Dancing Through the Lens

San Francisco Dance Film Festival
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Dancing Through the Lens is a bimonthly podcast from the San Francisco Dance Film Festival that features guests from the festival's dance and filmmaking communities. It offers a platform for artists in the dance world to share their interests and insights and discuss how they use film to create work and connect with audiences.

  1. Episode 12: Tamara Rojo

    10/18/2022

    Episode 12: Tamara Rojo

    Tamara Rojo, a former Royal Ballet principal dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet, is now forging new paths as the new artistic director of San Francisco Ballet. Over the course of her decade-long leadership of ENB, Rojo oversaw the creation of many dance films, most notably helmed by the creative team of Jess and Morgs (Jessica Wright & Morgann Runacre-Temple). These films have delighted audiences at SFDFF over the years. One of those films, An Evening with Taglioni, will screen as part of the festival kickoff Spotlight Shorts program at Lucasfilm Premiere Theater, which also has films featuring current and former San Francisco Ballet dancers. This interview was conducted by guest host and longtime SFDFF Executive Director Judy Flannery.  Spotlight Shorts Screens on Friday, October 28 at the Lucasfilm Premiere Theater at 7PM. More information can be found at this link: https://sfdancefilmfest.org/fall-festival-2022/shorts-program/opening-night-salute-to-shorts/ @rojotamara @jessandmorgsfilms @sfdancefilmfest

    20 min
  2. Episode 11: Vanessa Sanchez (La Mezcla)

    10/04/2022

    Episode 11: Vanessa Sanchez (La Mezcla)

    La Mezcla is a polyrhythmic San Francisco based dance and music ensemble rooted in Chicana, Latina and Indigenous traditions and social justice. Its founder, Vanessa Sanchez, spoke with us about the process of developing the company's latest work Ghostly Labor, a film and soon-to-be dance theatre piece that explores the history of labor in the US Mexico Borderlands. We spoke about the extensive research and development of the work, rhythmic crafting and hybridization and capturing clean sound when you're surrounded by traffic and farm equipment. Ghostly Labor will screen as a part of SFDFF's Raising Voices on Thursday, November 3rd at 7PM at the Roxie Theater. More information can be found at this link: https://sfdancefilmfest.org/fall-festival-2022/shorts-program/raising-voices-3/ https://vanessasanchez.net/lamezcla/ @sfdancefilmfest @lamezcla_sf @jjleanos @clschweitz This episode was recorded on the ancestral lands of the Yelamu, part of the unceded territory of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/

    22 min
  3. Episode 10: Steven Melendez

    09/20/2022

    Episode 10: Steven Melendez

    Steven Melendez is the artistic director of New York Theatre Ballet, a Manhattan-based ballet company dedicated to performing classic masterpieces and new contemporary works for adults and innovative hourlong ballets for young children. Steven's introduction to ballet began as a young child through the New York Theatre Ballet School's LIFT scholarship program that creates an equal opportunity and an accessible dance training environment for talented at-risk homeless and underserved children. A documentary about Steven and the program, also titled LIFT, will have its West-Coast Premiere on Saturday, November 5th at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. @sfdancefilmfest @couellette87 @thestevenmelendez @liftdocumentary @nytheatreballet Tickets for the 2022 San Francisco Dance Film Festival are now available https://sfdancefilmfest.org/fall-festival-2022/ This episode was recorded on the ancestral lands of the Yelamu, part of the unceded territory of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/

    22 min
  4. Episode 9: Bridget Murnane (director of Bella)

    09/06/2022

    Episode 9: Bridget Murnane (director of Bella)

    Bella Lewitzky was a modern-dance pioneer and an outspoken politically active champion of artistic freedom. The theatrical premiere of the documentary Bella, about Lewinsky’s life, work, and activism will take place at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival this fall with director Bridget Murnane in attendance. Clare had the opportunity to speak with Bridget about her close connection with Bella throughout her life as well as the questions she hopes the audience will ask themselves when they see the film. @sfdancefilmfest @clschweitz @bridgetmurnane @bellalewitzkyfilm This episode was recorded on the territory of xučyun (Huichin), the original land of the Chochenyo speaking Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/

