DANCE ONSCREEN
DANCE ONSCREEN began as a partnership between Branch Collective and the Sudbury Indie Cinema to show locally made dance films and videos. The single screening event has now grown into a festival.
Read below to see our upcoming festival.
DANCE ONSCREEN 2022
Dance: Simisola Tayo | Photographer: Your Dance Photographer
DANCE ONSCREEN is a four-day dance film festival hosted in Sudbury, Ontario, produced by Branch Collective in partnership with the Sudbury Indie Cinema taking place on November 17th-20th, 2022. DANCE ONSCREEN is a film festival that celebrates and supports dance films created and produced in the Canadian context and maintains Branch Collective’s mission to program work that is based in the body, movement, and performance. The content of the festival includes artists who practice a range of dance forms and movement practices, as well as a wide range of film genres and perspectives. DANCE ONSCREEN aims to present a radical diversity of dance, expanding our definition of what dance is.
Schedule
Day 1 - Thursday, November 17th
6:30pm Screening of Cabaret and DANCE ONSCREEN launch party! @The Sudbury Indie
Day 2 - Friday, November 18th
7pm - Local Commissions @The Sudbury Indie
8:30pm - Artist+Audience Dinner @The Laughing Buddha
Day 3 - Saturday, November 19th
10:30am-12:30pm - Finding Your Dance of Repair: A Virtual Movement Workshop for All Bodies ONLINE
1:00pm-3:00pm - Community Coffee @KUPPAJOE
3:30pm - Youth Program @The Sudbury Indie
Day 4 - Sunday, November 20th
9:30am-11:30am The Animal Inside: Create a dance film with Leigh Lugosi @Sudbury School of Dance
12pm - Ontario Showcase @The Sudbury Indie
2pm - Canadian Open @The Sudbury Indie
Screenings
Celebrating its 50-year anniversary, Cabaret is a film that layers serious social issues with the bohemian life of live performers in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. The film holds 40 international awards, including eight Academy Awards and is led by icon Bob Fosse. This film is a cult classic and a necessary watch for dancers, musical theatre makers, and performers of all kind.
Thursday, November 17th, 2022 6:30pm @The Sudbury Indie Cinema - $15
FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY!
The DANCE ONSCREEN festival launch party will begin directly after the screening of Cabaret. Branch Collective has transformed the theatre into a cozy space where folks can gather to connect with artists and other audience members, groove to live music by Michel Laforge and some homemade baked goods! (It’s not a party without cake.)
Join us!
The Local Commissions program is a collection of films that have been supported by Branch Collective. The program encompasses the artist who have taken part in the Northern Dance Film Initiative. Take a minute to have a deeper look into what this initiative is about and who the participating artists are.
Presenting films by:
Curtis Kagige / Emilio Portal / Elyse Portal
Carly Stasko / Majero Bowman / Marc Donato / Mike Doni
Candice Irwin / Polly Kultur / Mariana Lafrance
Emi Nault / Darlene Raven / Vince Clarke / Scott Riching / Emerson Bardales
Northern Latin Flavour led by Zoi Monroy / Claudio Peralta / Samantha Buttery
Sky Slywchuk / Eric Miron / Pierre Laframboise / Ty Reinhardt
Friday, November 19th. 2022 7pm @The Sudbury Indie Cinema - $12
The Youth Program presents dance films created by your (25<) from across the country. Emergent artists are an integral part of the art ecosystem. What does this generation of dance artists and filmmakers have to say?
Screening films by:
Alten Wilmot
Alyssa Favero
Elizabeth Wei Yun Albrecht and Tilley Aga Thom
Elvina Raharja
Jasmine Liaw
Kaya Joy Tsurumi
Kristian Cahatol
Saturday, November 19th, 2022 3:30pm @The Sudbury Indie Cinema - $12
The Ontario Showcase program is aimed to create a space for dance artists and fimmakers from across ONtario to share their work. So often we notice a divide between northern and southern Ontario. This program aims to create a space for connection.
