Join Movement Director Coral Messam and professor and practitioner Jasmine Johnson as they consider the intimacies of the moving body in the moving image, the relationship between choreography and cinematography, and the history of representing dance and embodiment on camera. Anchored in a retrospective of Messam’s work in theater and film, this conversation will consider the specificities of story and body to the frame while looking forward to what movement, intimacy, and dance direction might encompass.
Join Movement Director Coral Messam and professor and practitioner Jasmine Johnson as they consider the intimacies of the moving body in the moving image, the relationship between choreography and cinematography, and the history of representing dance and embodiment on camera. Anchored in a retrospective of Messam’s work in theater and film, this conversation will consider the specificities of story and body to the frame while looking forward to what movement, intimacy, and dance direction might encompass.