November 2022 at The Collective in Lafayette, Colorado
Back for a 5th season at this treasured Lafayette art gallery, SSF @ The Collective: Dance is Like a Fine Wine presents films from our creative aging program where dancers all along the age spectrum are celebrated onscreen. In this special Earth Day edition, we’ll also feature some films that call us to consider our relationship with the Earth in all her glory. Featuring dancers from around the world, this lineup will include SSF’s own film This Breath Together shot in Boulder in 2020, as well as a Q&A discussion with local artists following the screening.
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I. Dance is Like a Fine Wine
April 22, 2022 at 7pm free
The Collective 201 N Public Rd Lafayette, CO 80026
Accessibility: ADA accessible building, theatre on the first floor with ramp entrance on Geneseo St., wheelchair seating available upon request.
The screening runs approximately 65 minutes, followed by a Q&A with local artists.
Rebirth
2020 / United States / 5 min
Directed by Łukasz Zięba, Andrzej Belina Brzozowski
Produced by ACE Dance Concept, Łukasz Zięba, Stypendium Twórcze Miasta Krakowa
Choreography and Dancing by Łukasz Zięba
Featuring Danica Paulos
Music composed by Mateusz Bazgier, Nathan Prillaman
Rebirth takes us on one man’s journey through the evolution of consciousness by connecting with the elements and Nature’s metaphysical powers.
WECreate Spaces: Morelia
2020 / Mexico / 4 min
Directed by Ana Baer, Heike Salzer
Produced by WECreate Productions
Choreography by Rocio Luna, Heike Salzer
Featuring Rocio Luna, Heike Salzer
Music composed by Christian Alexander Cruz Lineros
Filmmaker: Ana Baer
In WECreate Spaces: Morelia the artists explore the urban landscapes of Morelia, Mexico, a city that exemplifies the dichotomy found in colonial places featuring the eclectic richness of their architecture and the dilapidated parts of the town. Tuning into the environment through improvisation, the dancers, camera-person and musician create a collaborative knowledge that illuminates their multi-layered sensibility of understanding the world through the body. Generating affective spaces, highlighting the artist’s relations to environment, artist to artist and artist to locals. The serendipitous encounters with the passers-by add a flavour that transforms the usual into extraordinary, portraying the tonality, mood and atmosphere of this joyful and vibrant place.
How to Sink a Paper Boat
2019 / Ireland / 13 min
Directed by David Bolger
Produced by Sarah Latty, Bridget Webster
Choreography by David Bolger
Featuring Ivonne Kalter, Daniel Reardon
Music composed by Michael Fleming
Cinematography by Russell Gleeson
Edited by Róisín O’Donnell
Written by David Bolger
Production by CoisCéim Dance Theatre
A tale of lost letters & paper boats. From acclaimed Irish dance company CoisCéim Dance Theatre, the film delves into the mysteries of the sea – as events of Dublin Bay’s past collide with the present, bringing history to life in a bold, physical short film. Hundreds of lives and letters were lost at sea when mailboat RMS Leinster was torpedoed in Dublin Bay. In How to Sink a Paper Boat this devastating past collides with the present when two people meet. Out for a walk along the sea wall, Cora comes across a letter in the water that beckons her to a lighthouse and its keeper, Michael. Her arrival propels the historical event into our time in an emotional embodiment of a tragedy at sea.
Listening Tree
2020 / United States / 1 min
Directed by Darren Johnson
Choreography and Dancing by Ananya Chatterjea
Cinematography by Darren Johnson
A tree on the banks of the Mississippi: What stories does it hold? Multiple branches embedded in our environment, Listening Tree affirms our relationality with life-forces of our world.
Wake
2020 / United Kingdom / 8 min
Produced and Directed by Katie Beard, Naomi Turner
Choreography by Liv Lockwood
Featuring Sarah Farrow-Jones
Music composed by Ben Glass
Cinematography by Sam Finney
Edited by Katie Beard
Executive Production by Brian Gowenlock, John Huckstep
Wake is a short dance film which explores and responds to modern attitudes around loss and grief, taking inspiration from different rituals and funeral traditions from around the world. Filmed on the stark and shifting terrain of Dartmoor, Wake steers us through one woman’s journey of grief.
