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Wide Open
A young dancer enters frame, and walks into an empty industrial warehouse… No, this is not the opening line for one of those jokes, rather it’s the opening frames of Wide Open, a beautiful new video...
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Andy Allo croons an acoustic version of her song “Northern Lights” in the darkened bar of the Hotel Cafe. I sit alone near the back, an empty glass of water, and a tiny flickering candle rests in the...
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This Is America
A great guy I know works as a hotel Doorman in NYC, runs a non-profit foundation that serves needy people internationally on the side, is devoted to his kids, and loves and supports the arts. A black...
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EYES
Increasingly, I enjoy music videos in which the artist is absent. Without them we are often treated to pure flights of fancy, minus narrative, leaving us free to roam in the wild realms of another’s...
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The Blue Fall
Although first out on NOWNESS in 2015, the film The Blue Fall only recently came to my attention. It is an extremely short (under two minutes) and beautifully danced, filmed, and edited piece,...
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No Tongue
In almost every regard and every area except maybe life itself, I am a great believer in the axiom less is more. For myself personally, I find this to be especially true in film. I went once to see a...
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Normani’s Motivation: A Love Letter
I am always asking the question, when does a popular music video evolve from just that to something more akin to a dance film? I’m still unsure of the answer… it’s likely there isn’t just one but many...
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Tafadzwa Muzondo Curates the Inaugural Zimbabwe Human Rights Festival
Machipisa in Highfeilds is a paradoxical African high density suburb in Zimbabwe. It gave birth to the both iconic song maestros and political heavyweights inclusive of the late George Nyandoro, Enos...
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Dance Song For the End of the World
Now well into my sixth year of writing ScreenDance Diaries, I frequently receive texts, Facebook messages, and emails from people sending me dance films they hope I’ll write about… or from friends...
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Dance With Me
When a music video for Selena Gomez ends up on the online arts & culture magazine Hyperallergic, it’s time to take notice. While I’m a staunch believer in the crossover of art and commercial...
View ArticleArcade Fire: A Reflektion of Ourselves?
There has been much ado about the new single from Arcade Fire, Reflektor, and for good reason. Known for their inventive approach to production, this music video is more than just a catchy tune....
View ArticleNeko Case: 'Night Still Comes'
“Night Still Comes” is the first single off Neko Case’s new album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. We love her lyricism and her poetry–who else would...
View ArticleBob Dylan –"Like a Rolling Stone"
Nearly 50 years after the song’s release, Bob Dylan has released a music video for “Like a Rolling Stone,” his 1965 classic. But not just any music video was going to do for a song that was named the...
View ArticleRemembering Mandela, with Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ladysmith Black Mambazo rose to international fame when they collaborated with Paul Simon on the album Graceland, but the group originated twenty years earlier, in the middle 1960s. Their unique name...
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