Moving Body-Moving Image 2022 Festival Program (accessible)

Welcome Welcome to the biennale Moving Body – Moving Image Festival, founded in 2018 as a small Festival for Dance and Movement on Screen focused on social justice topics. The 2022 festival explores the moving body with disabilities on screen. Our Festival has a selection of invited films and films selected by a representative jury. With two programs of shorts, we are excited to present a diverse range of films, including works like "Phoenix Dance," which follows the evolution of a pas de deux created for the late Homer Avila after his right leg and hip were amputated due to cancer. Another highlight is the feature documentary film Vision Portraits, directed by Rodney Evans. The film is a portrait of four artists with visual impairment, including Rodney himself. A conversation with choreographer Kayla Hamilton and Rodney Evans will follow the screening. This year's Festival will have three parts: an Installation of films presented at the Barnard College Movement Lab from March 28th through April 3rd; our Main Program on April 3rd consisting of two programs of shorts, the featured documentary and guest speaker conversation; and Online Screening access to all Festival films, including select online only features, from April 3rd through April 11th available on our website: https://www.movingbodymovingimage.com. As always, all events are free, open to the public, and accessible. We are thankful for the support of Barnard College’s Movement Lab, Sloate Media Center, Department of Dance, Glicker Milstein Theater, th e Center for Accessibility Resources & Disability Services, and the grant from the Diversity Council at Barnard. In Gratitude, Gabri Christa, Festival Founder, Director and Curator Guy de Lancey, Adjudicator, Technologist, Designer Allison Costa, Associate Producer and Website Designer Noa Weiss, Movement Lab Post Baccalaureate Fellow and Assistant Producer Josalynn Smith, Media Specialist, Media Center and Assistant Producer Katie Glasner, Artists Liaison Emily Alexander, Finances Abby Lee, Editor David Linton, PhD., Audio Description

TABLE OF CONTENTS SCHEDULE Pages 1 - 3 SHORTS I Pages 4 - 7 SHORTS II Pages 8 - 11 FEATURE DOC Page 12 INSTALLATION FILMS Pages 13 - 18 ONLINE ONLY Pages 19 - 21 GUEST SPEAKERS Pages 22 KEY CREATOR BIOS Pages 23 -27 MBMI TEAM Pages 28 - 31 PARTNERS Page 32 THANKS Page 33

Installations Re:collections Sense 8 Yo Obsolete Exit Strategy #2 Infusion No. 1 Reading Through the Body Barnard College - Movement Lab, Milstein 020 March 28 – April 3 Daily, 11am-6pm SCHEDULE - 1

Main Program 1 2 PM 1 2 :3 0 PM 2 PM 3 :3 0 PM 5 PM Festival Opens/Welcome Shorts I Stopgap in Stop Motion Uath Logans Phoenix Dance Flutter Shorts II Moods in Three Movements Gimp Gait From Me One + One Make Three Feature Documentary Vision Portraits Live Discussion Kayla Hamilton and Rodney Evans. Barnard College - Glicker Milstein Theater April 3 12pm-6pm SCHEDULE - 2

Online S HOR T S I SH O RTS I I FE AT U R E DO C I N STA L L A TI O N F ILM S O N L IN E O NLY Stopgap in Stop Motion Uath Logans Phoenix Dance Flutter Moods in Three Movements Gimp Gait From Me One + One Make Three Vision Portraits Re:collections Sense 8 Yo Obsolete Exit Strategy #2 Infusion No. 1 Reading Through the Body How to Train an Antihero Who is Honorine Platzer? Eudaimonia movingbodymovingimage.com April 3 – April 11 SCHEDULE- 3

Image Description: A propped up paper photograph with a figure cut out and placed slightly in front of the original photo. The background of the photo contains a person on the left in a lunge, and a person on the right leaning forward in a wheelchair in a dance studio with wooden floors and black curtains. The cut out figure stands facing forward, wearing a tank top and shorts. Stopgap in Stop Motion UK | 2017 | 4:40 Director, Writer, and Producer: Stephen Featherstone Choreographer: Lucy Bennett Performers: Stopgap Dance Company: Amy Butler, Laura Jones, Nadenh Poan, Chris Pavia, Hannah Sampson, David Toole, David Willdridge, Tomos Young Composer: Dougie Evans Producer for Stopgap: Sho Shibata Cut Out Technician: Stephen Featherstone and Nigel Reeve Photographs of performers in an inclusive dance company come to life. The artists dance out of the photos and across table tops, performing in unison. SHORTS I - 4

