Screendance II: Screenscapes

These ten screendance works present a diverse palette of voices that reveal themselves with innovative immediacy in every frame.

Be transported into a collective trance, fractured dreams, sweeping landscapes, a whirlwind romance, an introspective journey, and quirky takes on everyday settings illuminated through expressively human screenscapes. Experience deeply personal emotional journeys, moving celebrations of culture and community, and abstractly evocative beauty rooted in the boundless potential of the imagination.

Venue accessibility: The entrance to the screening room is at 600 The Embarcadero. Once you enter the gates, there is an office to your left with a front desk. The person at the front desk will escort you to the elevator to get to the screening room.

Program Info

Runtime: 73 minutes

Saturday, October 19 @ 12:30PM

Venue: Delancey Street Theater

$15 GA / $40 Arts Patron

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Program Films

A reflection in a shallow body of water shows a group of dancers in white standing with their arms at their sides. The sky behind them is completely clear of clouds.
In a psychoanalytic journey through the landscapes of northern Spain, “OIRIS” uses dance to illuminate the relationship between the individual and the group.
Pablo Costas Costas, Derek Hernández Pedros
Pablo Costas
(Spain, 2023) 3:53 minutes

OIRIS

A dancer is bathed in deep orange light in a black box space. They sit cross-legged on the floor, their hands on their chest. The dress they wear is splayed around them in a circle on the floor.
In “Burn From the Inside,” a group of dancers immerse themselves in a collective trance that fuses movement and music to reveal the transcendent power of the fire within.
Mthuthuzeli November
Mthuthuzeli November
(United Kingdom, 2024) 9:59 minutes

Burn From The Inside

Two dancers in yellow long sleeved shirts and black pants are in a dark hotel lobby. Behind them is a worn black wall with cubbies, a clock, two mauve old fashioned table lights, and two small dog statues. The dancers are posed identically: bowed forward with their legs crossed and hands extended to their sides.
In “I Deeply Know,” two enigmatic figures reckon with isolation in a dilapidated hotel lobby, piecing themselves together even as they split apart.
Ross Brown
Levi Teachout
(New Zealand) 10:03 minutes

I Deeply Know

Two dancers wearing flowy clothing stand on a beach with their feet in the water. They stand opposite each other, each in a shallow lunge, one arm curved upwards towards one another. The sun reflects in the water behind them as it sets, lighting the water orange and red.
In the serene beauty of a Chinese temple, “The Circle” reflects on a lifetime of practice and the many crossing encounters that shape us.
Zehao Su, Jiahui Wu
(China, 2023) 4:56 minutes

The Circle

A shirtless dancer reaches an arm towards the camera, his brows furrowed. One light shines on him from above, the rest of the image shrowded in darkness.
“Vanishing Act” is an abstract dance film noir inspired by dancer Dylan Wald’s journey of self-reflection while grappling with a career-threatening injury.
Bruno Roque, Penny Saunders
Penny Saunders
(United States, 2023) 11:15 minutes

Vanishing Act

A person in a black and white suit stands on a sandy beach in a center lunge, both the sand and their hair blowing wildly in the wind. The dancer is pointing a finger out to the side, into the wind.
A lone tuxedoed dancer in “Not Now” communes with land and sea in a moving call to action on climate change.
Joshua Molony, Loughlan Prior
Loughlan Prior
(United Kingdom, 2024) 3:36 minutes

Not Now

A dancer stands in tall grass along a shoreline. They wear a crop top and skirt made out of knotted white fabric and their hair forms three buns down the back of their head. They stand, extending their arms outwards, as sunlight hits their face.
Visceral images flash through a darkly fractured dreamscape of writhing, reeling bodies in “Devouring Stones Up Close” to channel the spirit of those whose land we walk, create, and dance on.
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Jasmine Fitch, Katie Schetlick, Mizuho Kappa, Cat Rider
(United States, 2023) 8:37 minutes

Devouring Stones Up Close

The left half of the image shows a woman wearing a green suit in a small square room with a zigzag patterned couch. She is taking a step forward. On the right side, a man in a black suit leans far backwards, one arm reaching above his head and the other out to the side. Both rooms have lights on strings hanging from the ceiling.
“LAYERS” is a contemporary dance film that artfully explores the intricate layers of human connections, delving into the multifaceted nature of relationships, emotions, and personal journeys.
Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia, Fabris Šulin
Nastja Bremec Rynia, Michal Rynia
(Slovenia, 2023) 8:54 minutes

LAYERS

A dancer looks intensely forward with blue paint dripping from their hands and face. One hand is held to their face, fingers splayed, while the other is outstreched forward with tension.
One woman’s dreams come to life in “Lullaby for me,” an ode to the empty spaces left by memories.
Ariadna Peya, Núria Gascón
Ariadna Peya
(Spain, 2023) 5:15 minutes

Lullaby for me

A person wearing an all-white outfit reaches their arms with balled fists upwards beside a parked car on a deserted gravel road with railway tracks in the background. The image is in black and white.
“Morning Interlude” is a darkly absurd fantasy of romantic conflict and reconciliation through the magnetic power of dance.
Sirius
Mès Lesne
(France, 2024) 6:26 minutes

Morning Interlude

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