(2021) Dance Portraits on Screen (dance film) (14:42)

(2021) April 22  Dance Portraits on Screen – 2021;  George Washington University public presentation, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Zoom Broadcast.

Film by Maida Withers (concept, director, choreographer w dancers) and Robin Bell, filmmaker, captures a portrait of young and mature dancers, alone, on screen, waist up, for one minute, in Spring 2021 when COVID-19 was slowing down in the United States, but dancers were still having feelings from extreme changes in life and dance during the past year.  Music was composed for each one-minute dance by Steve Hilmy.  The film concludes with dancers performing together borrowing gestures and feelings from each other’s dance portraits.

Dance Portraits on Screen – 2021:   Film by Maida Withers, concept/director/filmmaker, and Robin Bell, filmmaker/visual artist, with original music by Steve Hilmy, in collaboration with MWDCCo/GWU dance faculty, Erica Rebollar and Anthony Gongora, and GWU undergraduate dancers. Dancers are listed in the order of their appearance on screen: Alejandro Arango, Grace Eberts, Zoe Warren, Cate Alvaro, Anthony Gongora, Aaron Mancus, Erica Rebollar, Anthony Gongora, Paige Valego, Anthony Gongora, Lisa Roberts. Costumes by Adalia Tonneyck; Assistant Stage Manager, Sophia Young. For the premiere, the finale was performed live, on ZOOM, April 22, 2021 with technical support of Carl Gudenius. The making of the film occurred in Spring 2021 during the serious global COVID-19 pandemic.  Marta Renzi and Wendy Woodson graciously attended the showing to give feedback regarding the film.

Dance Portraits on Screen was presented in the following film festivals:
< Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 19, 2021 , CIA. ARTESÃOS DO CORPO DANÇA-TEATRO, Virtual Film Festival.
< Toronto, Canada, October 18, 2021, Toronto International Dance Festival, Toronto, Canada