Image Description: A person lays across a wooden deck path on their stomach, propped up on their hand and arm. They are wearing a long-sleeve shirt and pants, and are surrounded by small flowers and bushes in a field sparsely populated with trees. Uath Lochans Scotland | 2015 | 7:14 Director and Camera: Katrina MacPherson Editor: Simon Fildes Performer: Marc Brew Access: Melanie Wilson Music: David Lintern & James Weaver Producer: Peter Royston A video dance by Katrina McPherson, Simon Fildes and Marc Brew. A solo dancer and a physical, sensory exploration of place; "Uath Lochans" ("Oo-a Lo - hin") was filmed at the foothills of the Cairngorm Mountains in the Scottish Highlands. SHORTS I - 5

Image Description: Two people wearing dark clothing lean against each other, making contact with their upper bodies. The person on the left has their back to the camera, and has a tattoo on their upper back. The person on the right is facing the camera, and has one leg. Phoenix Dance USA | 2005 | 22.21 Director and Producer: Karina Epperlein Associate Producer: Gina Leibrecht Cinematographer: Karina Epperlein and John Knoop Choreographer: Alonzo King Performers: Homer Avila, Andrea Flores, Alonzo King Audio Description: David Linton A heroic journey of transformation and healing, "Phoenix Dance" challenges our expectations of what it means to be "disabled.” SHORTS I - 6

Image Description: Three people tilt to the right, looking up with one arm raised, and the other towards the ground. They are in an empty concrete lot with a bright sky behind them. Two of the people are in wheelchairs, the other one is kneeling with one leg stretched to the side. Flutter USA | 2010 | 4:36 Director and Choreographer: Robin Dekkers Producer: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Writer: Glenn Kotche, Steve Reich Cinematographer: Benjamin Tarquin Sound: Steve Reich, Clapping Music Performers: AXIS Dance Company: DeMarco Sleeper, JanpiStar, Yuko Monden Juma Audio Description: Alisa Rasera of Gravity Access Services "Flutter" is a meditation on the relationship between masculinity and femininity, form and freedom, contraction and expansion. SHORTS I - 7

Image Description: Two people hold hands in a counterbalance in a dim concrete space with three colorful murals on the back wall. The person on the left has long hair and is wearing a colorful outfit that matches the mural behind the pair. They are leaning backwards and holding onto their partner with two hands. The person on the right is in a wheelchair, connected to their partner with one hand while the other is stretched down to their side. Moods in Three Movements USA | 2021 | 4:10 Production Company: Niche Visuals Director and Producer: Ralph Klisiewicz Co-producers: Sydney Erlikh, Kris Lenzo Performers: Kris Lenzo, Sydney Erlikh Audio Description: David Linton A man struggles to find inspiration for his work. After confronting his inner demon, his art finds a new spark. SHORTS II - 8

Image Description: Two people, shirtless and visible from the chest up, hold each other in low light. Gimp Gait USA | 2016 | 5:06 Director and Choreographer: Pioneer Winter DP: Tabatha Mudra Sound: ABI-L-ITY, soundFORMovement, the performers Performers: Marjorie Burnett and Pioneer Winter Audio Description: David Linton "Gimp Gait" is a solo for two - surrogates to one another. The title of this work discloses its origin: ‘gimp,’ a slur meant to mark a weak or handicapped person and ‘gait,' the manner or style of a person’s walk. The subjects do not hide these from you - do you have a good view? Can you notice every part of their bodies - both the similarities and differences? This is Marjorie, and she wants you to witness her. This is Pioneer, and he is performing Marjorie’s power. SHORTS II - 9

