MIGRATION DANCE FILM PROJECT
I am currently writing and directing this series of award-winning short films that follows a cast of dancer-singers as they travel - where song, rhythm, and movement combine with landscape to recount stories of migration.
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LAY ME LOW
LAY ME LOW OPENS A COMMUNAL SPACE OF EXPERIENCE THROUGH MOURNING BY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN SONG AND MOVEMENT. A TRADITIONAL SHAKER SONG OF THE SAME NAME IS PERFORMED BY 10 DANCERs AND SINGERS TO COMMUNICATE A UNIVERSAL FEELING OF LOSS WHILE EVOKING A PARADOXICAL SENSE OF INTIMACY.
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THE STORM
IN THIS SECOND FILM, THE WEATHER IGNITES A SENSE OF MYSTERY, WONDER, AND ANTICIPATION. THE SUSPENSION OF TIME SPENT WAITING—AND LIVES LIVED ELSEWHERE—INHABITS THIS POIGNANT SHORT.
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PILGRIMAGE
PILGRIMAGE REFLECTS THE TRANSFORMATIVE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF A COLLECTIVE JOURNEY THAT TAKES THE AUDIENCE ON A VOYAGE WITH NINE DANCER-SINGERS ON A RHYTHMIC QUEST THROUGH OPEN FARMLANDS, A PLACE OF REFUGE, ALONG PARCHED ROADS, AND ACROSS MOONLIT FIELDS.
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MOVE
GATHERED IN A TRAIN CAR WAITING ON THE TRACKS, NINE SINGERS PERFORM A SOULFUL RENDITION OF THE SONG “YOU GOTTA MOVE” ACCOMPANIED BY BODY PERCUSSION. PAST REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE DREAMS KINDLing A COMMUNAL CALLING.
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PROCESSION CREATIVE
Procession — Creative gathers and connects people through a co‑creation model, immersing Migration Dance Film Project’s Québec‑based performers alongside interdisciplinary artists and everyday community members globally.
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TRAVERSE
Traverse weaves the stories of five women into a tapestry of collective experience. At an intersection of two structures: one man-made, the other natural, their movement and voices unite. Through this process of reflection in motion, a powerful sense of strength is ignited.
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REFUGE
REFUGE draws from the corporeal memories of 10 dancers-singers whose individual practices converge into a nomadic and rhythmic chorus of home searching.
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NAVIGATION
Set in the spectacular Burren region of the west coast of Ireland, Navigation uses the land itself to explore how we navigate through unknown terrain. Themes of survival and perseverance, departure and renewal emerge in a nuanced and layered interpretation of the migration experience.
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LANDED