Annie Kloppenberg is the Inaugural Director of the Lyons Arts Lab, professor at Colby College, and Affiliate Artist with the Portland Ballet. This is her second dance film.
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In my first steps in working as a dance therapist I begin to understand that psychosis requires us to delve into the depths of the universal experience, acknowledging the fragile nature of humans minds and to explore our own shadows. This process demands deep listening, empathy, and a readiness to confront what is often hidden, both within ourselves and in those we accompany.
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HOMEMAKER is a short screendance work, directed and filmed by Megan Brown. Filmed on Easdale Island in Scotland, HOMEMAKER is a glimpse into a mothers matrescence journey. It's the ecological evolution of being thrown into motherhood, the isolating, maddening and guilt ridden parts shrouded in a beautiful baby bubble. That Nobody seems to talk about.
Filmed, Directed and Produced by Megan Brown
Performed by Frances Drewery
Music by KNYF (Tom Hopkin)
After years of living in the Far East, amidst various religious and spiritual practices, the woman returns to her abandoned family home and begins to understand how this life experience opened her to a deeper perception of universal life force.
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Labeled a ballerina since she was a baby, Juliana has been dancing for as long as she can remember. Even as an adult, selling ballet shoes, dance remains a constant in her life. But amid the relentlessness of her routine, she begins to question whether being a dancer is truly her calling.
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I am passionate about the environment and the relationships that humans cultivate with nature. I am curious how dance can connect people to their instinctual and animal-like body and dissolve the barrier between what is natural and what is bizarre. My work often deals with socially imposed discomfort around organic phenomenon, such as death, along with the ways that we destroy or dissociate from the natural world. My choreography works to bridge the divide between performer and spectator, offering opportunities for self-reflection as well as challenging audience’s perception of reality
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