Image Description: A person wearing a sweater with one hand against their neck and the other in a gesture with a closed hand. A curtain with branches, foliage, and birds is behind them. The image is split horizontally across the middle, and doubled. From Me UK | 2021 | 4:30 Artistic Director: Alison Ferrao Executive Director: Laura Graham Facilitators: Amy Lovelock and Ella Fleetwood Music: Simon Whiting and dancers Performers: Dancer Development Course (2019-21) at Magpie Dance Audio Description: David Linton "From Me"... if you had to write a letter to your body, what would you say? SHORTS II - 10

Image Description: A black-lined grid overlays an image of Alice and Laurel outstretched in full horizontal flight. Alice, a multiracial Black woman with short curly hair and coffee-colored skin, and Laurel, a pale white woman with short cropped brown hair, twist and connect in a black sky. Their hands link to each other’s wrists to form a human infinity loop in midair: Laurel on her back and Alice twisting sideways. Their wheelchairs glint in the light. Brandon, a mixed race Black artist with long braids half tied up, signs in the top corners of the screen. Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson of Kinetic Light; still from One + One Make Three/Safety Third Productions. One + One Make Three USA | 2021 | 27:36 Director: Katherine Helen Fisher Creative Director and Choreographer: Alice Sheppard Producers: Shimmy Boyle, Safety Third Productions Director of Photography: Devon Donis ASL Cinematography: Joe Foley Original Score Composition and Performance: Vanessa Gould Performers: Jerron Herman, Laurel Lawson, Brandon Kazen-Maddox, Catherine Nelson, Alice Sheppard Director of Access Design: Laurel Lawson This experimental docu-dance film directed by Katherine Helen Fisher takes audiences into the studio with acclaimed ensemble Kinetic Light, exploring disability as a creative force. SHORTS II - 11

Image Description: A person wearing a denim jacket sits on the subway with their eyes closed holding the handle of a cane. Vision Portraits USA | 2019 | 78:00 Writer and Director: Rodney Evans Producers: Rodney Evans, Rob Wunder Executive Producer: Joseph Lovett Cinematographers: Kjerstin Rossi, Mark Tumas Sound: Abigail Savage Performers: Rodney Evans, John Dugdale, Kayla Hamilton, Ryan Knighton, Anton Federov "Vision Portraits" is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the creative paths of blind and visually impaired artists including a photographer (John Dugdale), dancer (Kayla Hamilton), writer (Ryan Knighton) and the film's director, Rodney Evans. FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - 12

Image Description: A collage of digital images featuring a blue 3D modeled standing body with colorful lines and points on it, diagrams of hands, and x-rays. The text

Image Description: Two people are crouched facing opposite directions with the backs of their hands touching and moving towards the forehead of the person turned more to the camera. Sense 8 Scotland | 2001 | 10:40 Director: Katrina McPherson Camera Team: Neville Kidd, Simon Fildes, Katrina McPherson, Rick Nodine, Steven Mochrie Soundtrack: John Cobban Movement Director: Katy Dymoke Dancers: Jo Blowers, Katy Dymoke, Alan Foster, Jovair Longo, Ricky Nodine, Mary Prestidge, Scott Smith, Holly Thomas Multiple layers of perception emerge through the moving cameras, editing and soundtrack, creating a multi-perspective experience of contact improvisation dance. "Sense-8" was made with Touchdown Dance, working with visually impaired dancers. INSTALLATION FILMS - 14

Image Description: A person wearing a pink hoodie and pink boxing gloves stands with their hands raised in front of their body and their eyes closed. The hoodie has colorful textural embroidery on it, including orange polka-dots and a red cartoon cyclops octopus with a smiling mouth of teeth. Yo Obsolete USA | 2021 | 23:40 Installation, Writer, Designer, Audio Description, and Performer: Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez Cinematographer and Editor: Alex Romania Sound: Danny Cudd, Edward Karl Hanson, Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez Memories of a Disabled Child. What is real, what is imaginary and what is misunderstood? INSTALLATION FILMS - 15

Image Description: A pale inner forearm cuts diagonally across the image with the hand folded backwards, braced against the black background. Exit Strategy #2 USA | 2017 | 5:18 Director, Producer, Choreographer, and Performer: Kym McDaniel Thanks to: Cecelia Condit, Carl Bogner, and Jesse Mclean Audio Description: David Linton I seek treatment for a head injury and a memory is triggered from years earlier. In resistance to my past ways of coping, I release this stored body memory. INSTALLATION FILMS - 16

