Videos
Vivarium
Vivarium is an installation of dance, music and gardening by Montréal’s Lucy M. May, Paige Culley, Noémie Avidar and Patrick Conan.
Posted December 2, 2016
Faux Solo
It’s all in the details for dancer, choreographer, and now producer, Ralph Escamillan. That’s what the Vancouver-based artist most enjoyed about making his first dancefilm with the FORM (Festival of Recorded Movement) Film Festival Commission Fund.
Posted November 30, 2016
Burnwater: Alchemy
East Coast artists make an interdisciplinary connection between the art of the moving body and that of blacksmith work in Burnwater: Alchemy.
Posted November 15, 2016
Spirit of Slahal
Directed by artist Kattie Coolidge, Children of Takaya explore the movement traditions of Coast Salish peoples in Spirit of Slahal.
Posted November 11, 2016
Creature at In Situ Festival
Mississauga-based artist Colleen Snell is known for her highly theatrical and site-specific dance work, and her newest creation, Creature, will be no exception.
Posted October 25, 2016
Exposed Nerves
The short film Exposed Nerves by Winnipeg’s Madison Thomas is featured in this year’s imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and looks at the joy expressed through one woman’s dance in contrast to her life with bipolar disorder.
Posted October 21, 2016
RUIN
The dancefilm RUIN follows the psychological collapse of one woman as she loses herself, piece by piece, through each one of her relationships.
Posted October 19, 2016
The Art of Colour .Dance
Reflecting on the process of choreographing with a mood in mind, filming and then finding a specific colour to match, dancer and choreographer Ming-Bo Lam told The Dance Current, “We would shift shades just slightly to see how closely we could pair a visual with the emotional experience.”
Posted October 12, 2016
Big Brother Comes to Fluid Fest
Major Motion Picture by Out Innerspace Dance Theatre explores timely themes of surveillance, otherness, propaganda and belief through eccentric and lawless characters.
Posted October 10, 2016
The Art of Colour .Dance
Intentionally minimalist cinematography draws attention to the feeling and less on defining the specifics of the relationship between dancers in dancefilm by Ming-Bo Lam and Christian Peterson.
Posted October 5, 2016
Jazzy Alix's Winning Performance
North American Pole Dance Championship win for Québec dancer Jazzy Alix.
Posted September 30, 2016
The Art of Colour .Dance
Inspired by Bauhaus artist Johannes Itten’s book The Art of Color, dancer and choreographer Ming-Bo Lam and director and cinematographer Christian Peterson forged a collaboration that investigates the book’s theories as applied to movement in The Art of Colour .Dance (TAOC.D).
Posted September 28, 2016
A Man of Dance
This new documentary features the life and times of Québec dancer, curator and historian Vincent Warren.
Posted September 27, 2016
Danced Reality of Black America
A call to compassion and call to action in artful dancefilm directed and danced by Jon Boogz with Lil Buck
Posted September 23, 2016
For a Quartet
Professional contemporary dance in Nova Scotia has come a long way in fifteen years, thanks in large part to Mocean Dance, who are celebrating with an anniversary show.
Posted September 22, 2016
Follow Your Heart by Evolution Dance Theatre
Follow Your Heart is a multidisciplinary spectacle that unites cultures through theatre, dance, live music and the most universal of stories – a love story.
Posted September 20, 2016
deliverance
Toronto dancer and choreographer Shawn Bracke just released deliverance, a dancefilm inspired by the smoke and mirrors that personas on social media have become.
Posted September 16, 2016
4OUR
4OUR by Vancouver choreographer Joe Laughlin explores “family dynamics, cross-generational relationships and the singular moments that shape our life’s journey.”
Posted September 15, 2016
If I Should Stumble
Site-specific work by Toronto’s Jenn Goodwin explores the beauty and tragedy of day-to-day life.
Posted September 9, 2016
Documentary Dance Film Series Dance for Life
The new documentary dance film series Dance for Life features a range of contemporary dancers in Toronto who have being either a newcomer or first generation Canadian in common. The series shares their sacrifice, struggle and success.
Posted September 6, 2016
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