In a collection of narrative screendance shorts, artists tell universal stories through the intimately personal language of movement.
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This curated selection spotlights the breadth of creative imaginations at the leading edge of contemporary screendance. Interpersonal tensions, intimate portraits, exclamatory bursts of energy, and transformative emotional journeys unfold up close through the uncontainable impulse to dance. Filmmakers and dancers channel the expressive range of a psychedelic rock band, a throwback pop hit, a heartfelt singer-songwriter, a flamenco star, an underwater dancer, and the evocative power of bodies moving through landscapes and cityscapes.
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- 1 Season
- 2024
- Dance, Documentary
- TV-PG, PG
This curated selection spotlights the breadth of creative imaginations at the leading edge of contemporary screendance. Interpersonal tensions, intimate portraits, exclamatory bursts of energy, and transformative emotional journeys unfold up close through the uncontainable impulse to dance. Filmmakers and dancers channel the expressive range of a psychedelic rock band, a throwback pop hit, a heartfelt singer-songwriter, a flamenco star, an underwater dancer, and the evocative power of bodies moving through landscapes and cityscapes.
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In “A Place for Us,” six female cast members from Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" play with a gender flip of the iconic prologue.
6 minsComing Soon 21/10/24
2. Organized Hope
Poetry, dance, and stop-motion film techniques merge in “Organized Hope,” a moving meditation on how we fall, break, and mend ourselves and each other through vulnerability and grace.
6 minsComing Soon 21/10/24
3. Cut
A star flamenco dancer navigates the pressures of fame in “Cut,” a dramatic portrait of virtuosity shot entirely on analog film.
4 minsComing Soon 21/10/24
4. Rural Girl Crosses the River
“Rural Girl Crosses the River” celebrates the power of community to support an individual through collective spiritual connection to land and water.
6 minsComing Soon 21/10/24
5. Monday
“Monday” is an ode to Mondays: the monotony of the grind, the threat of burnout, and the power of dance to liberate the everyday office worker.
5 minsComing Soon 21/10/24
6. We Know Who You Are.
The psychedelic romp “We Know Who You Are.” imagines four talented female quadruplets who form a rock band that challenges their sisterhood.
3 minsComing Soon 21/10/24
7. How Much Squid is Too Much Squid?
The short “How Much Squid is Too Much Squid?” merges manic monologue and evocative movement into fractured reflections on the pressures of modern life.
4 minsComing Soon 21/10/24
8. In the Dark
A singer and a dancer lend equal expression to “In the Dark,” a song that explores vulnerability and the transformative journey of finding oneself.
4 minsComing Soon 21/10/24
9. Breathless
In “Breathless,” two dancers locked in an infinite dance hover between life and death to find strength and vulnerability together.
5 minsComing Soon 21/10/24
10. Concérto
A composer attempts to contain the chaos of creativity by conducting an orchestra of dancers in “Concérto.”
3 minsComing Soon 21/10/24