Dance on Camera: Shorts I

Seven short films explore how we connect—to ritual, community, desire, spirit, and the everyday gestures that shape our lives. Through inventive choreography and bold cinematic framing, these works reveal the poetry of the ordinary and the power of movement to express what words cannot.

Films include:

• MMM – Joaquin Bear, 2024, USA, 9:39
  An understudy’s longing spirals into suspense as ambition and identity collide.
  
  

• The Year of the Green Snake – ioulex, 2025, USA, 4:42 – US Premiere
  Xin Ying of the Martha Graham Dance Company embodies rebirth and seduction through a fluid, myth-infused transformation.
  
  

• Chair Deconstruction – Amanda Beane, 2024, USA, 8:52
  A two-part exploration of communal healing that balances humor and vulnerability.
  
  

• Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan – Grigory Dobrygin, 2025, UK, 9:43 – NY Premiere
  A cinematic reimagining of Ashton’s ballet, honoring Duncan’s revolutionary spirit and Natalia Osipova’s commanding artistry.
  
  

• RENDERING – Artur Miranda & Philipe Noguchi, 2024, Brazil, 13 min – US Premiere
  A haunting inquiry into visibility, self-curation, and the choreography of the digital self.
  
  

• The Ballad of a Home – Keely Song & Robert Machoian, 2025, USA, 8:27 – NY Premiere
  A family dinner becomes a quiet study of connection, tension, and missed moments.
  
  

• De Profvndis – Nina McNeely, 2024, USA, 3:43
  Classical religious imagery is transformed into movement exploring spirit, flesh, and ritual.