Contact Dance Film Fest Screening

The film NAKAMA  is the result of a beautiful process between two souls,  Juan Manuel Rodriguez and Diana Area  who met, their bodies dancing contact improvisation as a ritual, meeting every week in the same spot for 2 years.... Read  More

  I've been crafting my dance to be adaptable, playful, curious, graceful and compassionate for 11 years now. I hope that whatever level of these dimensions I can put out can connect to the kinesthetic empathy of many and any bodies that dream of the shapes love and capacity... Read  More

I see myself as as a choreographer using the camera as another tool... It allows me to frame intimacy, highlight the micro-details of touch and weight, and bring viewers closer to the dancers’ experience, preserving something of the ephemeral quality that makes performance so precious. l... Read  More

 I’m fascinated by how movement can express what words cannot. Making films with Contact Improvisation allows me to capture the invisible bonds, emotional currents, and relational rhythms between people in a way that is both intimate and universal... Read  More

 I hope to encourage viewers to politicize their experience of dance—especially in practices like Contact Improvisation, where questions of intimacy and consent are deeply embedded. By highlighting the social and political dimensions of embodied practices, I aim to create space for reflection on how power, identity, and systems of oppression shape our movements... Read More

 Every film is different. I believe in DIY and collectively making it happen, even if we are new to accepting a role... 

I'm often the editor. I look for key shots that feel smooth or evoke emotion. To begin with something striking and curious, build momentum of the movement, and end with a touching moment. ... Read More