Image Description: An outline of a person’s upper body with their hands in front of them as they sit down, created through overlays of photographic chemical treatment outlines. Infusion No. 1 USA | 2020 | 3:00 Director, Writer, and Producer: Lauren Henschel Performer: Lauren Henschel Audio Description: David Linton "Infusion No. 1" is a single take performance of my weekly infusion of medication in which the film itself has been hand-processed and treated with darkroom chemicals and my own medication. INSTALLATION FILMS - 17

Image Description: A person wearing glasses and a cardigan over a floral shirt looks down at a book and gestures with their hands, palms facing towards their body and fingers separated. Reading Through the Body Austria | 2016 | 7:42 Director and Writer: Mersolis Schöne Reader, Performer: Lena Schramek Camera, Cut, Sound Design: Christan Venosa Assistant Director, Dramaturgical Support, Camera Assistant: Emanuel Megersa Production Assistant, Interviewer: Ronja Thum Interpreter for Austrian Sign Language: Hanna Boesch Poem: “O man! Take care!” by Friedrich Nietzche Audio Description: David Linton What happens when philosophical thoughts are translated into body movements? INSTALLATION FILMS - 18

Image Description: A line of figures with fists raised in triumphant positions. They are positioned in pairs, wearing black outfits with colorful capes, belts, and gloves. One of the figures is in a wheelchair, the rest are standing. How to Train an Antihero Greece | 2021 | 26:32 Director, Production Designer, DP/Camera: Yannis Bletas Writer: Yannis Bletas and Flora Asoumanaki Producer: Irini Kladou Theater Teacher: Flora Asoumanaki Performers: Stelios Vourvahakis, Panagiotis Lykos, Rafaela Fragkiadaki, Mixalis Driyannakis, Despina Petsaggouraki, Stella Lagoudaki, Maria Dramitinou, Kostis Misha, Stelianna Papadaki, Manolis Stavroulakis Composer: Yorgos Koumentakis A group of young antiheroes with disabilities decide to put on a theatrical performance based on improvised scenes centered on superheroes. ONLINE ONLY - 19

Image Description: A group of people wearing green each use one hand to pull the collar of their shirt towards their shoulder. They are grouped together, some sitting on blocks, others standing, and others in wheelchairs. Two neon green lights on stands sit in the background. Who is Honorine Platzer? Greece | 2021 | 22:44 Director: Alexandros Chantzis Producer: ARTOGETHER Art of People With and Without DP: Vagelis Lainas Choreographer: Katerina Gevetzi Drama Instructor: Aristea Kontrafouri Performers: Katerina Avramopoulo, Konstantinos Adamopoulos, Marios Apostolidis, Antonis Themelaros, Persa Kokisa, Kerasia Michalopoulou, Fotis Banavas, Aggeliki Pantazi, Aggeliki Sakellariou, Konstantina Tsimpragou, Dimitra Giassa, Matina Theodorakopoulou, Sophia Lamprou, Konstantinos Papayiannis, Evi Spiratou-Livieratou, Elpida Antonopoulou, Sophia Papanikolaou, Katerina Gevetzi, Aristea Kontrafouri, Nikos Koniaris The inclusive art groups of ARTOGETHER are invited to answer who is the woman portrayed by the famous artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in his painting "Woman in Monsieur Forest's Garden", to interpret the artwork itself with their own eyes and to make new stories inspired by it. ONLINE ONLY - 20

Image Description: A person lies on their stomach, bracing themselves with their arms bent as their eyes look forward. They are only visible from above the upper torso, and they are wearing a racerback tank top and a wristband. Eudaimonia Germany | 2021 | 4:27 Director and Producer: Anna-Lena Ponath DP: Julian Cohn Sound: ScoreSquad, Christian Azadi Poem: "The Dream of Flying" by Michael Ende Textsource: Trödelmarkt der Träume, hockebooks GmbH ( www.hockebooks.de ) Performer: Silka Pan From early on, Silke followed her dreams. As a talented circus artist she inspired her audiences at all times. Her passion becomes evident in "Eudaimonia." Silke’s discipline as well as her willpower are literally able to move mountains. ONLINE ONLY - 21