I Modh Rúin
2017 / Ireland / 11 min
Directed by Ríonach Ní Néill
Produced by Ciotóg
Choreography by Ríonach Ní Néill
Dancing by Sibéal Davitt, Ciara Nic Einrí, Máire Nic Fhinn, Emma Fitzgerald, Máire Uí Fhlatharta, Úna Ní Fhlatharta, Proinsias Uí Ógartaigh, Emma Verling
Cinematography by Luca Trufarelli
What would compel you to go against the status quo and bring up your family as Irish speakers in English-speaking Ireland of the 1950s to 1980s? In I Modh Rúin (in secret), Ríonach Ní Néill blends film, dance, interviews and music to tell the story of five women who did just that.
Root, Grow, Release, Repeat
2021 / United States / 9 min
Directed by Megan Brandel, April Frame
Featuring Open Arms Dance Project
Cinematography by April Frame
The choreography and natural movement of twelve physically and neuro-diverse dancers, ages eight to seventy-four, blooms, flys, and flows on a journey through the Idaho Botanical Garden. This heartwarming story unfolds with poetic descriptions that create an accessible experience for all viewers, including those who are blind.
This Breath Together
2021 / United States / 12 min
Directed by Michelle Bernier
Produced by Michelle Bernier, Thomas Wingerd
Dancing by Danielle Garrison, Keith Haynes, Sarah Harrison, Bridget Heddens, Vivian Kim Gina Medina, Emma Michaux, Alex Milewski, Peg Posnick, Jessica Riggs, Gwen Ritchie, Marla Shultz, Luciana da Silva, Alfred Smith, Briana Smith, Nancy Smith, Miah Yager
Music composed by Kristen Demaree, Sean Connolly, Dudu Fuentes
Sans Souci’s Community Dance Film Project was created to engage Boulder artists of many genres and to inspire our local community with all we have to offer. Each dancer was paired with one of the city of Boulder’s most iconic outdoor sites and asked to create movement responding to that location along a theme: “The first fresh breath in a long time.” Emerging from their spring 2020 quarantines, dancers reconnected with their own dance-deprived bodies, and brought their unique presence to each space, activating it with movement. The film encompasses ballet, tap, contemporary, house, waacking, aerial dance, samba, and poetry; collaborators include BIPOC and LGBTQ performers, those with disabilities, and dancers on the older end of the age spectrum.
II. Kids + Dance + Film
July 9, 2022 at 2pm free
Lafayette Public Library 775 Baseline Rd Lafayette, CO 80026
The screening runs approximately 45 minutes, followed by a Q&A with local artists.Tentative program below.
Don’t Wake Me
2021 / United States / 3 min
Directed by Michelle Bernier
Produced by Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema
Choreography and Dancing by Emma Michaux, courtesy of Boulder Ballet
Music by Shilove
Cinematography by Jesse Rarick, Sparta Media
Edited by Michelle Bernier
A ballerina dreams a dream in which familiar spaces are not sadly empty, but joyously open, ready to be filled with movement. She dances for a fraction of a moment in time where hope can be felt.
Elon + Emmanuelle
2012 / United States / 7 min
Directed by Natalie Galazka
Produced by Natalie Galazka & Melissa C. O’Brien
Choreography and Dancing by Elon Höglund & Emmanuelle Lê Phan
Music by Garth Stevenson
Cinematography by Melissa C. O’Brien
Edited by Ross Baldisserotto
Charmed dancers observe their own duet in a magical street art fantasy.
