Sarah Elgart

Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round 3 – The Honorable Mentions

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Last week we announced the winners of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round 3 and today we are thrilled to announce this year’s list of Honorable Mentions! Once again, this year D2D received worthwhile films from all over the world. Amongst them these films stood out for their inventiveness with dance and the camera, interactions with the public, conceptual ideas, sheer beauty and much more.

Back2Zero (Europe)

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Director: Rain Kencana

Choreography: Kadir Memis

Dancers: Juan Tirado, Diego de la Rosa, Claudia Iglesias Ungo

Producer: Manon Lemoine

Music: Milian Vogel

 

Loneliness in the City (Japan/Germany)

Loneliness

Directors: Atsushi Kakefuda, Saki Tagami

Dancers: Emiko Tamura, Leon Barande

Music: Kenji Minami

 

Ever and Anon  (US)

Ever & Anon

Director: Rush Johnston

Choreographer/Dancer: Rebecca Lee

Director of Photography: Natalie Cox

Producer: Eliana Krasner

Editor: Julia Asher

 

U Could Be (US)

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Directors: Ani Taj, Maddy Talias

Dancers: Aya, Fernando Contreras, Audrey Hailes, Georgia Sanford, Fernanda Alvarez, Desmond Sam, Tina Vaden, Michael Love Michael, Ani Taj

Music: Eucademix

Voiceover: Aziza Barnes

Editor: Maddy Talias

 

Stay tuned in future issues for features on these and the winning films.

If you are in Los Angeles, this week only you can see the four Honorable Mentions, 6 Award Winners, and other officially selected films in their entirety at our first ever screening this Saturday, January 11 @ 5:30 pm at REDCAT, as part of Dance Camera West. For tickets and information on this and the entire completely worthwhile DCW programming (January 9-12), go to: http://www.dancecamerawest.org/schedule-2020

Meanwhile enjoy this teaser for Ever and Anon!

https://vimeo.com/383627898

 

*Feature image from Back2Zero

 

Sarah Elgart

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Founder/Director of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival, Sarah Elgart is a Los Angeles based choreographer and director working under the auspice of Sarah Elgart | Arrogant Elbow. Sarah creates original content for stage, screen, and site-specific venues. Her stage and site-works have been performed at alternative spaces including LAX Airport, The Skirball Center, Mark Taper Forum, Van Nuys Flyaway, The Bradbury Building, Jacob’s Pillow, INSITU Site-Specific Festival NY, and Loft Seven, where she created a rooftop work lit entirely by a hovering helicopter accompanied by Nels Cline (Wilco). Her work has been produced by venues including The Music Center, MASS MoCA, Dance Place, Los Angeles Theater Center, Mark Taper Forum and The International Women’s Theater Festival. In film Sarah has worked with noted directors including JJ Abrams, David Lynch, Catherine Hardwicke, and Anton Corbijn. Her own films include award-winning music videos, dance shorts, and an Emmy nominated PSA, and continue to be accepted into festivals internationally. In addition to teaching dance and film, Sarah writes a regular column, ScreenDance Diaries that focuses on the intersections of both genres internationally for online magazine Cultural Weekly. Sarah’s work has received support from organizations that include the Rockefeller Foundation, the NEA, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, California Arts Council and more. She is an alumna of the Sundance Institute’s Dance Film Lab, a Fellow of AFI’s Directing Women’s Workshop, and a director member of the DGA.

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