Often, films and other art works prepare you for their content by referencing it in advance for promotional impact, e.g. “based on a true story” or “based on actual events” and then cueing them in with a log line. When that happens I always go in with high expectations, and am frequently disappointed. So when a film …
This year, I was honored by an invitation to be the first judge for the Los Angeles Dance Shorts Film Festival (LADSFF). I attended the festival last year as a filmmaker, with my own short “Ghost Story,” and was immediately impressed by the accessibility and easy going feel of the evening. Founder and Executive Director …
These days, those involved in its world will see dance referred to increasingly with the term social justice. As someone who has for years taught and created choreography with individuals often marginalized to the fringes of society like incarcerated women, transitional homeless persons, at risk youth, etc., I am happy to see it finally being brought to the forefront …
I often think that if cinematography and slow motion had a love child it would be dance. Take excellent movers in good wardrobe, great lighting and editing beautifully captured on film in compelling locations, shoot it in slow motion and you’ve almost always got gorgeous moments. Maybe it’s because these elements allow us the rare opportunity to …
LA raised choreographer and dancer Aïden Carberry (schooled at LACHSA and currently part of the inaugural class at The USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance) is both dancer and dance maker in the beautiful NOWNESS short directed by Benjamin Millipied, Bach Studies with Aïden Carberry. It opens on the young man seated at a small …
This week on ScreenDance Diaries I feature a simple and beautiful short film called Waves, which I discovered on Nowness, by All We Can Do Is Dance – aka French director duo Bertrand Guerry and Thibaut Ras. It makes sense for dance to draw from nature… As children we imitate the movement of animals, of trees, …
A successful piece of dance on film demands its own kind of intimate participation and response. Unlike a live show, wherein the viewer’s experience is greatly influenced by seating proximity (as well as their mood and other ephemeral variables), with dance on film, the director, choreographer and editor control exactly what the viewer sees. Additionally — in film …
Once again trolling the ultra hip, fashion/music/art site Nowness, this time given some direction through its maze of films specifically by the site itself, I came upon Casi. Originally entitled First We Take Manhattan, this is a whimsical and inventive gem of a dance film by Director Casey Brooks. Shot entirely in black and white, …
For better or worse, we all know by now that beautiful women are frequently used as fodder for selling products. The practice has become commonplace and expected, and often times the model’s image, the production design and the styling in general overshadow the ad campaign to the extent that we don’t really know what is …
Mine is an extremely clever, upbeat and inventive short dance film made for Nowness by Tell No One.
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