PROGRAM: <a href="https://www.flipsnack.com/contactdancefilmfest/2024-contact-dance-film-fest-friday-evening/full-view.html" target="_blank">https://www.flipsnack.com/contactdancefilmfest/2024-contact-dance-film-fest-friday-evening/full-view.html</a> TRAILER:<a href="https://youtu.be/qve2z8aAV8M" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qve2z8aAV8M</a>

Land Acknowledgment

"ACABADO" is screening in the Saturday, 12, 2024, 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description: An exploration of the language and emotion of contact dance. A compelling storyline to be interpreted by the viewer surfacing around love and loss, life and death, war and peace. Credits:Todd Erin GowrylukDirector Adina EvaDirector Adina EvaKey Cast Sashah KlapkiwKey Cast Country of Origin:Canada Completion Date:September 15, 2023

ACABADO

A compelling storyline to be interpreted by the viewer surfacing around love and loss, life and death, war and peace.

"Paserby" is screening in Saturday, 12, 2024, 2:00 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/DypjBq_XejE?si=tSc10yipQHvg2OJs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trailer for program</a> Description: two strangers pass by each other randomly and have a dance Filmmaker: Rose Juliette Zambrano Dancers: Holly Gill and Jackson Young Created as part of: REAson d'etre dance filmmaking workshop with Drew Berry Thank you to Kathleen Rea, Drew Berry, <a href="https://reasondetre.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">REAson d'etre dance</a> and <a href="https://www.jorgendance.ca/george-brown-dance/dance-performance-p105/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goerge Brown Dance Performance Programs</a> Biographies:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/6d79e6803596d6563a4fb118a49e7f11.jpg" width="144">Originally from Montreal, Rose Juliette has moved to Toronto to explore her passion for dance. During her time at George Brown College in the <a href="https://www.jorgendance.ca/george-brown-dance/dance-performance-p105/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dance Performance program</a>, she has had the chance to learn and perform repertoire pieces choreographed by Bengt Jörgen, under the supervision of ballet master Hiroto Saito. Previously, Rose Juliette was taught by Owen Montague and Christine Cyr at Ballet Divertimento, where she received the Meritas Bursary in 2019. Rose Juliette has worked with acclaimed choreographers Roberto Campanella, Hanna Kiel, and Jera Wolf during intensive training programs. The emerging artist is a member of Bravo’s Dance Company where she performs Brazilian samba for corporate and commercial events across the city. Rose received the REAson d'etre dance's Modern Technique award in 2024. Rose performed in&nbsp;EMERGENCE&nbsp;April 2024 with George Brown Dance and in&nbsp;Transhumance&nbsp;May 2024 with Corpus Dance Projects. Her Film Passerby was selected for screening at the 2024 Contact Dance Film Festival. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/7f4e767cb1e12fb2e189278ebc63d599.jpg" width="111">Holly Gill is a Toronto based dance artist born in Oxford, Nova Scotia. She previously performed and worked of esteemed choreographers Allison Bradley and Ryan Lee in George Brown College’s annual performance&nbsp;UNLEASHED. Recently, Holly has also performed as a dancer, singer, choreographer, and director of Cumberland Performing Art’s&nbsp;Journey Through the Genres. Currently, Holly is a graduate of the Dance Performance Program at George Brown College. Prior to her post-secondary studies, Holly had extensive training in Ballet (Vaganova) Jazz, Contemporary, and Hip-Hop. Holly has many years of experience teaching dance in a variety of styles and at a variety of locations to diverse age groups. Holly is excited to perform works of the contemporary and commercial dance stream and continue sharing her knowledge of her respective styles with eager students. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/4c43f351d21f2cf93a4c576b1f5b6454.jpg" width="153">Jackson Young is an emerging dance artist based in Toronto with recent works in ballet with&nbsp;Sleeping Beauty’s Pas De Cinq, choreographed by Bengt Jörgen and performed in George Brown Dance’s&nbsp;IN HAUS. He is a graduate of the Dance Performance Program at George Brown College, and&nbsp;has done Summer Intensive IV with Jörgen Dance. Young’s most accredited work is with George Brown Dance’s&nbsp;UNLEASHED&nbsp;performance as a dancer in Bengt Jorgen’s&nbsp;Bach 1st Movement&nbsp;and Susie Burpee’s&nbsp;And… Scene!&nbsp;Irma Villafuerte's choreography.&nbsp;