Tap Graffiti
2016 / United States / 3 min
Directed by Geoffrey Goldberg
Produced by Geoffrey Goldberg – New Movie Musical productions
Choreography by Geoffrey Goldberg
Dancing by Geoffrey Goldberg and Seth Judice
Cinematography by Bill Simmers / WillyMac Studios Carla McDonald / Find Memphis
Edited by Geoffrey Goldberg
An impromptu tap routine in a graffiti-covered abandoned warehouse in downtown Memphis.
Root, Grow, Release, Repeat
2021 / United States / 9 min
Directed by Megan Brandel, April Frame
Featuring Open Arms Dance Project
Cinematography by April Frame
The choreography and natural movement of twelve physically and neuro-diverse dancers, ages eight to seventy-four, blooms, flys, and flows on a journey through the Idaho Botanical Garden. This heartwarming story unfolds with poetic descriptions that create an accessible experience for all viewers, including those who are blind.
Earth Poem
2015 / United States / 3 min
Directed by Gabriel Bienczycki
Produced by The Equus Projects
Cinematography by Gabriel Bienczycki
Choreography by Gabriel Bienczycki, JoAnna Mendl Shaw
Dancing by Tal Adler, Jenna Pollack, Audrey Rachelle Stanley
Music by Jami Sieber
Poem by Ewa Bienczycka
The Equus Projects Artistic Direction by JoAnna Mendl Shaw
A dancer in a poetic, kinetic dialogue with an equine partner (filmed in Elizabeth, CO).
Samskara
2020 / United States / 7 min
Directed by Angela Rosales Challis
Produced by Chelsea Alley, Heather Francis
Dancing by Joseph Run Through, Delfine Uwimbabazi, Jyothsna Sainath, Jamaika, Sebastian Forbes, Akiko Kaneshiro, Joshua Perkins, Presley Fewkes, Sheyenne Utai
Written by Angela Rosales Challis, Conor Long
An abstracted film to contribute to the fight against racism. As an immigrant, I have experienced it first hand. This film showcases the beauty and richness of humanity. Nine cultures unite to make art. The dancers will tell you what brings humanity together. We must come together. This project was funded by the Utah Film Commission, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, and BYU Arts Partnership.
Dancing the limitation (Dança em tempos de limitação)
2020 / Brazil / 2 min
Directed by Ayumi Hanada
Choreography by Ayumi Hanada
Dancing by Ayumi Hanada, Giovanna Herrera, Isabela Bertô, Marcela Cibin Ugo, Melissa Baba e Renata Paulino.
Music by Gustavo de Angelis
Cinematography by Ayumi Hanada, Giovanna Herrera, Isabela Bertô, Marcela Cibin Ugo, Melissa Baba e Renata Paulino.
I involuntarily question myself about my limits and limitations. I provoke myself to feel them, respect them and often cross them.
Hug Soon Comes (O Abraço Logo Vem)
2020 / Brazil / 2 min
Directed by Paulo Accioly
Produced by Paulo Accioly, Bagaceira Filmes, Pedro Krull
Cinematography by Perola Pitta
Choreography by Paulo Accioly, Jeane Rocha, Samuel Pitta
Dancing by Jeane Rocha, Samuel Pitta
Music by Igor Peixoto
The present has long been no more important than the future. Without two kisses, without punching the clock. Everything is far, everyone is far, but the hug soon comes.
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2018 / United States / 4 min
Directed and Produced by Conor C. Long
Choreography by Brianna Lopez
Featuring by University of Utah Screendance
Dancing by Grugg
Music by William Cannon
Conor C. Long
A claymation screendance short film about that terrible every day struggle to get out of bed for that first delicious cup of coffee.
III. Dance is Like a Fine Wine
November 2022 free
The Collective 201 N Public Rd Lafayette, CO 80026
Accessibility: ADA accessible building, theatre on the first floor with ramp entrance on Geneseo St., wheelchair seating available upon request.
More info coming soon.
The background image is a still frame from Since The Silence (2016, Canada) directed by Thomas Corriveau. The foreground image is a still frame from Wake (2020, UK) directed by Katie Beard & Naomi Turner