Featuring twenty-one short dance films by Bay Area and Northern California artists, the two-part program will also feature a live performance by the polyrhythmic, multidisciplinary San Francisco-based dance and music ensemble La Mezcla.
PART ONE
A joyful ode to the San Francisco Bay Area!
Robin Dekkers, Benjamin Tarquin, Benjamin Freemantle
Robin Dekkers
(United States, 2022) 4:37 minutes
Been Lovin’ You
A photographer meets a beautiful woman and is reminded of their love affair from a lifetime ago.
Naomi Garcia Pasmanick
Naomi Garcia Pasmanick
(United States, 2021) 5:29 minutes
Eclipse Del Amor
Five dancers embody a selection of visual art.
Olivia Evans
Olivia Evans
(United State, 2022) 6:15 minutes
Come to Life
An attempt to breathe life into the current, dire human need for resuscitation through art.
Simon Stewart
Micaya
(United States, 2021) 11:11 minutes
Resuscitation
A deep desire to return to the imaginative soul we were born to be inspires a new and colorful transparency as we age.
Lindsay Clipner
Katerina Eng Beckman
(United States, 2022) 3:30 minutes
As Big as the Sky
Am I dreaming, or is life but a dream?
Samantha Matsumoto
Samantha Matsumoto
(United States, 2022) 3:20 minutes
Am I ? I Am
A performance capture from a river-born, vertical dance performance.
Lauren Marie Godla
Lauren Marie Godla
(United States, 2022) 4:23 minutes
Two Suns
Get a glimpse into the world of a unique, Bay Area street movement - Turf Dancing.
Latiece Brown
Dopey Fresh, Lotus, Intricate, G.B
(United States, 2020) 7:56 minutes
Why I Turf
A unique fusion of robotics and choreography resulting in surprising grace.
Jonathan Bachrach
Jonathan Bachrach
(United States, 2022) 3:16 minutes
Eleven Degrees of Freedom
A lone mover finds herself trapped in the same scenarios over and over again.
Hannah Young
Hannah Young
(United States, 2021) 3:52 minutes
Cycles
A depiction of artists leaving isolation.
Alexander Reneff-Olson, Valentina Reneff-Olson
Myles Thatcher, Sasha De Sola
(United States, 2022) 3:52 minutes
Emergence
PART TWO
Part Two opens with a short live performance by La Mezcla
Lady Camden, Rupaul's Drag Race Season 14 finalist, reflects on what compels her to dance.
Luke Willis
Myles Thatcher
(United States, 2022) 3:00 minutes
I Don’t Need A Reason
A heartfelt call to trans and nonbinary people to claim their right to a life they love.
Lindsay Gauthier
Sean Dorsey
(United States, 2022) 9:49 minutes
Sean Dorsey Dance: Dreaming Trans & Quee...
A witch’s curse makes moves at Mori Point.
Jocelyn Margaret Reyes
Jocelyn Reyes, Jessica Bozzo, Erin Yen
(United States, 2021) 4:30 minutes
La Bruja De Mori
A short film directed by Joaquin Bear.
Joaquin Bear
Lucia Flexer-Marshall
(United States, 2022) 2:37 minutes
Rada
A short, music-driven fable where a voyager named Sol finds freedom from isolation.
Adrian Rojas Elliot
Melissa Schade
(United States, 2022) 3:45 minutes
The Future is Worn
A story of identity, SEEN explores gender dysphoria, depression, and the power of visibility.
Kim Moran
Kim Moran
(United States, 2022) 5:25 minutes
Seen
What would it look like if Mexican society cared as much for female bodies as it does for its monuments?
Stephanie Sherman, Melissa Castro, Aitana Galaviz
Stephanie Sherman, Melissa Castro
(Mexico, 2022) 6:46 minutes
Monumental
The Water Poem shares one person’s memories of love and relationships over time, recognizing how beautifully everything is connected.
Ram Dass Khalsa, Karin Shimoyama, Ramona Kelley
Ramona Kelley, Weston Krukow
(United States, 2021) 6:01 minutes
The Water Poem
In a moving interpretation of force and vulnerability, Chrysalis Interrupted advocates that it is not the culmination of our mutation process that strengthens us but rather the sum of our failures, chains and struggles.
Fred Aube, Alberto Gutiérrez
Fanny Ara
(United States, 2022) 2:41min
Chrysalis Interrupted
Mami Wata is the sacred water deity that shifts between genders.
Afia H Thompson
Afia Thompson, Nafi Thompson, Shawn Hawkins, Bianca Mendoza
(United States, 2020) 7:30 minutes
Mami Wata
How do I release myself from a history I don’t want to keep reliving?
Pete Lee
Natasha Adorlee
(United States, 2022) 5:09 minutes