Passerby

"CI Lifts in Kizomba" is screening in the Saturday, 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description: Kizomba is a partner dance from Angola. It has lifts but we thought it could be improved by adding some lifts from Contact Improv...It was filmed at a Kizomba social and the surprising part was that, when the female dancer lifted the male, the audience went wild.Since traditionally the lead and lifter in Kizomba is male, it was very surprising for them to see a female lifting. And this shows us, how dance fusion can move all kinds of dance forward. Credits: Bryn BamberDirector Noel MillerKey Cast Bryn BamberKey Cast

CI Lifts in Kizomba

"Status" is screening in Saturday, 12 ,2024 2:00 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:“As immigrant artists we come into this city in the pursuit of what we’ve craved for all our lives: drive, freedom and opportunities. Yet, when we see that things are falling into place, we face a reality check that is no different than from any other immigrant: a status. When we think about our future, an overwhelming feeling comes inside our heads asking “What’s next?”Marriage? Talent? Alien? As we analyze the options and balance the future, we say to ourselves “I just want to create and share with this city what I’m ready to offer” yet we must withhold ourselves, because these frontiers (both legal and mental) start crippling and restraining. The purpose of this video is to show all immigrant artists and dancers that we’re not alone. That even if they’re some bumps on the way, we together can uplift and come through to follow our dreams. It is a call to keep on pushing, even if we’re on the verge of giving up. Credits: Director -&nbsp;Cristobal Velasquez<img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/729/795/original/4b17ccbbc5-headshot.jpg?1713033933" width="138"> Iosu MartinKey Cast"Pinguuuiii" Iosu MartinChoreographerPinguuuiiiMabilandMusic

Status

"Dulce" is screening in the Saturday, 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:"Dulce" is a unique cinematic experience that portrays a couple's relationship through body expression and dance. The film immerses the audience in a sensorial world, aiming to awaken deep and moving feelings with its visual poetry. Credits:Pedro H. M. MarquesDirector Paul BessaDirector Pedro H. M. MarquesWriter Pedro H. M. MarquesProducer Anderson JacobProducer Ammanda RosaDancer Nielson SouzaDancer Paul BessaDirector of Photography Caio Freitas1 Camera Assist Fabiana KocubeyStill / 2 Camera Assist Diogo MorcegoGaffer Alice MartinsMake Thais GuimarãesCostume Design Patrick CaracasPost Coordinator ClandestinoColor Grading Alexandre CristofaroColor Correction Julius BuenoEditor Alma 11:11 ÁudioSound Production Fabio GuimarãesOriginal Track Diego RasoMIX/SFX Director Biography -&nbsp;Pedro H. M. Marques, Paul Bessa<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/769/960/original/fad0350b80-headshot.jpg?1715358713" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/769/960/thumb/fad0350b80-headshot.jpg?1715358713" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 12.95px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"></a>Pedro H. M. Marques is a filmmaker, partner and director at the production company Ritmo Visual where he directs audiovisual advertising productions, video clips, short films and also documentaries. He started in the audiovisual market in mid-2009, creating and directing independent short films. Self-taught, the director has more than 70 awards in the 4 corners of the world, awards in creative festivals, films and video clips, with emphasis on 3 Cannes lions. The Director has already directed films for BMW, Budweiser, Johnnie Walker, Renault, Mentos, Asics, among others. He has already worked with names like Gilberto Gil, Caetano Velozo, Emicida, among others. Pedro is currently working on his feature film Floresta em Cena, shot for over 8 years in the Amazon rainforest and has international experience in several productions. Pedro was the creator of the first 100% sensory film in the world. His curriculum includes the production and direction of 8 short films, more than 10 video clips, 3 web series, 1 feature in production and more than a hundred advertisements.Paul Bessa is a DOP and director. His work includes video clips, advertising films, shorts and feature films. He often operates in countries such as Spain, Portugal and Brazil. Director StatementPedro Marques| "Dulce" foi um projeto fluído que partiu de muita força de vontade de fazer algo relevante, belo e sensível. Paul e eu conversamos e decidimos que iríamos fazer o filme, criamos e dois dias depois estávamos filmando! Foi uma loucura, mas tínhamos um tema na mão, uma dupla de dançarinos incríveis e uma equipe reduzida, mas de excelentes profissionais que foram extremamente competentes, assim não tinha como dar errado. Fiquei muito satisfeito com o resultado do filme.Paul Bessa | "Dulce" foi um projeto muito especial em se fazer. Comentei com o Pedro que tinha uma locação interessante e que podíamos filmar algo potente. Então fomos visitar a casa onde se passa o filme e ali fomos desenvolvendo o roteiro a partir do que a locação nos proporcionava. Depois de uma segunda visita com Ammanda e Nielson ,os bailarinos, conseguimos amarrar melhor a história com as ideias trazidas por eles. Esse é um filme experimental fruto de uma colaboração de toda equipe. Acho que chegamos em algo bastante interessante."

