2010 Film & Music Festival Featured Film Event!
Except At Night: The Making of a Dance
Followed by Q&A with Producer/Director Mitzi Adams
& Documentarian Benjamin Moss
Sunday, December 12
6:30 pm
Tickets $10 available online at http://mysticindietheater.tix.com
or at the door day of show
 
Producer/Director Mitzi Adams & Documentarian Benjamin Moss
This short documentary reveals the process of a NYC-based choreographer who assigns herself the challenging task of choreographing a 10-minute dance in 3 hours time. Using eight dancers, this film highlights the craft of choreography and the process behind its creation. This cutting edge documentary is a first of its kind, and it is (the filmmaker’s) hope, that following film festivals, they will be able to allocate its use for educational purposes.
The documentary was shot at the Massey Theater at Greenwich Academy in Greenwich, CT by Benjamin Moss, Master’s candidate in the Film Program at Hunter College, NYC. Choreographer Mitzi Adams is a resident of Mystic, CT. Except At Night: The Making of a Dance has screened at Ailey Citigroup Theater, NYC
After the film, Producer Mitzi Adams will share her expertise as choreographer & founder of Adams Company Dance. She & Benjamin will be available for Q&A.
MITZI ADAMS/ADAMS COMPANY DANCE
MITZI ADAMS received her B. F. A. in dance from Temple University and her M. F. A. in dance at the University of Arizona. She has toured with numerous modern dance companies nationally and internationally, as well as having worked with many independent choreographers. Ms. Adams has served appointments at six different universities throughout the country as a guest artist, and spent at year at Western Michigan University’s Dance Department as an Assistant Professor. Her company, ADAMS COMPANY DANCE, has performed throughout the United States, and has been commissioned by several dance companies, including Connecticut Ballet in Summer, 2010.
In 2006, ADAMS COMPANY DANCE was selected as a finalist for the “Dance Under The Stars” Festival at the McCallum Theater in Palm Desert, California. In 2002, her piece, Unthinkable Equation, was selected for the Kansas Dance Festival, during a residency at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. She won the Juror's Choice Award for her choreography, adjudicated by Gus Solomons, in the NewDance New Haven'93 competition. In 2009, ADAMS COMPANY DANCE produced a concert at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in NYC, where a premier of a new documentary was released, entitled, “Except At Night: The Making of a Dance.” The company is currently working on a short film entitled, “Let’s Face It, “ slated for completion in 2010.
Ms. Adams currently serves as a mentor for the St. Mary’s College/LEAP Bachelor’s of Arts Degree program for professional dancers. Ms. Adams is also a certified massage therapist and Jin Shin Jyutsu® practitioner, with offices in Connecticut and New York City. For more information on ADAMS COMPANY DANCE or Jin Shin Jyutsu, please visit www.adamscompanydance.com and www.jsjct.com.
BENJAMIN MOSS
Benjamin Moss is a teacher and media artist who works primarily in video. Moss is currently an Adjunct Instructor of Media Criticism as Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. He holds a BA in philosophy from Trinity College, Connecticut and has done graduate work in religion at Yale University, Connecticut and in media studies at The New School University, New York. He is also completing his thesis project as an MFA candidate in the Integrated Media Arts program at Hunter College, New York.
Using filmmakers and video artists such as Jay Rosenblatt, Alan Berliner, Su Friedrich and Janice Tanaka as inspiration, Moss' work often explores issues of religious faith as well as how artistic expression comes to fruition. His work often creates an impressionistic lens to both explore and give meaning to the various subjects he explores. Although Except at Night: The Making of a Dance follows a more traditional documentary format, it explores many of the themes that is common in his work.
Producer, Director, Writer: Mitzi Adams, Adams Company Dance with Benjamin Moss
Documentary Short
Dance
Running Time: 39 minutes
2009
Please welcome new filmmaker Amelia Golden!
Short Films by Amelia Golden
Followed by Q&A with
Producer/Director Amelia Golden
8:00 pm
Included in above ticket price!
Film shorts by local film-maker Amelia Golden. Amelia will be available for Q&A after the films. Amelia Golden is an artist of many different mediums, and this work has been her exploration of film thus far from 2007 to the present. |
