MIGRATION DANCE FILM PROJECT
navigation (2020)
navigation - trailer (2020)
navigation is set in the breathtakingly stark Burren region of the West Coast of Ireland and dialogues with the land itself to explore how we pass over perilous terrain. While ten dancers cross the rocky landscape, themes of survival and perseverance, departure and renewal emerge in this reflection on the migration experience. As the movers find their way to the coastline they are joined by the Co. Clare-based Lismorahaun Singers, turning towards the vanishing point and what lies beyond.
Director: Marlene Millar
1st Assistant Director: Omari Carter
Writers/Producers: Marlene Millar & Sandy Silva
Performers: Bobby Thompson, Andrew Bathory, Sonia Clarke, David Cronkite, Dominic Desrochers, Afia Douglas, Isaac Endo, Hélène Lemay, Kimberly Robin, & Sandy Silva
Editor: Jules de Niverville
Composers: Jean Fréchette & Sandy Silva
Sound Editor: Félix Boisvert
Cinematography: Kes Tagney
Choreography: Sandy Silva
Co-producer: Anna Alexandre
Choir: The Lismorahaun Singers
Run Time: 13:30
OFFERING (2023)
OFFERING creates a meaningful convergence between body percussion mentors and emerging artist mentees from dance and circus arts. The choreography uses the power of procession in Montreal’s borough of Little Burgundy to amplify its storyline of (re)imagined homescape in the era of mid-pandemic. The procession intertwines and unfolds through the neighbourhood and articulates the spatial array of stillness of movement — taking refuge in its powerful migratory patterns traced across our urbanscape.
Director: Marlene Millar
Choreographer: Sandy Silva Dance
Producers: Marlene Millar, Sandy Silva, Kathy Sperberg
Editor: Marites Carino
Performers: Sonia Clarke, David E. Cronkite, Dominic Desrochers, Afia Douglas, Isaac Endo, Hélène Lemay, Kimberly Robin, Bobby Thompson, Chloe Hart, Rachel Hutchison, Sana Hutchison, Edaï Larobina, Mathilde Richer, Louis Roy & Omari 'Motion' Carter
Director of Photography: Zacharie Fay
Steadicam Operator: Kes Tagney
Additional Cinematography: Pete Kreil
Assistant Director: Marites Carino
Production Manager: Erika Zur Nedden
Camera Assistants: Wissam E. Salem, Fiori Ghirmai
Grip: Nathan Spencer-Cross
PAs: Renaud Desjardins, Kyana Lyne
Set Photographer: Saria Chatila
BTS Video: Pablo Cordoba
Colourist: Christophe Chemin, La Coloristory
Sound Recording: Marco Fania, Juan Fernandez, Jean Fréchette
Sound Editor|Mix: Jean Fréchette
Original Composition: Sandy Silva, Jean Fréchette