Screening films by:
Allen Kaeja and Karen Kaeja
Angela Josephine
Candace Kumar
Carly Stasko
Christine Friday
Janie Pinard
Nicola Adilman
Tianna Therriault
Sunday, November 20th, 2022 12pm @The Sudbury Indie Cinema - $12
The Canadian Open program shares work from choreographers and filmmakers across the country. We saw an increase of dance film production during the pandemic, and along with it, a national community of artists connecting through the digital dance creations. This program focuses on the continuation of supporting dance film moving into the future.
Screening films by:
Allison Beda
Cara Marie Lewis
Emily Solstice Tait
Francis Binet
John Graham
Leigh LugosiLynn Panting
Melanie Kloetzel
Meredith Kalaman
Michaela St-Pierre
Miranda Chan
Thomas Corriveau
Sunday, November 20th, 2022 2pm @The Sudbury Indie Cinema - $12
Workshops
Finding Your Dance of Repair: A Virtual Movement Workshop for All Bodies
Saturday, November 19th, 2022 10:30am-12:30pm EST
ONLINE and FREE! No registration required
Link for workshop. Join before we start at 10:30: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6155298758
Facilitated by Carly Stasko and Majero Bouman, two members of the team that created the short personal documentary “Dancing in the Doctor’s Office” (Local Commissions Program).
"Tending, Mending, Defending,
The Dance fo Repair Is never ending.
It's all about befriending,
all the places we are alive.
So we can thrive, sustain,
and survive."- Carly Stasko, 2020
Movement is a resource that builds resilience in the world.
What is the story of you supporting yourself, and what does it look like when you express that through movement and in connection with others?
You don’t have to be a dancer,
You don’t have to be an artist,
You don’t have to be in a good mood,
You can arrive just as you are.
Join this online workshop ready to move to whatever extent you are able.
Have writing paper and pen, as well as something to drink as needed.
We look forward to playing with you soon.
Carly and Majero have been exploring creative embodiment in community for 5 years, both online and in person and are pleased to have discovered many ways to create safe, restorative and inspiring experiences for participants.
The Animal Inside - Create a dance film with Leigh Lugosi
Sunday, November 20th, 2022 9:30am-11:30am
Studio open at 9am for folks to come and settle in
Sudbury School of Dance (165 Pine St)
FREE! No registration required
In this experimental workshop, filmmaker, musician, and mover Leigh Lugosi opens up a space for creativity and collaboration to dancers and movers of all disciplines ages 16+. Participants will be welcomed to free themselves from their inhibitions and embrace the animal within. Leigh will lead participants through movement with the goal of exploring our primary instincts and releasing expectations of beauty or being "good at dancing". Next, the group will work in collaboration, moving, dancing, exploring, and interacting while Leigh films and directs the group with suggestions. This workshop is ultimately a guided improvisation that will culminate in the creation of a fully improvised dance film set to a soundtrack curated by Leigh.
Community Events
Inside of all projects led by Branch Collective, we work to integrate time and space for people to simply BE TOGETHER. We believe that gathering together to experience art, to enjoy treats, and to share in conversation, forms strong connections which serve as the basis of our community. Coming up we have three moments in time where you can connect with other community members during DANCE ONSCREEN. These events are open to everyone as we believe community is not just the artists creating work, but also our friends and family members, art administrators, art supporters, and audience members.
Festival Launch Party
Thursday, November 17th - immediately after the screening of Cabaret @The Sudbury Indie
(see Cabaret screening description for more information)
Artist+Audience Dinner
Friday, November 18th - 8:30pm @The Laughing Buddha
This social event takes place after the Local Commissions program screening. We would like to welcome anyone who would like to join us out for food and drink to share in conversation and celebrate the work of local choreographers, musicians, and filmmakers. RSVP appreciated.
Community Coffee
Saturday, November 19th 1-3pm @KUPPAJOE
Graciously, KUPPAJOE is welcoming Branch Collective to hold space at the cafe for folks to gather for a coffee, tea, and conversation. Here again, we aim to create a porous and open space for folks to come and go as they would like with the intention of creating a space for connection. All are welcome. At 3pm, we will walk over the Sudbury Indie Cinema for the 3:30pm screening.
Media
Festival Producer, Mikaela Demers, sat down with Beth Mairs, host of Film Stuff on CKLU to chat about Branch Collective and DANCE ONSCREEN.
DANCE ONSCREEN 2021
October 27th, 2021
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