Dance Films

EyesMouthKnees (2016)

Daily routine, in the sensory overload of the NYC subway, comes to a grinding halt in the whimsical tension between somatic-sensory desire and the public facade of the dehumanized industrial self. A site-specific contemporary and improvisational dance film that encourages your imagination to run wild. This piece was created in collaboration between Kevin Clark/Soluq Dance Theater and Ri Lindegren.

Choreography: Kevin Clark

Dancers: Emma Fitzsimmons, Jordyn Santiago, Nikki Theroux, Elena Valencia

Premiered at DFA's Moderated Screenings Lab (2017)

Look into my Voice, Hear my Dance (LVHD) (2020) - excerpt from dance film installation

More info:
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Event took place February 29 & March 1, 2020 at Hackett House, Tempe, AZ

Dances With Tech provided filming and editing for 5 different site-specific dance films, as well as performance documentation for the live performance where the 5 dance films were screened along with live performances. Culminating Dance MFA Thesis performance produced, choreographed, and directed by Sumana Sen Mandala.

DANCEPATH: Featuring Kelli Forman (2017)

A re-imagination of dance documentation, straddling the worlds of pop culture music videos and documentary film. DancePaths unfurls complicated questions of identity and dance through two divergent but coordinated audio and visual pathways, illustrating the disconnects people often feel in their own headspace versus what is happening around them. Through this otherworldly journey, hip hop and contemporary dancer, student, and educator Kelli Forman reflects on what it means to be a white woman in the world of hip hop, what it takes to heal ancestral pain and suffering, and the importance of advocating for access to higher education for hip hop professionals as she pursues her own journey of learning and unlearning. Throughout, she struggles with the question of how to give hip hop the respect and attention it deserves.

FRAGMA (2017)

The sensation of being physically present while in actuality fragmented in a maze of memories, experiences, and physical sensations, adrift in the universe inside of yourself.

Structured freestyle filmed in Gantry Plaza State Park, Long Island City, NY

Choreography & Performance by Kareem Woods

Editing & Camera Work by Ri Lindegren

Music by XXYYXX, "Breeze"