TRAILER:
"be.yond" is screening in Sunday Oct 13, 2024, 7:00 pm Program
Description:
This short film is an introduction to dance artist and activist Frank Hull, who lives proudly with Cerebral Palsy and Madness, embraces his Mi'kmaq heritage and celebrates his gay identity. He positions "deviant" bodies as a source of aesthetic appreciation, beauty and enrichment through his dance choreography.
Director: Sarah Jones
Key performer: Frank Hull with
Performers:
Frank Hull with
Luke Anderson
Samantha Johnston
Olivia Proudfoot
Kathleen Rea
Sabine Theissen
Emily Weber
Director Biography - Sarah Jones
Bio:
Sarah Jones is an award-winning, independent filmmaker who specializes in documentaries that use contemporary dance to illustrate stories of connection and belonging; to ourselves, to others and to our environment. They work with and are a member of the disabled, neurodiverse, 2SLGBTQ+ and contemporary dance communities in Toronto.
Their first film ‘Contested Landscapes’ is a commentary on urban development within the protected land of the Oak Ridges Moraine and won an Audience Choice Award at the Contact Dance International Film Festival (CDIFF) in 2017. The following film ‘bacK’ is a personal story of power imbalances on-and-off of the dance floor, ‘Parcon Resilience’ is an introduction to a somatic movement practice that is IBPOC centered and ‘Climate Strike Contact’ illustrates a variety of ways to protest climate injustice including the embodied dance practice of Contact Improvisation.
They screened and released their first feature length film ‘Dovercourt House: a Home for Dance’ in 2021. This documentary contains nearly 30 interviews from the contemporary and social dance communities that consider this building to be their second home. ‘The Toronto Contact Improvisation Community’ features dance origin stories from 8 dancers and won both the Gold Award and the Audience Choice Award at CDIFF in 2023.
Their most recent short film ‘be.yond’ introduces dance artist and activist Frank Hull, who lives proudly with Cerebral Palsy and Madness, embraces his Mi'kmaq heritage and celebrates his gay identity. The focus of their next film that they are currently working on will be a more in depth look at Frank’s dance artistry, choreography with dancers who have complex disabilities and his point of view on disability, diversity and beauty.
- Year2023
- Runtime4:21
- CountryCanada
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
TRAILER:
"be.yond" is screening in Sunday Oct 13, 2024, 7:00 pm Program
Description:
This short film is an introduction to dance artist and activist Frank Hull, who lives proudly with Cerebral Palsy and Madness, embraces his Mi'kmaq heritage and celebrates his gay identity. He positions "deviant" bodies as a source of aesthetic appreciation, beauty and enrichment through his dance choreography.
Director: Sarah Jones
Key performer: Frank Hull with
Performers:
Frank Hull with
Luke Anderson
Samantha Johnston
Olivia Proudfoot
Kathleen Rea
Sabine Theissen
Emily Weber
Director Biography - Sarah Jones
Bio:
Sarah Jones is an award-winning, independent filmmaker who specializes in documentaries that use contemporary dance to illustrate stories of connection and belonging; to ourselves, to others and to our environment. They work with and are a member of the disabled, neurodiverse, 2SLGBTQ+ and contemporary dance communities in Toronto.
Their first film ‘Contested Landscapes’ is a commentary on urban development within the protected land of the Oak Ridges Moraine and won an Audience Choice Award at the Contact Dance International Film Festival (CDIFF) in 2017. The following film ‘bacK’ is a personal story of power imbalances on-and-off of the dance floor, ‘Parcon Resilience’ is an introduction to a somatic movement practice that is IBPOC centered and ‘Climate Strike Contact’ illustrates a variety of ways to protest climate injustice including the embodied dance practice of Contact Improvisation.
They screened and released their first feature length film ‘Dovercourt House: a Home for Dance’ in 2021. This documentary contains nearly 30 interviews from the contemporary and social dance communities that consider this building to be their second home. ‘The Toronto Contact Improvisation Community’ features dance origin stories from 8 dancers and won both the Gold Award and the Audience Choice Award at CDIFF in 2023.
Their most recent short film ‘be.yond’ introduces dance artist and activist Frank Hull, who lives proudly with Cerebral Palsy and Madness, embraces his Mi'kmaq heritage and celebrates his gay identity. The focus of their next film that they are currently working on will be a more in depth look at Frank’s dance artistry, choreography with dancers who have complex disabilities and his point of view on disability, diversity and beauty.
- Year2023
- Runtime4:21
- CountryCanada
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish