expanded to three different screenings for 2024
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema is one of Boulder’s longstanding favorite arts organizations, and we’re so happy to return to one of our most beloved venues, the Boedecker Cinema at Dairy Arts Center for three separate programs this year — Locals’ Only, Dancing on the Planet, and Dancing as Ourselves.
Dairy Arts Center
2590 Walnut St
Boulder, CO 80302
Accessibility: handicap parking, theatre on the first floor with ramps to building, wheelchair seating available upon request.
With support from
I. Locals’ Only
May 18, 2024 at 2pm
Join us for a very special “locals’ only” screening…Colorado films of many kinds will pepper this lineup, representing the diverse dancers of the Front Range and mountains, of various ages, abilities, and styles. We are proud to return to the Boe to share the films created in our unique, ongoing Community Dance Film Project. The project began in 2021 when our Artistic Co-Director Michelle Bernier created the first Community Dance Film, “This Breath Together,” with 17 local dancers in iconic landmark sites around the city of Boulder. The project continues with professional dancer/choreographers Keith Haynes and Megan Roney, each taking the helm to direct their own dance films for the first time.
TBD
2024 / United States
first-time filmmaker
This film was created in collaboration with Sans Souci Festival as part of the 2nd edition of the Community Dance Film Project, made possible with funding from the Boulder Arts Commission Community Project Grant Program.
Follow the Flow
2022 / United States / 13 min
documentary
Follow the Flow is an environmental dance film focused on bringing awareness to the water crisis of the Colorado River. A dancer, rawly integrated into the environment, illustrates a symbiotic relationship with the river, while exemplifying how paramount it is to remember humans are intertwined with this river in everyday life. The grandeur and nuance of the river is emphasized while following it through diverse environments from the headwaters in Colorado, through Utah, and to the final stretch of the river in Yuma Valley.
Great Divide
2023 / United States / 4 min
music video
An original music video for the band King Bee, starring Shilpi Gupta and filmed by Sarah Megyesy.
Gusts
2022 / United States / 3 min
A dance film about the ebb and flow of wind and the movement inspired by it.
Lost
2023 / United States / 6 min
Lured into a closed restaurant by mysterious music, a dancer discovers a rhythmically-inclined ghost. After dancing, which pleases the ghost, the dancer leaves, touched by the experience.
Ekphrasis
2024 / United States / 2 min
microshort
A short film shot on super 8 in Prospect Park, New York. Processed by hand. Starring Shelby Hettler.
Innate Stimulate
2024 / United States / 8 min
first-time filmmaker
Follow the bass to the place where the beat moves your feet, and catch a dose of dopamine on the dance floor.
This film was made possible with funding from the Boulder Arts Commission Community Project Grant Program. Additional funding provided by Amelia Burnett, Denise Busch, Edward Katz, Nicole Pielage, Lara Lea Roney, Nathaniel Roney, Marlene & Craig Roney. Shot on Location at Knew Conscious.
II. Dancing on the Planet
dates TBD
program coming soon…
III. Dancing as Ourselves
dates TBD
program coming soon…