014, USA, 57 min

Produced and Directed by Douglas Rosenberg

Choreography by Sally Gross

Dancing by Sally Gross and students

An original member of the famed Judson Church Group, Sally Gross has been making spare, elegant dances that often interact with live music and the visual arts for over 50 years. This documentary follows Ms. Gross as she works with a group of students to create a site-specific project within an exhibition by the acclaimed artist Leo Villareal. The film includes intimate interactions between Ms. Gross and her students as well as recollections of her life in dance. Through the quietude of Ms. Gross, whose work is both minimalist and humanist, the film offers us a glimpse at the value of teaching, mentoring and being present within the creative process.

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.

Canyon Theater, Monday, November 16

Tofino, 2014, UK, 4 min

Directed by Brian Vass

Choreography and dancing by Jennifer Drotz Ruhn

Music composed by Stuart Docherty

Cinematography by Brian Vass

Edited by Jennifer Drotz Ruhn

With the mood enhanced by stop-motion cinema, 'Tofino' conveys delicacy and solitary intimacy.

approaching the puddle, 2014, Germany, 9 min

Directed by Sebastian Gimmel

Produced by Academy of Media Arts Cologne

Choreography by Sebastian Gimmel & Homai Toyoda

Dancing by Homai Toyoda

Music composed by Tobias Hartmann

Cinematography by Claire Jahn

Edited by Sebastian Gimmel

Playing in puddles, a young woman, dressed in rain gear with shiny yellow boots, drifts into a magical inner world.

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Parables of War, 2014, USA, 32 min

Directed by Nina Gilden Seavey

Produced by Barbara Porter and Nina Gilden Seavey

Choreography by Liz Lerman

Featuring Liz Lerman, Inc.

Dancing by Keith Thompson, Tamara Pullman, Bill Pullman, Joshua Bliel, Marjani Forte-Saunders

Music composed by John Califra

Music performed by Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

Cinematography by Gary Grieg and Doug Gritzmacher

Edited by Ian Rummer

Sound mix by Cheryl Ottenritter

Dance, documentary, and drama converge as choreographer and humanist Liz Lerman works with injured American veterans to explore the timeless question: Can civilization bind the wounds of war?

Pavilion, 2014, USA, 3 min

Directed by Adam Sekuler

Choreography and dancing by Shannon Stewart

Filmmaker: Adam Sekuler

An imagined spectacle, rodeo iconography, the feminine body, the equine body, dressage. Shot on Super-8.

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A Short History of Madness, 2014, Canada, 27 min

Produced and Directed by Isabelle Hayeur

Choreography by Virginie Brunelle

Featuring Compagnie Virginie Brunelle

Dancing by Carol Prieur, Isabelle Arcand, Luc Bouchard-Boissonneault, Sophie Breton, Claudine Hébert, Carl Hennebert Faulkner, Hélène Langevin, Simon-Xavier Lefebvre, Lael Stellick

Music performed by Timber Timbre, Scout Niblett, The Ex, Peter Broderick

Cinematography by Jessica Lee Gagné

Edited by Isabelle Hayeur

Bringing together contemporary dance and architecture in a series of six pieces, "A Short History of Madness" evokes the history of treatment of mental illness.