    21 min
  5. EPISODE 8: Lenora Lee & Olivia Ting

    08/25/2022

    EPISODE 8: Lenora Lee & Olivia Ting

    Lenora Lee, artistic director of Lenora Lee Dance and Olivia Ting, multimedia graphic designer, had been collaborative partners for quite some time, and are currently working on their newest premiere "In The Movement" which will run for nearly two weeks at the beginning of September at ODC theater. Chris spoke with them about the experience of taking dance and creating an immersive environment, the importance of honoring the history of the people and the sites they choreograph and create on, and what they hope to accomplish when translating dance into film. @sfdancefilmfest @couellette87 @lenoraleedance @oting1 @67suenos http://www.lenoraleedance.com/ This episode was recorded on the ancestral lands of the Yelamu, part of the unceded territory of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/

    22 min
  6. Episode 7: Nadia Adame

    08/09/2022

    Episode 7: Nadia Adame

    Nadia Adame is a Spanish multidisciplinary award-winning artist with a spinal cord injury and the current artistic director of AXIS Dance Company. She studied Ballet & Flamenco at the Royal Dance Conservatory of Madrid and has a BA in Theatre from the University of Colorado. She was a company member with AXIS (2001-2003) and Candoco Dance Company (2007-2008). In 2004, she co-founded and was the Co-Artistic Director of Compañía Y in Spain, a multimedia and performance collective. Nadia’s credits include dance, theatre, commercial, and independent film projects in the UK, Spain, US, and Canada. @sfdancefilmfest @couellette87 @axisdanceco @nadia_adame http://www.nadiaadame.com/ This episode was recorded on the ancestral lands of the Yelamu, part of the unceded territory of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/

    18 min
  7. Episode 6: Sean Dorsey

    07/19/2022

    Episode 6: Sean Dorsey

    Sean Dorsey is recognized as one of the country's first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographers and the first transgender artist to appear on the cover of Dance Magazine. Sean not only presents his own work through Sean Dorsey dance, but is also the artistic director of  Fresh Meat Productions which invests in the creative expression and cultural leadership of transgender and gender-nonconforming communities. He was most recently featured in KQED's If Cities Could Dance series, which not only profiled his career but also presented filmic reinterpretations of his stage work. We discuss how choreographic material changes when brought from stage to film back to stage as well as his dreams for the future of trans artists in dance and dance film. @sfdancefilmfest @seandorseydance @freshmeatsf San Francisco Transgender Film Festival Call for Entries Early Deadline: August 11 https://sftff.org/submissions/ Transgender Dancer Sean Dorsey Invites Trans and Queer People to Dream Big | If Cities Could Dancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnP2yjqrZDg&ab_channel=KQEDArts This episode was recorded on the ancestral lands of the Yelamu, part of the unceded territory of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/

    20 min
  8. Episode 5: Babatunji

    07/12/2022

    Episode 5: Babatunji

    If you've seen dance in the Bay Area, you've probably seen Babatunji. His extraordinarily athletic and almost superhuman movement style has captivated audiences both onstage as a longtime company member for Alonzo King Lines Ballet as well as onscreen in films by Post:Ballet, Max Savage and Kate Duhamel's Candy Bomber, among others. Clare spoke with Babatunji about his dance journey and his insight and experience as a dancer on film. @babatunji @clschweitz @sfdancefilmfest @linesballet @sfdanceworks @postballet @candybomberkate Amy Seiwert's Imagery presents Sketch 12: Dear Diary on July 15th and 16th at the Cowell Theater at Fort Mason. Featuring three world premieres by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, Imagery’s new Artistic Fellow Natasha Adorlee, and Choreographer Joshua L. Peugh. https://www.asimagery.org/sketch-12 This episode was recorded on the ancestral lands of the Yelamu, part of the unceded territory of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/

    21 min
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Dancing Through the Lens is a bimonthly podcast from the San Francisco Dance Film Festival that features guests from the festival's dance and filmmaking communities. It offers a platform for artists in the dance world to share their interests and insights and discuss how they use film to create work and connect with audiences.

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  • Creator
    San Francisco Dance Film Festival
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
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