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At Rapt, we’re passionate about making Dance Films. Rapt works closely with San Francisco Dance Film Festival and creates the festival’s annual trailer.
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An intricate duet bathed in light, OPEN the dance film was created from material shot for a Peerless Lighting commercial. The Open dance film commercial was lit purely by the Open Luminaire. It exposed the beautifully soft quality of the commercial lighting fixture which won Most Innovative Product of the Year from the LFI Innovation Awards.
The artistic team includes: Write, Producer, Director, Editor: Lindsay Gauthier Choreographer: San Francisco Ballet's Dana Genshaft, Performers: Alonzo King LINES Ballet's Michael Montgomery and Laura O'Malley, Cinematographer: Ben Estabrook, Set Photographer: Aleksey Bochkovsky, Co-Writer, Production Manager and Storyboard Artist: Lauren Bedal.
Created by Jo Kreiter and Flyaway Productions with Director Austin Forbord, The Wait Room is a site-specific dance film honoring women with incarcerated loved ones. Engaging the ideas of waiting and weighting, The Wait Room blends oral history, dance, music and public art in an exploration of the physical, psychic and emotional burdens of prison for women with incarcerated loved ones.
Artistic team includes: Director Austin Forbord, Choreographer Jo Kreiter, Director of Photography Heath Orchard, Performs Clarissa Dyas, MaryStarr Hope, Laura Elaine Ellis, and Megan Lowe, Composer Pamela Z, Set Designer Sean Riley, Community Partner Essie Justice Group, Voices of Essie Justice Group Members Jasmine Brown, Anita Wills, Catalina Palacios, Tanea Lunsford, Cheryl Diston, and Jo Kreiter, Musicians Kate Stenberg, Lisa Mezzcappa, Polly Moller Springhorn, and Beth Custer, Assistant Cinematographer Ben Estabrook, PAs Zach Chapple and Jared Tabayoyon, Costume Designer Jamielynn Duggan, Technical Director Acacia Houle, Production Manager Jack Beuttler, Stage Manager Saskia Lee, Additional Project Dancers Sonsherée Giles and Bianca Cabrera, and Colorist Robert Arnold
Separate Sentence, is a short dance/film that explores the generational impact of incarceration and the toll on families and communities. Cast members are comprised of Bay Area performers, some of who have been incarcerated or are family members of people who are incarcerated. The film is currently being screened at film festivals, universities and conferences. Separate Sentence has won Audience and Best Film awards nationally and internationally.
The artistic team includes: Producer, Director and Choreographer: Amie Dowling, Co-Director and Editor: Austin Forbord, Assistant Director and Co-Choreographer: Natalie Greene, Artistic Direction: Reggie Daniels, Director of Photography: Heath Orchard, Composer: Albert Mathias.
(WCS) is a 13- minute dance/theater film that explores the experiences faced by those who are incarcerated. The film is a collaboration between Bay Area performing artists, some of who were previously incarcerated, Rapt Production’s Co-Founder and filmmaker, Austin Forbord, and choreographer, Amie Dowling. The piece was developed and filmed on Alcatraz Island in 2013.
Well Contested Sites has been a stimulus for conferences and panels addressing mass incarceration, racial disparities, and restorative justice. The film has been screened at over 20 universities, museums and community organizations in the U.S., as well as internationally. Screenings included panel discussions with the performers, artistic team and restorative justice practitioners. Well Contested Sites received the 2013 American Dance Festival International Screendance Jury Award and was recognized in the San Francisco Bay Guardian in its Dance Highlights of 2013.
To view the WCS curriculum guide click here : Curriculum Guide
Part dance film and part music video, “since you went” follows the story of a couple where the passing of time and the history of a relationship is measured in cups of coffee. Developed at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the film uses the lush, open landscape near Woodside, CA as the backdrop for a series of glimpses into nostalgia, love, loss, and a mountain of coffee cups.
The artistic team includes: Creators: RAWdance and Rapt Productions, Co-Directors: Ryan T. Smith, Wendy Rein, Co-Director and Editor: Lindsay Gauthier, Cinematographer: Ben Estabrook, and Music: Let’s Whisper.
Rapt Production’s Lindsay Gauthier has been editing the San Francisco Dance Film Festival’s annual trailer since 2013. It is a diverse and exciting film festival which is demonstrated in the fast paced energetic trailers.
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