Opening Night - Frames in Motion

danielle Mackenzie Long

Duration: 1:32

A ribcage embodies a dance, refusing to allow its movement to be constrained by a diaphragm made of bubble wrap.

Using animation software and motion capture data from a non-binary dance artist’s movement a dance is presented through non-gendered means of performance. opaqueREFUSALS is the first volume of a work-in-progress interdisciplinary project combining movement, digital media, installation, online game design and live performance. The work aims to empower genderqueer dance artists to exist in a world where gender is neither binary, nor defined.

Director, Animator, Dancer, Editor: danielle Mackenzie Long
Sound Designer: Miya Kosowick Mawatari
New Media Support: Freya Björg Olafson, Casey Koyczan

Andreas Antonopulos

Duration: 12:00

Fragments is a collaboration project between filmmaker Andreas Antonopoulos and choreographer Deboleena Paul. The film explores the movement and architecture of Trinidad and Tobago in a historical context.

Director: Andreas Antonopoulos, Depoleena Paul
Choreographer: Deboleena Paul
Cinematographer, Editor: Andreas Antonopoulos
Music: Khion De Laz
Dancers: Christie Millette, Giselle Pascall, Kdissa Davis, Marquise Brow, Natalia Williams, Okia Brathwaite, Quisha Christopher Davis, Steve Ghany

Eric Cheung (Canada) EMERGING

World Premiere

Duration: 4:26

Set in a neo-noir-inspired landscape, the narrative follows Eric's never-ending journey and obsession with the infinite as a source of meaning. Eric portrays his internal conflict through choreographic distorted, repetitive, and looping movements. As he progresses through the real world, he gradually transforms and merges with the environment around him until he reaches a perceived infinity. At this point, Eric transcends into a 3D virtual world. A vacuum of space where time does not exist, where he sees glimpses from his past, present, and future. Eric then leaves this virtual space back to reality, beginning a new cycle. Ultimately leading to the end of the film's beginning - an infinite loop.

Film Director, Editor: Alim Sabir
Choreographer, Dance Artist: Eric Cheung
Creative Director: Sebastian Palencia
Director of Photography: Brad Stuckel
Producer: Pique Production
Music Composer: Mathew Tomkinson
Assistant Director: Michael Falco
Gaffer: Artur Vetstein
Steadicam: Miha Matevzik
1st AC: Teo Weyman
2nd AC: Ben Smallz
VFX: Luke Bellissimo
Swing(s): Carson Lower, Brian Gregory, Kurtis Watson
DMT: Ben Smallz
PA: David Falco, Catrina Chen, Jack Peros
Production Designer: Sam Sziget
Costume: Acronym