Each month CREATE your own DANCE film screening.
(In better times, with your family and friends OR in isolation on your own time.)

FilmFest By Rogue Dancer: Land…SCAPE Edition (November 2020)

FilmFest by Rogue Dancer is a DANCE film festival that offers a monthly curated on-line screening exclusively for DANCE Films only. Each month Dance films are elegantly sorted into unexpected themes. We are committed to serving the DANCE community and to ensuring that wonderful DANCE movie projects from across the globe can be seen and appreciated by as wide an audience as possible.

DANCE FILM (verb /dæns/ noun /fɪlm/) synonymous with Dance on Screen, Dance on Film, Video dance, Screen dance… etc. you get the picture.

TRAILER

We hope you will be able to share this month’s event!!!

Join in a conversation about disability aesthetics and design for performance: learn about Kinetic Light’s work in production, projection, movement, and software design. Laurel Lawson, Atlanta-based choreographic collaborator, dancer, designer, and engineer with Kinetic Light will be in conversation with Michael Maag, production, lighting and projection designer for Kinetic Light. ASL and captioning will be provided.

Image Description for promo image: As the sky transitions from gold to amber to red, green and blue, Alice Sheppard, a light-skinned Black woman, slides in a spider position on her stomach down the shiny ramp. The shadow of her wheelchair is visible beneath; her curly hair glows. Photo credit: MANCC / Chris Cameron

Under the artistic leadership of “innovator in disability arts” (The New York Times), Alice Sheppard’s Kinetic Light enables new understandings of the moving world. Dancers Laurel Lawson (ATL-based) and Alice Sheppard perch, swoop, and soar on a striking custom-built ramp of curves and peaks in DESCENT in this recorded version making its online premiere. This visually stunning imagining of a queer, interracial love story of mythical figures Venus and Andromeda is a transformative ride testing the limits of what dance, beauty, and disability appear to be. Lighting Design by Michael Maag.

“Sheppard and her collaborators are reimagining how we experience the form, and at the same time, making striking new shapes that challenge our limited ideas of what dance—and dancers—look like.” (Albany Times Union)

Official premiere launches Dec. 3 at 9ET/6PT, followed by a live Artist Talk via Zoom. The film will be accessible through midnight CST on Dec. 5th. Tickets are per household; student tickets available.

Access: Audio Description of the film ASL and captioning for the Artist Talk on Dec. 3.

Image Description for promo image: Alice Sheppard, a light-skinned Black woman with a crown of short curly hair, is crawling on her hands with her knees in Laurel Lawson’s footplate. Laurel, a white woman, is arching her back on the ground as she is dragged along the floor. A sunset appears behind them. Photo by MANCC / Chris Cameron

Join Gwinnett Dance Project at our first independent showcase! Come enjoy an evening of dance exploring topics of belonging and community.

Gwinnett Dance Project is a collective of dance artists based in Gwinnett County, GA with a heart for creating and sharing performance art with our local community. Formed in 2019, GDP has had the opportunity to facilitate master classes, create dance works, and provide a safe creative space for local professional dancers.

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Friday, December 4th (7:00pm) will be an indoor production of the show. It will take place in a large church auditorium which has lots of space to accommodate CDC recommended precautions including social distancing. Masks will be required for the duration of the evening and furniture will be fully sanitized before and after the show. Only pre-registered attendees will be allowed entry, and seating will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Our team will be grouping sections of seating together based on pre-registration. TICKET LINK: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/127782269207

LIVE STREAM OPTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FRIDAY SHOW.

Saturday, December 5th (4:30) will consist of an outdoor production of the show during which attendees are invited to pull up and watch the show from their vehicles or grab a lawn chair and blanket to watch from! Bundle up and enjoy some live art! TICKET LINK: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/127790941145

A virtual dance concert of solo works with moods that vary from luscious to spooky – and everywhere in-between! Choreographed by Full Radius Dance company members for Full Radius Dance company members .

Gwinnett Dance Project is a collective of dance artists based in Gwinnett County, GA with a heart for creating and sharing performance art with our local community. Formed in 2019, GDP has had the opportunity to facilitate master classes, create dance works, and provide a safe creative space for local professional dancers.

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Friday, December 4th (7:00pm) will be an indoor production of the show. It will take place in a large church auditorium which has lots of space to accommodate CDC recommended precautions including social distancing. Masks will be required for the duration of the evening and furniture will be fully sanitized before and after the show. Only pre-registered attendees will be allowed entry, and seating will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Our team will be grouping sections of seating together based on pre-registration. TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/127782269207

LIVE STREAM OPTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FRIDAY SHOW.

Saturday, December 5th (4:30) will consist of an outdoor production of the show during which attendees are invited to pull up and watch the show from their vehicles or grab a lawn chair and blanket to watch from! Bundle up and enjoy some live art! TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/127790941145