Rodney Evans (director of Vision Portraits) is an award-winning fiction and documentary film writer, director and producer. His debut fiction feature Brother To Brother won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize in Drama. The film garnered four Independent Spirit Award nominations including Best First Film, Best First Screenplay, Best Debut Performance for Anthony Mackie and Best Supporting Actor for Roger Robinson. His latest feature documentary, Vision Portraits, celebrated its World Premiere at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival, won the Award for Best Documentary at Frameline-The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, aired nationally on America ReFramed and screened at the Whitney Museum in July 2020. Other directing credits include The Happy Sad, Billy and Aaron, Close To Home and the upcoming documentary short Portal. Rodney was a 2020 Sundance Momentum Fellow and a Ford/Mellon Disability Futures Fellow for 2021. Kayla Hamilton (dancer in Vision Portraits) is an artist, producer, and educator originally from Texarkana, Texas and now resides in Bronx, NY. Kayla earned a BA in Dance from Texas Woman’s University and an MS Ed in Special Education from Hunter College. She is a member of the 2017 Bessie-award winning cast of the Skeleton Architecture, the future of our world's curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa. In addition to Skeleton Architecture, Kayla dances with Sydnie L. Mosley Dances and Gesel Mason Performance Projects, nd teaches master classes around the United States, and is the recipient of Angela’s Pulses’ Dancing While Black 2017 Fellowship. Under K. Hamilton Projects, Kayla self- produces numerous projects, organizes community events, writes arts integrated curriculum throughout NYCand is a special education teacher at the Highbridge Green School. GUEST SPEAKERS - 22

KEY CREATOR BIOS Yannis Bletas (How to Train an Antihero) was born and raised in Kozani, Greece and lives in Rethymo. He studied Greek Literature at the Department of Philology / University of Crete, and acting at the Greek Art Theatre ‘Karolos Koun’ (Theatro Technis). He attended directing workshops at London Film School and trained in “Anoihti Techni”. In 2015 he participated in the theater show “Thelo mia Chora / I Want a Country”, which was presented at the Athens Festival. In 2017 he participated in his own “To Vima tis Gatas / The Cat’s Step” produced by the theater company Blue Noel. Other directing credits include “Store 999”. Marc Brew (Uath Lochans) is an acclaimed International disabled choreographer who trained as a professional dancer at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and The Australian Ballet School. He has been working Internationally for over 24 years as a director, choreographer, dancer, teacher and speaker. Marjorie Burnett (Jury and dancer Gimp Gait) is a founding member of Karen Peterson and Dancers where she created and performed many original roles, between 1990 and 2017. She performed in New York City, Washington D.C. and Oberlin College as well as multiple venues throughout Florida. She was also involved in other projects produced by “The Contemporary Arts Museum”, such as: “Company, Company” by: “Jerome Bell”; along with fellow cast member of KPD, Sun Young Park. Marjorie is in the process of developing her own foundation: “Inclusive Dance And Music Advancement” (IDAMA), which means: Leadership, Visionary & Powerful in Arabic. All of her inspiration came from her recently late mother & Karen Peterson, as she will go on dancing & performing, probably forever & beyond. Alexandros Chantzis (Who is Honorine Platzer?) was born in Agrinion, Greece and graduated from the University of Athens with a degree from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications. Since 2004 he has worked in several movies as an assistant and casting director. He directed Student Occupation, Chelsea- Barcelona and I’ll take a deep breath and I’ll tell you, Bullying Diaries, In 2014, his feature script What a silly boy was selected for the !f Istanbul-Sundance Screenwriters Lab. In 2020, he was selected in Talents Sarajevo, with his feature script The Village in the Woods which also received the Greek Film Center script development grant. KEY CREATOR BIOS - 23