Dulce

"Directo a las Dunas" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:Two men dancing on a beach and on Dunes, explore athletic movement. An unsteady camera was chosen to give people a sense of being there watching as they move with dancers. Please know: The unsteady camera technique may cause some nausea in some people. Eiru TsinDirector Joaquín CruzKey Cast

Directo a las Dunas

"Mangosteen" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:A fruit salad of creative forces chopped and assembled during Art Continuum Residency, Thailand 2020, filmed a few weeks before the world went into lockdown. This is my first "Director" debut, a privilege new title I am happy to play with. Our dip·tych heralds two stories of love. Of coming home to ourselves, over and over, through the dance.Act 1 - Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" attunes us to the animal body, and belonging. Geraldine and Michaël Castalan's dual-tone intimate dance contrasts with the wall of the beach shack of my home stay, a Chinese immigrant to Thailand who grew his own garden and allowed us to film here.Act 2 - Jim's poem, which seems about "lover-love" was in fact written about coming to know himself, after a night awake. Mine and Bernardo's (German, 70's) hand dance, reflected the playful dances we had at jams that month. Mangosteen was the fruit introduced to me by Geraldine, who came to Thailand from Columbia for this fruit. Mangosteen trees take 8 -15 years before they bear fruit. Known as "the Queen of fruits" and common in Southeast Asia. Director Biography -&nbsp;Marriki Schlifer<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/567/835/original/496b6366f6-headshot.jpg?1701236805" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/567/835/thumb/496b6366f6-headshot.jpg?1701236805" width="159" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 12.95px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"></a>Marriki Schlifer, (aka Aalia Hashem) is Contact Improvisation Facilitator and Dance Artist from Vancouver, Canada. She splits her time teaching and living between Canada and Bali. Her curiosity and love of dance stems from sharing Contact principles, delving into the socio-psychological aspects through reflective group conversation, creative improvising, exploring dance scores, and befriending the unknown. When not dancing, she is likely meditating in nature, attempting humor with her other improvisation love - comedy improv, reading/writing poetry, or petting whichever friendly dogs cross her path. Mary OliverWriter Jim SagevidWriter Marriki SchliferProducer Geraldine AcevedoKey Cast"Dancer" Michaël CastalanKey Cast Bernardo WollmerKey Cast Marriki SchliferKey Cast Daria Lukinavideographer / editor Jim SagevidVoice Marriki SchliferVoice Dolores Dewhurst-MarksVoice

