If you are living in or visiting Washington, D.C. in October and interested in seeing dance on film, for one night only on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm (EDT), the Chamber Dance Project will present New Works, New Places: An Evening of Dance on Film in the Justice Forum at the REACH at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Each screening runs 80 minutes in length.
Chamber Dance Project company dancers, choreographers and filmmakers joined forces to create seven dance on film works, including three world premieres. Each film was shot at locations around the country during 2020 and 2021, a time when the Covid pandemic had forced performance venues around the world to cancel or postpone live in-person performances. One of the films, Sarabande, was filmed at the Sepulveda Dam right here in Los Angeles.
Chamber Dance Project dancers Davit Hovhannisyan and Luz San Miguel in film “Berceuse” – Photo by Ania Hidalgo
Based in Washington, DC, Chamber Dance Project is led by Artistic Director Diane Coburn Bruning. The company produces wonderful performance experiences for its audiences with live music and film. The company website states that its artists strive to redefine contemporary ballet. Bruning founded Chamber Dance Project dancers & musicians in New York City in 2000, relocating to Washington, D.C. in 2013.
Bruning is an award-winning choreographer who has worked with dance, theatre, and opera companies nationally and internationally. She has worked with Atlanta Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Boston Ballet, Juilliard Dance Ensemble, American Repertory Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Joffrey II, Nashville Ballet, Aspen Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Ballet Memphis, Daghdha Dance (Ireland), Minnesota Ballet, Chautauqua Ballet, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, and Studio Theatre among others.
The company’s Principal Musician is Claudia Chudacoff, a violinist and concertmaster of the National Gallery Orchestra and the Alexandria Symphony, who is currently enjoying a temporary full-time contract with the National Symphony Orchestra.
Following the 6:30 pm screening of New Works, New Places: An Evening of Dance on Film there will be a reception with Artistic Director Bruning joined by the artists and filmmakers.
Here is the list of dance films on the program
Berceuse, a duet filmed in a soaring atrium of the Milwaukee Museum of Art designed by Santiago Calatrava
A Single Light, created by the dancers in their own homes
Sarabande, set against the backdrop of the immense Sepulveda Dam in Los Angeles
Waltz (World premiere), filmed in an opulent Beaux Arts-era ballroom in Washington, D.C.
Dwellings (World premiere), a vibrant ensemble piece set on a local rooftop
A work (World premiere) filmed in the historic Wilkes Street Tunnel in Old Town Alexandria.
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WHAT: Chamber Dance Project presents New Works, New Places: An Evening of Dance on Film
WHEN: Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm (EDT)
WHERE: Justice Forum at the REACH at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
TICKETS: Tickets range from $30-$100 and are on sale from the Kennedy Center Box Office.
This event is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rentals Office and is not produced by the Kennedy Center.
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To visit the Chamber Dance Project website, click HERE.
Written and compiled for LA Dance Chronicle from Chamber Dance Project PR Rae Holliday, rholliday@opendoorinc.com – 202-320-5134
Featured image: Chamber Dance Project – Christian Denice performing Sarabande in Los Angeles – Photo by Owen Scarlett