Robin Dekkers (Flutter) is the founding Artistic Director of Post:Ballet and was recently named ’25 To Watch’ by DANCE Magazine. They danced with ODC/Dance, Ballet Arizona and Company C Contemporary Ballet, and are currently performing with Diablo Ballet. Robin is on faculty at Berkeley Ballet Theater and Contra Costa Ballet, and regularly teaches company classes for Smuin Ballet, Company C Contemporary Ballet and Diablo Ballet. Katy Dymoke (Sense 8) is a dancer, filmmaker, and the director of Touchdown since 1994. She works as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Somatic Movement Therapist. Katy has danced since the age of 3 and continues to dance and teach in community, education, health, and arts contexts. https://touchdowndance.co.uk Karina Epperlein (Phoenix Dance) is an independent filmmaker with 36 years of experience as a theater artist, teacher and filmmaker. A native of Germany, she came to the United States in 1981 as a dancer, choreographer and actress with the avant-garde theater company SOON 3. The past eighteen years she has been a “dependent” documentary filmmaker who has been very fortunate to follow the lead of her fiercely independent spirit, often defying conventions and the notion of art as commercial enterprise. Her award-winning documentaries give face and voice to the unseen in society, highlighting their unique stories and the universal issues that link them to history. Stephen Featherstone (Stopgap in Stop Motion) is a filmmaker and animator based in the UK. His practice merges his background in Fine Art and his experience in the animation industry to develop an approach to filmmaking that allows him to work independently, and to use moving image media as means of personal expression, while making films that retain a clear relationship to mainstream cinema. Recent films include a series of live action productions with Nunkie Theatre based on the ghost stories of M. R. James and a dance film, utilizing live action and animation techniques, commissioned by Stopgap Dance Company. Simon Fildes (1962-2021) (Uath Lochans) was an award-winning filmmaker, artist, curator, and teacher who worked in a range of organizations as a researcher, creative producer, project manager and lecturer. Simon was a respected editor and director of documentaries, promos and short films, as well as an interactive installation artist. KEY CREATOR BIOS - 24

Magpie Dance (From Me) is a leading dance company in the UK that provides high quality dance experiences for people with intellectual/learning disabilities and/or autism. Together with the dancers, they curate a comprehensive annual artistic theme, performing regularly in a range of culturally diverse venues ranging from high-profile events (World Ballet Day 2019 livestream) to local theatres, shopping centers and public spaces. In June 2021, Magpie Dance was nominated by the Royal Ballet and their chosen “Community Dance Company”. During COVID Students on the Dancer Development Course expressed a desire to create their first dance film and in March 2021, produced From Me. www.magpiedance.org.uk Kym McDaniel (she/her) (Exit Strategy #2) is an experimental filmmaker, media collaborator, choreographer, and performer. She began filmmaking after a head injury and resulting chronic illnesses asked her to reconsider her relationship to dance and the body. She has an MFA in Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and is currently an Advanced Certificate in Disabilities Studies candidate at the City University of New York. She teaches as an Assistant Professor in Cinema at Binghamton University. https://www.kymmcdaniel.com Katrina McPherson (Uath Lochans and Sense 8) is an award-winning artist, performer, scholar, and educationalist who has contributed to the evolution of screendance for over 30 years. A central characteristic of Katrina’s approach is her use of an embodied, empathetic camera to empower the on-screen performer, and to draw the viewer into the action, creating an active and engaging experience. Katrina is the author of the book Making Video Dance - a step by step guide to creating dance for the screen (Routledge; 2018) www.katrinamcpherson.com Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez (b. Costa Rica, Garífuna descendant) (Yo Obsolete) is a Visually Impaired choreographer based in NYC. His performances have been presented by The Joyce Theater, The Brooklyn Museum, The Immigrant Artist Biennale, The Kitchen, Danspace Project, Movement Research at The Judson Church and The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail and The Dance Enthusiast. Residencies include Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The Kitchen, Danspace Project, Movement Research and Center for Performance Research. KEY CREATOR BIOS - 26

