Sans Souci at the Boe, 2017

Dairy Arts Center venue info

2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, USA

Sundays, October 15 & November 12
Wednesdays, October 18 & November 15

Tickets available from Dairy Arts Center.

Programs:

Darkness + Light, Sunday & Wednesday, October 15 & 18 at 1:00 PM
Color + Sound, Sunday & Wednesday, November 12 & 15 at 1:00 PM

Darkness + Light, Sunday & Wednesday, October 15 & 18

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.

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Send me a bigger butterfly, 2017, Germany, 6 min

Directed by Rain Kencana

Produced by Manon lemoine

Choreography and Dancing by Louis Louease Becker,Christine Joy Alpuerto

Music by Ketan Bhatti

Cinematography by Kolja Brandt

Edited by Rain Kencana

A couple transforms an industrial powerplant into a dreamscape of nostalgic remembrance, mixing up layers of time and relation.

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Kali, 2016, Netherlands, 12 min

Directed by Sabine Molenaar

Produced by Wim van Stam , DansBrabant / PLAN

Choreography and Dancing by Sabine Molenaar

Featuring Sandman

Music by Julien Lepreux and Malik Djoudi

Cinematography by Fleur Boonman

Edited by Myriam Magassouba

In the fringe, wavering between illusion and disillusion, three female figures try to find a harmony in their longing for intimacy and the return to the 'untouched.’

Marmo (marble), 2016, United States, 7 min

Directed by Nancy Allison, Laura Boato

Produced by Nancy Allison

Choreography by Laura Boato

Featuring Nancy Allison Dance & Film

Dancing by Laura Boato, Michela Lorenzano

Music by Bottega Baltazar

Cinematography by Simone Verona and Luca Fortini

Edited by Laura Cappellesso

High up on a ledge of a marble quarry, a sculpture waits to emerge from the rough walls that imprison it.

In The Space Between, 2016, United States, 6 min

Directed by Herve Cohen (co-lab collaborator)

Produced by SF Dance Film Festival

Choreography by Deborah Slater

Featuring Deborah Slater Dance Theater

Dancing by Anna Greenberg, Private Freeman

Music Composed by Darren Johnston

Music Performed by Broken Shadows Ensemble

Filmmaker: Herve Cohen

The story of missed romance on the Muni.

Dead Draw, 2016, United States, 2 min

Directed by Charli Brissey, Cou

Choreography and Dancing by Charli Brissey & Courtney Harris

Featuring Maeko Productions

Music by Charli Brissey

Cinematography by John Dombroski

Edited by Charli Brissey

Two dandies flirt over a game of chess.

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).

The knowledge between us, 2016, Australia, 1 min

Directed by Pippa Samaya, Tara Jade Samaya

Choreography by Pippa & Tara Jade Samaya

Dancing by Tara Jade Samaya & James Vu Anh Pham

Music Composed by Pippa Samaya

Filmmaker: Pippa Samaya

A surrealist approach to cinematography, exploring humans' ever-present hunger for knowledge and the quest to know it all, in contrast with the state of wonderment we reach in surrendering to the infinite unknown.

re: to resolve, 2017, United States, 4 min

Directed by Olivia Dwyer

Choreography and Dancing by Olivia Dwyer

Music Composed by Compiled by Olivia Dwyer

Cinematography by Satchel Spencer

Edited by Olivia Dwyer

Exploring fear, doubt, and hesitation through visceral imagery, flashes of light, and a quickening of tempo, this film attempts to unveil the reality of artistry, life, and body memory.

ALL ABOUT YOU, 2017, Canada, 3 min

Produced and Directed by ALLISON BEDA

Choreography by TARA CHEYENNE FRIEDENBERG

Featuring Tara Cheyenne Performance

Dancing by Kate Franklin, Josh Martin, Kim Stevenson, Bevin Poole-Leinweber

Music by The Royal Oui (Adrienne PIerce & Ari Rosenshine)

Cinematography by Allison Beda DOP/CAMERA & Luis Lam 2nd Camera

Edited by Allison Beda

In this strange and joyful music video to The Royal Oui’s song “All About You,” dancers wearing suits and running shoes perform a quirky and distinctive modern dance piece in and around Vancouver, rendering the pedestrian surreal.

Moving Dallas, 2016, United Kingdom, 8 min

Directed by Jevan Chowdhury

Produced by Beau Ethridge

Choreography by Jevan Chowdhury

Featuring Bruce Wood Dance Company

Dancing by Kimi Nikaidoh, Bruce Wood Dance Project; Nycole Ray, Dallas Black Dance Theatre; Isaiah Adams, Disko Boogie, Olga Pavlova, Paula Ulery-Reynolds, Sarita Venkatraman, Alpana Jacob, Asaf Mor, Lone Star Circus, and more

Music Composed by Kye Kye

Cinematography by Beau Ethridge

Edited by Jevan Chowdhury

Eighty dancers from the Lone Star star city juxtaposed with the glassy dream that is Dallas as it stands today.

TRIO FOR A QUARTET, 2017, United Kingdom, 3 min

Produced and Directed by Simon FILDES

Choreography by Vincent Hantam

Dancing by Laura Gilmore, Kasumi Momoda, Yifeng Zhu

Music Composed by Debra Salem

Music Performed by Karen Dietz Rachel Lightbody Irene Railley Debra Salem

Filmmaker: Simon Fildes

A joyful celebration of the work of international dancer, choreographer, and teacher Margaret Morris, which at the same time references and celebrates the work and outlook of Morris and her life partner the Scottish Colourist painter JD Ferguson.