Mangosteen

"Fragile" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:A couple navigates fragile terrain, physically and emotionally, in a relationship that is both intimate and distant. Credits:Jennifer KellerDirector John EvansKey Cast Jennifer KellerKey Cast Dennis BirkesCinematography John EvansChoreography Jennifer KellerChoreography Jennifer KellerEditor Director Biography -&nbsp;Jennifer Keller<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/000/740/315/original/Jennifer_color_photo.jpg?1452216749" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/000/740/315/thumb/Jennifer_color_photo.jpg?1452216749" width="205" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 12.95px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"></a>Jennifer Keller is an American educator, choreographer, and performer. Her work is inspired by collaborative practices, improvisation, contemporary partnering, and interactive technology. Her first film experiments and live performances in the late 1990’s explored the spherical nature of Contact Improvisation and a curiosity to share the dancer’s point of view via live projection. Jennifer has been making short dance films since 2014, exploring composition within the frame and the relational possibilities between subjects and the camera. Jennifer has screened films in North and South America, Europe, and East Asia; and has served as cinematographer for three films under the direction of Marta Renzi. Jennifer teaches on the faculty of Slippery Rock University, where she chairs the Department of Dance. In 1997, she served as a co-curator for CI25 at Oberlin College. In 2022, she returned to Oberlin to serve as a panelist for a contemporary film festival “Critical Mass: CI@50” that celebrated the intersection of Contact Improvisation and film.Director Statement"Fragile" was a collaborative effort with choreographer and filmmaker Jon Evans to explore the themes of decay and fragility in a relationship. Shot on conservancy grounds near Wolf Creek, Pennsylvania, the dancers are balanced on shifted blocks of ice flow.

Fragile

"Transmissions" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:"You've been swimming in Gravity since the day you were born.Every cell knows where down is.Easily forgotten.Your mass and the earth's mass calling to each other."from GRAVITY by Steve PaxtonWhere can we meet?How can we understand each other?Back to gravity, back to unity, back to senses.Dance your question and then pause. Credits:Jesus AlonsoDirector Linda BufaliDirector Jesus AlonsoProducer Linda BufaliKey Cast"dancer 1" jesus AlonsoKey Cast"dancer 2"

Transmissions

"MISNEACH" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:"When one bleeds, we all bleed"Misneach is the Irish word for hope and the feeling of finding the strength to continue.This short dance film explores the concepts of collective pain, the need for collective empathy and how together we can keep hope. Credits:Kathleen DohertyDirector Scott RobinsonCinematographer Hannah ScullyKey Cast Arlene CaffreyKey Cast Brian DesmondKey Cast Hannah EmoryKey Cast Georgia NaylorKey Cast Leonor MirralesKey Cast Ana BellAssistant Tilman RobinsonMusic

M I S N E A C H

"Medio" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:A woman explores the remote spaces of her inner world in order to overcome a painful grieving process. Credits:Matthew GaineDirector Alice Grondin SégalKey Cast"Dancer 1" Chantal CarrierKey Cast"Dancer 2" Jérémie LabelleAssistant Director Jérémie LabelleMachinist Casandra ThibaultHair and Make-up Jean-Michel NaudSet Photographer Adrien De La SalleComposer

Medio

"Spinning Hug" is screening in Saturday 12, 2024 2:00 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:A dance film that has as it's premise to explore the poetic and romantic union of two objects, such as the spinning top and the rope and how do they give each other heat, warmness and safety by intertwine themselves in to a hug, which will help them to generate an endless spin similar to the one of the earth on its own axis. Credits:OMAR PÉREZ ROSALESDirector OMAR PÉREZ ROSALESProducer SABINE VAN RENSBURGKey Cast NATASHA PETERSONKey Cast

SPINNING HUG

"Coffee Breakup" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description: A couple meets over coffee to have a hard conversation. It is at that painful moment of letting go that he remembers the good times spent dancing together. Credits Story: Bryn Bamber and Milan Horvay Cameras: Josh Cooper, Bryn Bamber, Milan Horvay Music: Milan Horvay Editing: Milan Horvay

