Image still from Delivery Dancer’s Sphere, dir. Ayoung Kim. An 3D animated image of a Korean woman in a white motorcycle suit. She floats upside down above a street. The red fluorescent lights of food signs and street lamps illuminate her.
Screendance Cultural Tour
The Screendance Cultural Tour was a 3-day, 7 program dance film festival in collaboration with the Screendance Program (School of Dance at the University of Utah), and the Salt Lake Film Society. The event was sponsored by the Tanner Humanities Center, the College of Fine Arts, and the Salt Lake Film Society.
Broadway Centre Cinema
111 E Broadway, 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT
April 9 - 11, 2024
Schedule:
April 9 - 7PM: Opening Night: Solo Screening with Guest Artist Tania Hernández Velasco at the Broadway Centre Cinema
April 10 - 12:30PM: Latine Perspectives in Filmmaking at the Hayes Christensen Theater - Marriott Center for Dance
April 10 - 7PM & 9PM: Film programs at the Broadway Centre Cinema
April 11 - 7PM & 9PM: Film programs at the Broadway Centre Cinema
A close up of an Asian-Canadian dancer/performer washed in a soft gold light. Her hand is raised in gentle motion, her attention focused on the gesture. Over the image in all uppercase is the text- “EXPS SLC - Experimental Series - Salt Lake City”. Video still by 廖芯妮 (understanding you), dir. Jasmine Liaw
Experimental Series - Salt Lake City (EXPS/SLC)
Experimental Series - Salt Lake City was an experimental video/film screening series held at the University of Utah Union Theater.
Programming selections prioritized experimental approaches to movement, the body, and dance on film/video. Curation selections prioritized women, queer, and artists with disabilities.
EXPS/SLC ran out of the Union Theater 2022-2024. All screenings were free and open to the public.
A drag performer in a bright red dress stands on an empty stage with her arms semi raised. She looks out upon the beautiful historic theater. The camera is placed behind the performer so we see the theater and performer’s outline. Video still by We’re Still Here by Talia Keys
Utah Experimental & Doc Shorts
A program of short films highlighting filmmakers based or previously based in the state of Utah. Films include themes of dance, queerness, and identity formation. All films subtitled for access.
801 Salon (Vis.)
801 S 800 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
February 18, 2023
An elegant dark-skinned hand, semi-centered in the frame. The hand is semi-extended and palm up, almost as in an offering. Behind the hand is a dark purple background. Video still by Notes on Gesture by Martine Syms
The Language of Gesture
We live in bodies that move through the world, creating physical narratives. Through the use of gesture, a unique language develops between internal experience and the external world. An extension of the body, a strategy, a phrase, gestures communicate ideas which transcend words. What does it mean to embody an idea? How does expressing a gesture change through the chosen creative medium?
The Language of Gesture was a film/video/performance touring program. Artists screening/performing included AM Baggs, Ariana Gerstein, Terrance Houle, Chanelle Lajoie, Chloe Nagle, Martine Syms + many others.
November 17, 2022 at the Union Theater, Salt Lake City UT
October 8, 2022 at Red Eye Theatre, Minneapolis MN
April 21, 2022 at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point WI
A collage of different video stills from filmmakers who participated in the Movement New Media Lab. A mixture of bodies and hands, as well as landscape and bright animated images. Video stills by film and dancemakers for Movement Media Lab 2019
Movement Media Lab
As project manager for Danceworks DanceLAB, Movement Media Lab, I facilitated dance film collaborative projects with artists in the Milwaukee community. Projects screened at the end of the 12 week lab process.
Danceworks Studio Theater
1661 N Water St, Milwaukee, WI 53202
September 28, 2019: Playbill, Movement Media Lab 2019 Gallery
September 28/29, 2018: Interview with Footlights, Playbill, Movement Media Lab 2018 Gallery
A large crowd sits in an expansive industrial room with bright windows. At the front of the crowd there are two dancers, facing one another, arms raised and in a deep lunge. Photo still from In The Shell, choreographed by Nadin Bailey & Kym McDaniel. A dance part of Summer Series 2017: 5x5. Photo by Hannah Hamalian
Summer Series
Summer Series invited choreographers, performers, and filmmakers from around the US to present work and discuss process in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Summer Series 2018: Beyond Logic, at Good City Brewing, Milwaukee WI
Summer Series 2017: 5x5 at Grapefruit Studios, Milwaukee WI
Summer Series 2016: In Touch at The Polish Falcon, Milwaukee WI
Manhattan peaks out behind imagery of a bridge. The print is colored purple with blue tints. Film still by Bridges Go Round by Shirley Clarke
From the Archives: Where Movement Comes From
A curated evening of 16mm dance films from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s 16mm film archive. Filmmakers screening included Emil Cohl, Shirley Clarke, Maya Deren, The Edison Company, Kerry Laitala, Len Lye, Robert Nelson and Wiliam Allan, and the American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.
From the Archives is presented at the Union Cinema located at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. More information about the event can be found here.