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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.

Color + Sound, Sunday & Wednesday, November 12 & 15

Frame from “Behind the Mask” Carlos Fittante

“Behind the Mask” Carlos Fittante, 2017, United States, 11 min

Produced and Directed by Bert Shapiro

Choreography by Carlos Fittante

Featuring Balam

Dancing by Carlos Fittante, Caitlin Klinger

Music Composed by BAch

Music Performed by Gotham Early Music Scene

Cinematography by Loic de Lame, Donald Russell

Edited by Loic de Lame

“I love masks and think they create a portal for the imagination. The mask is a fascinating paradox, as it both conceals and reveals. The audience is able to fill in the blanks when viewing a masked performer, but there is also an air of mystery. Who or what is before our eyes?” ~ Carlos Fittante

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.

Surface Waves, 2015, United States, 4 min

Directed by Reed O'Beirne

Choreography and Dancing by Carolyn Pavlik

Music by Robin Guthrie

Filmmaker: Reed O'Beirne

In an internal exploration of duality, a wordless woman rises to confront herself through a dance of self-liberation. Featuring choreography and dance by Carolyn Pavlik, along with an original soundtrack by Robin Guthrie, the film evokes a mystical story-line of struggle and release.

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In Memorium, France, 12 min

Directed by NOGUERAS PIERRE, MAGNEVILLE JULIE

Produced by NOGUERAS PIERRE

Choreography by Julie Magneville

Featuring Cie Julie Magneville

Dancing by Wilfried Bernard, Loic Faquet, Clement Gyselinck, Ahmed Slimani, Oliver Tida Tida, Guillaume Zimmerman

Music Composed by Matthieu Daviaud, Amrand Amar

Music Performed by Mathieu Daviaud

Filmmaker: Pierre Nogueras

Compassion rises only in tragedies, and everyone goes back to its daily routine without changing anything afterward. "In Memorium" is a tribute to all people who are killed during attacks all around the world, for economic profits, political reasons, for being who they are and revealing their singularity.

Variations on Breathing, 2016, United States, 3 min

Directed by JeanCarlo Ramirez

Produced by YoungArts Foundation, JeanCarlo Ramirez, Pascal le Boeuf, Kate Vrijmoet

Choreography and Dancing by Katy Short

Featuring YoungArts

Music by Pascal le Boeuf

Cinematography by JeanCarlo Ramirez

Edited by Connor Milligan

How can we embrace our true selves amid an ocean of false social constructs and unconscious biases? Borrowing from Vrijmoet’s “Non-Ordinary Reality” painting series and Le Boeuf's compositions for prepared piano, “Variations on Breathing” leads the viewer from the deep sleep of unknowing through a physical and moral struggle to free the self. Metaphors for transformation are explored through the lens of Ramirez's immersive maximalist cinematography, improvised movement, the shedding of aqueous skin, and the transition from full immersion in water to surfacing for air.

Dark Night Cold Ground, 2017, United States, 4 min

Directed by Shaun Clarke

Choreography by Thang Dao

Dancing by Marcus J. Willis

Music Composed by Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)

Music Performed by Blind Willis Johnson

Cinematography by Daniel Jacobs

Edited by Shaun Clarke

A short dance film investigating the contradicting stereotypes of black men. Set to the music of Blind Willie Johnson.

Chinatown: Watermark, 2010, United States, 10 min

Produced and Directed by Stephan Koplowitz

Choreography by Stephan Koplowitz

Dancing by Josh Merin-Hepfl, Nicole Berger with Storme Sundberg, Kevin Williamson, Sarah Young, Alexandria Yalj, Rachel Butler-Green, Marisa Jimenez

Cinematography by Ki Jin Kim

Edited by Ki jin Kim

This film revisits some of the iconic sites/locations found in Roman Polanski's Chinatown and re-imagines an alternate performance reality.

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antanaclasis , Greece, 6 min

Produced and Directed by Evi Tzortzi

Choreography by Evi Tzortzi

Featuring Evi Tzortzi

Dancing by Evi Tzortzi

Music Composed by Anastasis Grivas

Music Performed by Anastasis Grivas

Cinematography by Nikos Nikolopoulos

Edited by Nikos Amanitus

At an unspecified time and place, a woman sleeps on top of a television. "Innocent" and unsuspecting at whatever age she is,T.V. for her is her bed, her sleeping pill and the substitute of life.The dream of her higher self passes trapped through the T.V. screen. Could it be a picture of the future? Or is it her soul trapped in a projection already defined by others for her and for almost everyone else,a so called "life"? And, finally, can she let herself be released?

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.

JONAH, 2016, United States, 5 min

Directed by Andrew Michael Ellis

Produced by Andrew Michael Ellis, Ernest Felton Baker

Choreography and Dancing by Ernest Felton Baker

Music by Christopher Marianetti

Cinematography by Andrew Michael Ellis

Edited by Ben Stamper

Interviewee by Charlie Smith

Interviewer by Elmer Sparks

JONAH is a meditative documentary using dance to explore and personify a curious interview with a former African American slave. Interpreting a historical interview through a modern exploratory dance, the documentary asks questions about the inheritance of trauma, and our capacity to regenerate.