pina bausch

The Dance Camera West Programming Committee is led by Cati Jean. The festival is produced by Amber Adams. The DCW Board of Directors is George Lugg (president), Lionel Popkin, David Rousseve, Sophie Robertson and Lynn Tejada.

Trailers:  

DCWFF 2022 20th Anniversary Promo Trailer

DCWFF 2022 TRAILER (Version 1)

Tickets and Program Information now available at dancecamerawest.org and on venue websites.
Please follow the links below to find out more and purchase tickets.

Buy individual tickets, weekend passes or
a full 2 weekend pass!
 

Ink & Linda plus other films, http://www.dancecamerawest.org/2220arts

March 24 to 26 - 2220 Arts & Archives ($15-$75)

March 31 - April 2, 2022 at 8:00pm at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz (TRK)  in-person. ($15-$30) 

Full Festival Pass ($100)

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It's the Twentieth Season of Dance Camera West and once again the renowned festival will screen the top selections chosen from around the world. That's 75 films selected from a record number of 400 submissions! The six days of in-person and virtual screenings will happen March 24 to April 2, 2022.

DCW, once again partners with LA presenter Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz to present three nights of international films from March 31 to April 2, as well as with the newly founded 2220 Arts & Archives formerly The Bootleg Theater) from March 24 to 26, 2022.

All films are Los Angeles premieres, with many World and American premieres, including a special world premiere screening of Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic  and six films produced by the recipients of the DCW Finishing Fund for Underrepresented Filmmakers funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

*Program is subject to change. Please check wwww.dancecamerawest.org for updates.

In this episode, Cherelle talks about how she made the decision to  “burn her ship”, quit her full time job, and pursue her passion of sharing her Trinidadian roots through her Caribbean focused dance and fitness company SocaFit. She talks about how imposter syndrome crept in and kept her community smaller. However, once the pandemic hit, she was forced to either go online or close, so she got over her fears and is now serving people internationally. 

Cherelle is a proud Canadian born with deep Trinidadian roots that extend farther than you or I can imagine. Little did she know that important events throughout her upbringing would subconsciously shape her into the professional entertainer and entrepreneur she is today. 

You could say her journey started at a very young age - playing Mas during Cariwest as a baby and growing up playing the steel drums in her father’s band, Trincan Steel Orchestra, for over 10 years. Fast forward to today, now owning her own Caribbean-focused dance and fitness company, SocaFit. Cherelle created SocaFit to allow her to celebrate and share her Trinidadian culture through dance and fitness and to also create programs to enable youth to explore and learn about their own history. What started as her teaching her mother’s friends in a small room has grown to an international audience for both adults and children.

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This week's film: Pina (directed by Wim Wenders)
"A tribute to the late German choreographer, Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations."

This week's guest:

Thomas House
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Dancer Rhia Jade discusses the impact of Pina Bausch's "Café Müller." Rhia (they/them, she/her) moves and makes things by and for the body. Rhia is a choreographer, dancer, and performer based between New Orleans and Los Angeles who cultivates a practice at the crossroads of queerness, intersectional feminism, choreography, video, and performance. Rhia’s dance-works have been presented in New Orleans at the Contemporary Arts Center, the Marigny Opera House, Catapult, and Port, and in Los Angeles at REDCAT, Human Resources, Pieter, the Annenberg Beach House and Highways. Rhia has been a Hothouse resident at UCLA as well as a Summer Holiday Resident at Pieter. Rhia performed Trisha Brown's Floor of the Forest at the Hammer Museum, and has worked with Maya Taylor, Katherine Helen Fisher, Victoria Marks, Ros Warby, Jmy Kidd, Oguri, Jennie MaryTai Liu, Mecca Vazie Andrews, and Ryuta Iwashita. Rhia holds a BA in World Arts and Cultures/Dance from UCLA.