Anna-Lena Ponath (Eudaimonia) is a freelance filmmaker and green consultant (sustainability manager Film and TV). She first studied media science and media practice as well as sociology at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. While there, she began creating her first short film projects which were successfully screened at film festivals around Germany. After completing her Bachelor's degree, she worked as an assistant director and production assistant at a freelance production company. In 2021, she received her Master’s degree in “Studies in European Culture” with a focus on images and narratives at University of Konstanz and University of California, Berkeley and completed further training to become a certified Green Consultant. Alex Romania (Yo Obsolete) makes multidisciplinary work at the crux of expansive task and deteriorating form, investigating bodies of cultural debris amidst the invisible everyday and toxic ingestions, consuming, purging, and breaking apart. Romania’s work delves into spaces of the unimaginable, staring into the unknown to consider a crude and splendid humanity, embracing the unruly to liberate the governed body. Based in NYC, Romania has presented work and taught nationally and internationally. Mersolis Schöne (Reading Through the Body) is a German artist, researcher, and filmmaker based in Vienna, Austria. He works on film-based philosophical and scientific research as well as the communication of science and philosophy and combines these topics with experimental, poetic, and artistic forms. In 2017 he founded “Moving Thought – Film+Philosophy” ( www.movingthought.org ) to implement projects focusing on this purpose. Website: https://www.mersolisschoene.com Pioneer Winter (he/they, b. 1987) (Gimp Gait) is a Miami-based choreographer and artistic director of Pioneer Winter Collective, an intergenerational and physically integrated dance-theater company, rooted in social practice and community, queer visibility and beauty beyond the mainstream. Recognized in Dance Magazine's 25 to Watch, Pioneer Winter's work democratizes performance in public spaces, museums and galleries, stage, and film. An extension of his creative practice, Pioneer has curated and directed ScreenDance Miami Festival since 2017, presented by Miami Light Project; Pioneer’s own films screen internationally. http://pioneerwinter.com/pioneer - winter-bio KEY CREATOR BIOS - 27

MBMI TEAM Gabri Christa (Festival Director, Producer & Curator) hails from Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean and lives in New York. She makes original works for stage and screen that have received numerous prizes. Awards include the Guggenheim Fellowship for Choreography, an ABC television award for creative excellence for her short film High School and Pangea Day Festival’s One World’s 100 Most Promising Filmmakers distinction. At Barnard College, she is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at the Department of Dance and directs the Movement Lab. For more about her work visit: www.gabrichrista.com Allison Costa (Associate Producer, Website Designer & Developer) is a recent graduate of Barnard College with a dual degree in Dance and Computer Science. She joined the Barnard Movement Lab Team as Post- Baccalaureate Fellow, excited to foster her exploration of human-computer interaction. Continually fascinated with finding ways to visualize the intangible, Allie is focusing her current research on the theme of time/timing: trying to understand our felt experience of time and tie that into discussions around productivity and presence, which are recurring themes both in Movement Lab discussions and her own work. MBMI TEAM - 28

Katie Glasner (Artist Liaison) has loved movement in films forever. Her film and television credits include Hair, Amadeus, The Equalizer, Cocktail, Tattinger’s and Voices. As a dancer with Twyla Tharp Dance during the golden decade of modern dance in the 20th century, Katie toured nationally and internationally and had the good fortune to stage Tharp’s iconic Eight Jelly Rolls for many years. Currently Senior Associate in the Barnard Dance Department, Katie teaches in the studio and the lecture hall, and is committed to passing on the legacy of dance in every way possible. Guy de Lancey (Program Technologist, Jury) is an award winning director, designer and conceptual detective across many disciplines, with a background in Performance, Human Movement and Neuro - psychology. He was awarded a collaborative research grant to attend Fabrica, the Benetton cross- disciplinary Arts and Communication Research Center in Italy under the directorship of Godfrey Reggio and Oliviero Toscani. He also studied creative and screen writing at NYU. He comes to Barnard with over twenty years in multiple forms of image and story making practice, having worked in film and theater as director, cinematographer, lighting and scenic designer and technical design consultant. Information about his work can be seen at www.guydelancey.com MBMI TEAM - 29

