This work was inspired by Mozart's Adagio k361. It is choreographed for 2 dancers Rein Short and Ottavio Taddei.

Divine Arabesque

ELSEWHERE is a place that is neither here nor there, but the place we escape to.

Elsewhere

In response to an emerging landscape for current artists, internationally renowned film director Lauren Finerman and choreographer Cathy Marston's new choreographic work Switchback offers a physical narrative portraying a dancer’s quest to chase their dreams. Switchback is a coming-of-age story about a young adult who leaves their home in order to chase their dream. The film follows their story as they set out on a quest to leave what is comfortable and embark on the unknown. Their story is echoed through the stories of other characters on the same journey, taking risks, getting lost and facing challenges to reach their goal. By drawing from her personal experiences and that of collaborating artists, this dance film will feature site specific solos and duets, performed by six dancers from locations all over the world. About the director Lauren Finerman is a Film Director and Screenwriter from Los Angeles, specializing in the expression of dance, theater and circus onto the film screen. Her ability to tell rhythmic stories for screen comes from her time as the in-house filmmaker at New York City Ballet Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz | Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles | 10361 West Pico Blvd. | Los Angeles, CA 90064 T: 310 286 0553 | www.trk.us.com where she worked on projects including Jody Lee Lipes’ feature film Ballet 422 (Tribeca Film Festival / Magnolia Pictures) and Sarah Jessica Parker’s series City.Ballet (AOL.ON). Finerman recently developed three dance films based on original ballets for San Francisco Ballet and has created similar film projects for the web series Dance On, the SF Dance Film Collab and SF Symphony. She is currently working with Olympic athletes, world renowned dancers and professional circus performers on an array of different film projects including the feature-length documentary, Montaño, chronicling the fight for women’s equality in Olympic Sports. Finerman’s work has been recognized by publications including the Washington Post and the New York Times. Finerman’s circus film Paper Birds (which she wrote and directed) was awarded an International Page Screenwriting Awards Semi Finalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Semi Finalist, Best Short Screenplay nomination (MIFF), Best Short Film nomination (PIFF), among other awards. Her recent project This Isn't Me (Executive Producer) has snagged the award for Best Comedy Series by HBO’s Catalyst Film Festival and a SXSW official selection for 2020. Her screenwriting has gone on to award her a seat at the Sundance Collab Screenwriting Program under Semi Chellas (Mad Men). Finerman recently sold her Cabaret styled screenplay The Cave to The Open Door Project, which she will direct this fall. Cathy Marston Choreographer and Co-Director Cathy Marston is an award-winning choreographer, artistic director and Clore Cultural Leadership Fellow.

Switchback

We’ve all felt ourselves slipping during the pandemic...a little into madness, away from ourselves, from who we are, and what we do. As performers we especially feel alive when sharing our energies with others. When that’s taken away, we can’t help but feel our lights dim. How easily we feel our self-worth slip when we’re isolated and unable to do whatever we do that makes us feel our fullest selves. This video is about overcoming those feelings together and continuing to do the things that make you happy and who you are. Even if we can’t physically be in the same place, we can all meet each other in that shared space. We hope you keep dancing, keep engaging in whatever gives you life, keep smiling, and continue to fight that slip.

Slip

After a long day- one of many- sleep does not come easily. This long night- one of many- she is stuck inside her mind.

Sleepless

Child of the screen is a short dance/theatre film about a boy who is raised and shaped by the screen, media, or however one wishes to view it. About the DirectorNathan Hirschaut is a performing artist who graduated from The Juilliard School for Dance in 2020. Over the past 15 years, Nathan has studied from the world's best in dance, yoga, and artistic ideology creating the base of his spiritual, unconventionally creative, and wild performance art. His mission is to make and perform in projects that connect people to their Nature and Power, a space beyond the limitations of their minds. Since graduating school, Nathan has been commissioned and independently produced several cross-disciplinary projects, retreats, intensives, workshops, and classes. Nathan's work has been featured in The Washington Times, NPR, and the LA Post as a pioneering artist and thought leader in performance art. AwardsWinner Most Creative: Dallas Dance Film Festival 2021 SelectionsInternational ScreenDance Festival 2021Dallas Dance Film Festival 2021

Child of the screen

Devastated and powerless as she watched the 2020 Beirut explosion and its aftermath from afar, Lebanese American choreographer and director Dolly Sfeir set about creating a work to express her delicate state of mind. It Cries Too Loudly, is a dance film exploring the overlap between joy and tragedy in her tumultuous home country and the experience of being an emigre.

It cries too loudly

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