Dance Camera West Film Festival at Theatre Raymond Kabbaz

Local audiences attend in-theater Los Angeles screenings, with artist conversations, wine and cheese tastings at intermission, and bonus online content for more inspiration.

LOS ANGELES, CA – Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz (TRK), the performance space at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, proudly presents Dance Camera West Film Festival, an exclusive set of North American and European dance films from March 31st to April 2nd, 2022 at 8:00pm in-person.

Including refreshing new work from France, Australia, Canada, Spain, the U.K., Switzerland, Greece, Turkey, Kuwait, The Netherlands, and the Czech Republic, the three-day festival promises a balm against the negative effects of the past year, and a reset of the mind.

Through exclusive conversations with filmmakers, producers, dancers, choreographers, and festival directors on the stage of Theatre Raymond Kabbaz (or pre-recorded, depending on travel restrictions), learn how artists worldwide, all impacted by the same menace, have found resilient and creative responses to the global lockdown, all expressed through the media of dance and film.

On the first night, (Thursday, March 31st), TRK presents DOCUMENTARY International, a package of five documentary shorts from Australia (Behind murmuring), the Netherlands (Chanel | Sharing my colours with you), Turkey (When the Dance Creates the Music), Kuwait (An evening with Laila), and the U.K. (Troleibusas).

On the second night (Friday, April 1st), TRK presents New Perspective: North America, a package which contains a collection of seven short dance films hailing from Canada and the U.S., including films by Dolly Sfeir, Marc Tyus & Madison Olandt,Kurt Csolak, John Michael Castagna, Jaryd Jensen, Savannah Dunn, Nathan Hirschaut, Lauren Finerman and Cathy Marston.

The third night (Saturday, April 2nd) New Perspective: Europe offers up a night of ten dance shorts for those on hankering for a perspective from the European continent. This selection includes films by Antonia Economou, Aina Lanas, Viliam Dočolomanský, Jiří Matoušek, Amy Becker-Burnett, Luca Signoretti, Tobias Buchmann, Alicja Pahl, Javier De Frutos, Dan Löwenstein, John Degois, Joshua Ben-Tovim, Roseanna Anderson, and Katrina McPherson.There will be a Zoom interview with Grégoire Korganow and Amala Dianor (NIOUN REC) after the screenings.

All in-person festival attendees receive complimentary access to 2 BONUS films, screened online for MORE INSPIRATION on Sunday, April 3rd at 5pm, including work from France, and Spain.

Tickets are $15 for each night of the festival or $30 for all three nights (22 shorts total), and can be purchased here: https://trkdcwintldance.eventive.org/welcome