Abby Lee (Editor) works as a Video Producer at Columbia Video Network, part of Columbia School of Engineering. At CVN, Abby creates promotional materials and educational video content for learners. Abby is also currently a part time illustrator and has worked on 2 children books for charity donations. Rainbow and Moon, written by actor Lindsay Jones, and illustrated by Lee was a collaboration effort with an Austin based multimedia company, Rooster Teeth. Abby free-lances as an editor and graphic designer. She is an advocate for animal rescues and an art enthusiast. Josalynn Smith (Assistant Producer) is a queer black American filmmaker living and working between New York and Los Angeles. A graduate of Columbia University’s Film MFA program, their thesis short, “Something in the Water” (2019), received the Sloan Foundation’s Production Grant. Their shorts, and a feature documentary on which they served as a narrator and videographer, have screened at St. Louis International Film Festival, Inside Out Toronto Film Festival, Bentonville Film Festival and others. Josalynn was a SAGIndie finalist for their feature script “Ride or Die” at Stowe Story Lab. They were also in residence at SFFILM as a 2019 Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellow with their feature script “Something in the Water.” Most recently, they’re a 2021 recipient of a Sundance Uprise Grant for a new project about Pauli Murray’s early life. MBMI TEAM - 30

Noa Rui-Piin Weiss (Associate Producer) is a dancer, writer, and arts administrator based in New York City. He has performed works by Doug Varone, Bill T. Jones, Caroline Fermin, and Lucinda Childs, among others. Noa has presented choreography through Fertile Ground, Current Showcase (Take.5), SERIOUS PERFORMANCE!!!!, he and recently collaborated with Adrienne Truscott on his thesis project "Jack of All Trades." As an administrator, Noa has worked at The Joyce Theater, The Kitchen, Dance/NYC, and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library. Noa is a regular contributor to The Brooklyn Rail and Culturebot, where he writes about performance. Most recently, Noa has discovered a passion for mash-ups, and would recommend "Nine-Inch Nails – Closer but it's Funkytown by Lipps Inc." mixed by William Maranci. ADMINISTRATOR, DANCE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT Diane Roe FINANCES Emily Alexander AUDIO DESCRIPTION David Linton FILM SELECTION JURY Yo-Yo Lin Marjorie Burnett Gabri Christa Josalynn Smith Guy de Lancey MBMI TEAM - 31

Partners DEPARTMENT OF DANCE AT BARNARD COLLEGE Professor & Chair: Paul A. Scolieri Professor of Professional Practice: Colleen Thomas Associate Professor of Professional Practice: Gabri Christa Associate Professor of Professional Practice: Marjorie Folkman Assistant Professor: Seth Williams Senior Associate: Katie Glasner Adjunct Lecturers: Cynthia Anderson, Jennifer Archibald, Rebecca Bliss, Candace Brown,Siobhan Burke, Maguette Camara, Antonio Carmena, Uttara Coorlawala, Dormeshia, Allison Easter, Caroline Fermin, Tamisha Guy, Chisa Hidaka, Vincent McCloskey, Jodi Melnick, Juan Rodriguez, Carol Teitelbaum, Nelida Tirado, Caitlin Trainor, Ashley Tuttle Guest Artists/Spring 2022: Ephrat Asherie, Wesley Ensminger, Janice Rosario, Yoshito Sakuraba Technical Director: Tricia Toliver Music Director: Robert Boston Sr. Administrative Assistant: Diane Roe Teaching Assistant: Miranda Brown BARNARD COLLEGE OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Sian Leah Beilock , President Linda A. Bell , Provost and Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Economics Marina Catallozzi, M.D., MSCE , Vice President of Health and Wellness and Chief Health Officer Eileen DiBenedetto , Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance Jennifer Fondiller , Vice President for Enrollment & Communications Leslie Grinage , Dean of the College Jomysha Delgado Stephen , Executive Vice President of the College, General Counsel , & Chief of Staff to the President Lisa Yeh , Vice President for Development & Alumnae Relations PARTNERS - 32

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This year’s Festival is a production of Barnard Movement Lab and the Barnard/Columbia Dance Department with support from the Sloate Media Center and was made possible through the support of many filmmakers and colleagues. Funding was provided by Barnard College and a Pilot Project grant from the Global Brain Health Institute, Alzheimer Foundation, Alzheimer’s Society UK, and a DEI Council grant from Barnard College SPECIAL THANKS TO Everyone at the Department of Dance, the Movement Lab, The Slote Media Center, The Glicker Milstein Theater, the Center for Accessibility Resources & Disability Services, as well as Melanie Hibbert, Ife Meadows, Kamila Slawinski, Pioneer Winter, Alice Sheppard, our volunteers, and the whole production team. THANKS - 33