Type: Screening

FilmFest by Rogue Dancer: Always a DANCER edition

November 18 – December 4, 2022

https://www.roguedancer.org/filmfest-by-rogue-dancer

Once a DANCER, Always a DANCER… from first steps to dying breaths, life is in all the nano-seconds in between.

FilmFest by Rogue Dancer is a DANCE film festival that offers a monthly curated on-line screening exclusively for DANCE Films. 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.

Featured DANCE Filmmakers:

Life/Art Dance Ensemble USA

Ben Dolphin USA

Anabella Lenzu USA

Fanfy Francoise Garcia Rachel Guénon FRANCE

Jennifer Scully-Thurston USA

Carla Armstrong Amanda Van Meter Burch USA

Mariah Maloney USA

Bob Wolf USA

Richard Daniels USA

Kara Diane Bullock CANADA

Heidi Duckler USA

Paul Maarten Vis NETHERLANDS

Ninni Perko Juha Ilmari Laine FINLAND

Stella Eldon UK

Kate Monson Scott Cook USA

Mary Trunk USA

Dale Andree Thryn Saxon USA

Deirdre O’Toole IRELAND

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Being sure of yourself begins with knowing your history, knowing your body, and knowing yourself.
At the Atlanta School of Burlesque and Metropolitan Studios, we aren’t just teaching sparkly and glitzy dances to people, we are fostering a community of open-minded, artistic, creatives who strive to rediscover and redefine their relationship with themselves through movement.
Learn more: https://www.metrostudioseav.com/funk

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The Atlanta School of Burlesque has been providing burlesque education in the broader Metro Atlanta area since 2013. As an institution dedicated to burlesque education it is of the utmost importance that we provide our students access to the best instructors in our industry. Our “Weekend With . . . ” series of burleque weekenders does just that.

Our 3rd in the series brings What the Funk?! Fest from Seattle to Atlanta for weekend of classes, shows, and burlesque education that will blow your minds! What the Funk?! is and an all-BIPOC Burlesque Fest that was conceived of when founder, Mx. Pucks A’Plenty, considered doing a classic burlesque number to a Stevie Wonder song, but realized it wouldn’t count as a classic era song choice. This got their wheels turning and What the Funk?! was born.

CLASS SCHEDULE:

Friday, 12/2

• 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Performer Branding 101 with Shimmy LaRoux
• 11:30am – 12:45pm – Stripper Savings Plan with GiGi Holliday
• 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Take It on The Road: Traveling as A Showgirl with Shimmy LaRoux
• 2:30pm – 4:00pm – Dom/Domme the Stage with D’Monica Leone

​Saturday, 12/3

• 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Fat Burlesque History with Mx. Pucks A’Plenty
• 11:00am – 12:00pm – Put Some Funk On It! with Samson Night
• 12:30pm – 2:00pm – Baby Is It 10s? with Android Allure
• 12:30pm – 2:00pm – Shapeshift: The Creative Expression of Cosmetics with D’Monica Leone
• 2:30pm – 4:30pm – Body Love with Goddess Briq House

SHOW SCHEDULE: 

Thursday, 12/1 You Sing, We Strip Burlesque Karaoke What the Funk?! Edition

Atlanta burlesque show with all the fun of karaoke and improv performances! In this immersive show, you turn the mic on while we take it off! Sing your favorite jams and you may get paired with a burlesque performer dancing the art of the tease LIVE to your voice (or that of your reluctant friend)! This mashup has all the fun of karaoke mixed with burlesque performers improving!

• Doors 8:30 pm | Show 9:00 pm
• Featuring headliners: Shimmy LaRoux (Chicago) | D’Monica Leone (Seattle)
• Bring your voice, your spark, and be ready to tip!

Friday, 12/2 What the Funk?! Saturday Showcase (two shows)

What The Funk?! Friday Showcase

• Early Show: Doors @ 6:30pm / Show @ 7:00pm
• Late Show: Doors @ 9:30pm / Show @ 10:00pm
• Featuring headliners: Shimmy LaRoux (Chicago) | P. No Noire (Chicago) | Briq House (Seattle) | GiGi Holliday (NYC) | Samson Night (NYC) | Mx. Pucks A’Plenty (Seattle)

Saturday, 12/3 What the Funk?! Saturday Showcase (two shows)

• Early Show: Doors @ 6:30pm / Show @ 7:00pm
• Late Show: Doors @ 9:30pm / Show @ 10:00pm
• Featuring headliners: P. No Noire (Chicago) | D’Monica Leone (Seattle) | Android Allure (Seattle) | Samson Night (NYC) | Mx. Pucks A’Plenty (Seattle)

Sunday, 12/4 – Documentary Screening & Performer Talk Back

Door 12:30PM / Screening 1:00PM

Can ya dig it?! The story of bringing the 2019 festival to life is on film! Directed by Adriana Guiman, WHAT THE FUNK?! is the story of the first inaugural What the Funk?! BIPOC Burlesque Festival, held in Seattle Washington, over a three-day period in August 2019. Follow producer and founder Mx. Pucks A’Plenty as they explore what it means to rewrite the rules of burlesque to build a supportive community of performers for personal and professional development. See excerpts of live festival performances as well as intimate behind the scenes footage. Hear performers speak about the inspiration that drives their performances as well as lingering challenges to inclusivity and accessibility. Explore what it means to question cultural norms, utilize the body as an artistic medium, and live life on one’s own terms. Celebrate what it feels like to be part of this inspiring group of performers trailblazing an annual festival in Seattle. Starring Seattle legends Rebecca M. Davis (Co-producer of What the Funk Festival), Isaiah Esquire, Goddess Briq House, and Isabella Price.

CLOWNS (On Film) 

Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns is a dance film that plays out a macabre comedy of murder and desire, asking how far we will go in the name of entertainment. Directed, choreographed and composed by Hofesh Shechter, it combines bold, exhilarating and tribal movement by ten dancers with a percussive, cinematic score.

POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut (On Film)

Hofesh Shechter’s iconic stage work Political Mother explodes onto the screen as an unplugged, unapologetic and exhilarating new short film.

CLOWNS (On Film) 

Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns is a dance film that plays out a macabre comedy of murder and desire, asking how far we will go in the name of entertainment. Directed, choreographed and composed by Hofesh Shechter, it combines bold, exhilarating and tribal movement by ten dancers with a percussive, cinematic score.

POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut (On Film)

Hofesh Shechter’s iconic stage work Political Mother explodes onto the screen as an unplugged, unapologetic and exhilarating new short film.