The Arts Club of Washington Cinematography Committee
&
Emmy Awarded Producer, Todd Clark
Present
FILM & DISCUSSION SERIES:
"Finding Community in Post-Pandemic America"
Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at 6:00 pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
ACW Members & Guests Free - Non-Members $10
Dance and Community:
Seeing, Bringing, and Creating Community: Through Dance
Featuring remarks, video and performance:
Sarah J Ewing (City Dance)
Assan Konte, (Kankouran West African Dance Company)
Shanna Lim, (Words, Beats Life)
Elizabeth Johnson Levine (Dance Exchange)
Natty MnCube, (Edgeworks, G7: Voices With-Out Boundaries Podcast)
SERIES: Curated and hosted by local EMMY Awarded Producer, Todd Clark, this timely series will provide its audiences with a weekly brief panel presentation and full film screening that will explore this idea of Community- and the importance people attach to being a part of a Community that is meaningful, comfortable and stable. With everyone coming out of Covid fears and political chaos, where are people turning to find a community, or communities, where they feel they are trusted and fully part of? Are there currently many new communities or just new versions of past communities? How and why have different communities thrived and others dissolved or become dysfunctional, or even dangerous?
DANCER Speaker Bios:
Sarah J Ewing (City Dance) S. J. Ewing & Dance leverage technology's power to augment, amplify, and deliver contemporary dance experiences. Company Director, Sarah J. Ewing, is an Australian-born choreographer and a Resident Artist of CityDance. She works in close collaboration with her dancers, interactive projection designer Dylan Uremovich, videographer Jonathan Hsu, and sound designer Jade Diouf, to create projects for theaters, site-specific and pedestrian locations, virtual reality platforms, as well as dance-based computer games and interaction projection installations. The company pivoted its 2020-21 season from live performances to virtual reality films in response to the global pandemic
Assan Konte, (Kankouran West African Dance Company) Assane Konte serves as the company’s Artistic Director, choreographer, and costume designer. KanKouran West African Dance Company preserves and promotes traditional West African culture by providing quality entertainment and educational programs to local and national audiences in an effort to facilitate cross-cultural enrichment. KanKouran was founded in 1983 for the purpose of contributing to the extension of the arts by introducing the essence of traditional African dance to audiences; enriching American cultural heritage through the integration of authentic West African performing arts; and promoting intercultural understanding through education and the performing arts.
Shanna Lim, (Words, Beats Life) Shanna Lim's work is driven by the inquisitive, strange, and rawness of artism. As a vessel for human social structural research, she believes in the aesthetic that the human body is a tool for endless expressiveness and concentrated communication. Her performance vocabulary thrives in a fusion of Post-modern, urban social street styles and Asian dialects of dance alongside theatre, storytelling, Installations, collaborations, body art, and extravagant art props that enhance presentations into interesting and sometimes fantasy visual art experiences.
Elizabeth Johnson Levine(Dance Exchange) Elizabeth Johnson Levine is a choreographer, dancer, and educator with a focus in socially engaged dance practices. Johnson connects communities through choreography, creating dance that promotes civic dialogue, and designing participatory experiences that apply artistic practices in multiple contexts. Dance Exchange collaborates across generations, disciplines, and communities to channel the power of dancemaking as a means for dialogue, a source of critical reflection, and a creative engine for thought and action. The work we cultivate and steward today grows from a legacy and commitment to intergenerational and community exchange, artmaking at the intersection of social relevance and community participation.
Natty MnCube, (Edgeworks, G7: Voices With-Out Boundaries Podcast)
An experienced educator and artist with over 15 years of experience in dance education; health and wellness; youth services programs; and curriculum development. Expertise in managing learning and health programs for schools, parents and employees in multiple cultural environments. Strong leadership ability and written and oral communication skills. Proven ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines. Restorative Justice Facilitator and Trainer under DYRS, working Juveniles, Communities, in partnerships with OAG and other related stake holders.
This event includes a cocktail reception, a panel discussion and a movie screening.
The entire event will be outdoors in the patio area weather permitting.
This is the second season of this unique downtown outdoor Film & Discussion Series. The theme of the 2020 Series was, “Voting, Democracy and the Rule of Law”. This series made possible by the Arts Club of Washington
and the 2021 Film & Discussion Series Host Committee:
Co-Chair, Kim Dodd, and Supporters, Jerome Barry, and the Embassy Series
Complimentary parking after 6 pm at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
RSVP required, reserve online.
6:00 pm Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm Movie & Discussion
Image: Sarah Ewing - City Dance
