Spotlight Shorts

A vibrant showcase of dance films at the cutting edge of creativity and cinematic risk.

A bold mix of genre-defying gems, Spotlight Shorts highlights artists pushing the edges of what dance film can be. This program features an eclectic blend of humor, ritual, suspense, and social commentary while spanning animated experiments, satirical horror, futuristic robotics, and global folklore. With choreographers at the forefront of today’s movement innovation, these films surprise, provoke, and delight in equal measure. If you’re looking for a showcase of fresh ideas and cinematic daring, this is the screening to catch.

Followed by a post-screening dance party in the lobby with DJ Glitterfox.

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Venue Accessibility: Brava Theater is located at 2781 24th Street. Curb cuts for the sidewalk to the Brava Theater Center are located on the corner of York and 24th Street. The entrance of the theater is on the ground floor and there is an elevator to seating in the upper level of the theater.

Program Info

Saturday, November 8 at 8:00PM

Venue: Brava Theater

Runtime: 57 minutes

GA $25 / Arts Patron $45

Program Films

Aerial view of ballerinas in pink and red costumes arranged in concentric circles around a dancer in a bright green tutu, holding hands on a wooden floor. The entire formation looks like a kaleidoscope pattern.

A whimsical ballet school meets an intergalactic visitor in this playful fantasy from the Hong Kong Ballet.

Dean Alexander

Septime Webre

(United States / Hong Kong, 2024) 2:11 minutes

Tutu Academy

Twin brothers dance in sync on a checkered floor in a lively, dimly lit dive bar with red and black walls. Other people dance in pairs around them, in various tango poses.

The Lombard Twins bring their iconic rhythm and flair to a dive bar.

Martin and Facundo Lombard

(United States, 2024) 3:51 minutes

Fuga Y Misterio

Film still from "Aito Hine" with an awards laurel for best cinematography

A young girl discovers her strength, heritage, and spirit through the fierce grace of Tahitian dance.

Krysten Resnick

Tehani Robinson

(French Polynesia, 2024) 13:50 minutes

Aito Hine

Film still from "Ammonia" with an awards laurel for best set/production design

Two hotel housekeepers imagine new identities as they move through the remains of a guest’s stay.

Joe Connor

Emma Farnell-Watson, Kieran Lai

(United Kingdom, 2025) 7:36 minutes

Ammonia

A barefoot person in a white top and khaki skirt stands in the center of a concrete floor, looking up at the camera. They are surrounded by people lying on the ground in various positions, creating a dramatic, artistic scene.

In a sea of twenty-five, individuality flickers and fights to be seen within the rhythm of the collective.

Benjamin Jonsson

(United Kingdom, 2024) 1:36 minutes

HERD(mentality)

A dancer in a flowing white outfit poses dramatically with arms outstretched and head arched back, bathed in soft light streaming through large, ornate windows in a dimly lit room. The image is in greyscale.

A perfectionist’s inner storm dances toward self-acceptance in this intimate visual poem.

Gideon Merz

Agnes Su

(Germany, 2024) 2:59 minutes

Tempest

Three dancers entwine in an intimate pose in a warmly lit living room, wearing flowing shirts with red floral patterns.

A mysterious night in Naples unfolds with whimsy, elegance, and a hint of melancholy.

Lucia Lopez Sanchez

(Spain, 2024) 3:45 minutes

Una Notte a Napoli

Three dancers perform in a dimly lit room. The person in front wears a fringed, textured outfit and hat, with dramatic movement. Two others, also in hats, dance in the background. A red light glows on the wall behind them.

A bold reinterpretation of Korea’s traditional mask dance that bridges centuries through movement, music, and modern visual storytelling.

Hong Jae Im 임홍재, Hwayong Jung 화용 정

Aiki & Hook

(Republic of Korea, 2025) 2:02 minutes

Talchum: The Mask Dance

An abstract drawing of a silhouetted face. The left side has dark green, stone-like shapes, and the right side shows colorful rays in pink, orange and blue, extending outwards from the face.

What if you could hear with light? This animated film transforms cutting-edge science into a sensory journey of sound and sight.

Boris Seewald

Marie Zechiel

(Germany, 2025) 2:20 minutes

Klanglicht: Sound of Light

A man and woman dance closely, smiling at each other, in an elegant, wood-paneled room with yellow chairs and chandeliers. The man wears a sparkly sleeveless black top; the woman wears a light green, puff-sleeved dress and purple hoop earrings.

A romantic pas de deux unfolds across Berlin, blending fairy tale elegance with streetwise charm.

Lior Shneior

Lior Shneior/BERLIN MOVES

(Germany, 2024) 3:28 minutes

Salut D’Amour

Three people, two men and one woman, stand indoors with their hands on their heads with intense expressions. They wear dark, distressed clothing and perform in a worn, yellow-lit room with peeling walls and yellow stairs.

Three fighters, one glass of water, and a confrontation where survival tests the limits of morality.

Lohitzune Rodriguez

(Spain, 2025) 2:45 minutes

Instinct

A person dressed in dark, gothic attire with heavy makeup and fishnet clothing kicks their leg high near a staircase railing, in a bold, dramatic pose.

On the road to dinner, two sisters face strange suburban forces - and each other.

Ryan Renshaw

Jack Lister

(Australia, 2024) 2:57 minutes

Hiphop Purée

A person wearing a light-colored outfit is lying on the ground with one arm and leg extended, reaching forward with their hand on a concrete floor.

A self-taught dancer transforms his garage into a sanctuary of movement in this raw, emotional self-portrait.

Ian Eastwood

(United States, 2024) 3:05 minutes

Path

Six young adults sit at desks in a minimalist classroom. Each wears neutral clothing and sits facing forward with a blank expression. Small robotic arms sit on a desk in front of each person.

Six dancers. Six robots. One finely-tuned encounter between human motion and machine rhythm.

Jordan Johnson, Aidan Carberry

JA Collective

(United States, 2025) 1:22 minutes

JA Robot Club

Eight dancers in white tank tops and alternating blue, red and orange athletic shorts are poised at the starting line on a racetrack. The image is taken from above in bright daylight.

Nineteen dancers claim a running track as their stage in this riotous, heartfelt celebration of everything that moves us.

Dor Averbuch; Created by: Dor Averbuch, DanDan Cohen, Ori Manor

DanDan Cohen, Ori Manor

(2025) 2:14 minutes