Dance Portraits on Screen 2021
Dance Portraits on Screen 2021
This film by Maida Withers, choreographer, and Robin Bell, filmmaker, captures a portrait of young dancers, alone on screen 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.
History of Film
2021 Film by Maida Withers, choreographer/filmmaker, and Robin Bell, filmmaker/visual artist, with original music by Steve Hilmy, in collaboration with GWU dance faculty, Erica Rebollar and Anthony Gongora, and GWU dancers. The 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.
The Film 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
Artists and Collaborators
- Film Concept, Choreographer, Artistic Director of Production Online GWU
- Film, Visual Media, Editor
- Composer/Musician
- Technical Director, ZOOM event
- GW Faculty Dancer/choreographer, solo
- GW Faculty Dancer
- GW Dancer
- GW Dancer
- GW Dancer
- GW Dancer
- GW Dancer
- GW Dancer
- GW Dancer
- Assistant Stage Manager
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- Costume Design
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Other Performances
- ZOOM ONLINE(map) on April 22, 2021