Coffee Breakup

"Deliverance" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> ﻿Description:Deliverance" is a short dance video that unfolds against the backdrop of a serene beach as the sun dips below the horizon. The story revolves around a couple entangled in tension and discord, using the powerful language of contact dance to express their emotions. As the dance begins, the couple moves gracefully yet with an underlying tension, conveying the complexities of their relationship. The choreography reflects the ebb and flow of emotions, mirroring the changing colors of the twilight sky. The declining sun acts as a metaphor for the waning connection between the two dancers. Through intricate movements and intimate contact, they explore the depths of their discord, creating a visually stunning and emotionally charged performance. Towards the end, the woman rises above the man, symbolizing her strength and resilience. As she stands tall, she begins to remove symbolic knives that represent the emotional wounds inflicted on her body. Credits: Director Biography -&nbsp;Blas Payri<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/511/770/original/91addd315b-headshot.jpg?1703010421" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/511/770/thumb/91addd315b-headshot.jpg?1703010421" width="174" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 12.95px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"></a>Blas Payri is a sound and video artist, and has created numerous screendance works and video-art pieces.He is a professor of Audiovisual Communication and Digital Postproduction at Universitat Politècnica de València Lorenza Di CalogeroKey Cast Rafel ArnalKey Cast Blas PayriMusic

Deliverance

"Inside the Silence" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description: Denisse Moralli and Tiina Jääskö dance that exploring communication without word and the place of rich silence that can be found between people Credits:Denisse Moralli and Tiina Jääskö

Inside the silence

"Seek Body Contour" is screening in the Saturday 12, 2024 1:30 pm Program<a href="https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In-person</a><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest/play/66cdd0dab80543004fbcc57b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online version</a> Description:Seek Body Contour is a movement and poetry short film, exploring trauma, healing, and reconnection through the body. The film is told through the composition of vignettes and is inspired by somatic dance practice. It is deeply concerned with how womxn of color navigate social and cultural surveillance, male validation, and a myriad of other standards and demands. The contours mentioned in the title refer to the lines that map the experiences and emotions for how womxn live in their bodies. All of the womxn who participated in the creation of the film (currently living in South Korea as foreigners) have contributed to sharing how they disturb, complicate, excite, and add weight to gendered spaces. Credits:Marcia Benedicta PeschkeDirector Marcia Benedicta PeschkeWriter Simone GovenderWriter Hannah Esther Janko- BarriosWriterFLOW Boipelo SeswaneWriter Marcia Benedicta PeschkeProducer Simone GovenderKey Cast Hannah Esther Janko- BarriosKey Cast Boipelo SeswaneKey Cast RainmakerDOP, Camera work, and Editor Director Biography -&nbsp;Marcia Benedicta PeschkeMarcia Peschke is a writer, educator, director and movement artist whose work interacts with themes including identity, representation, and womxnhood. Her creative practice allows for collaborative exchange, and is multidisciplinary, dabbling in poetry, circus arts, and dance. She has created work primarily for live performance. Marcia’s poetry has appeared in publications by the Los Angeles Poet Society Press, and Chasing Dreams Publishing. She has written and conceptualized performances focused on community engagement and embodied movement. Marcia has performed in and created work for the Red Eye Arts Festival, Project C Art Party at Rebel, Rebel Live Action: Eco Art Festival, Big Day South, and the National Arts Festival (Makhanda). Seek Body Contour is Marcia’s first project in filmmaking. Director StatementSeek Body Contour is a visual exploration of revisiting, and healing the rejected parts of ourselves. The movement interactions and performances create the experience of WOC (womxn of colour) through self-narrative texts and movement. While leading this project, I was engaged in my own healing and in how I have actively sought out ways to advocate for myself as a WOC. I worked with three other WOC, who like myself, are living in a foreign country (South Korea). Attempting to root oneself on foreign soil includes the experience of imagining and reimagining our identities. Seek Body Contour observes how the body remembers and stores traces of emotions and memories. This film explores how the body can be a space of liberation and safety.

Seek Body Contour

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Here's what's coming up soon. Can't make it? No sweat. Many live streams will be available for on-demand viewing as well.