Deepa Somasekhara Pillai
“WANDERING THROUGH STILLNESS”
by Deepa Somasekhara Pillai
What happens when life takes the protagonist (Deepa) to a juncture where she has to choose between conforming to societal norms and tending to self-love.
Deepa S Pillai is an actor, dancer, choreographer, and Hatha Yoga practitioner based out of Dallas, Texas. She completed her Masters in Performance Studies at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2020 and currently teaches Indian Classical Dance and Yoga online. A gold medalist in Bharatanatyam from REVA University, she is also an active performer in the fraternity.
Her spiritual interest is in decoding the magical bond between storytelling and Life, investigating how the former’s modalities become root to the latter’s existence. Art is one of the exciting, timeless dimensions by which stories are shared through the ages. Defined by rich variations that axiomatically coexistent as art and bodies, are ephemeral threads of Life with which humanity has woven its fabric of culture, belief, and practice in the past, today, and for all the days to come.
Deepa is presently working on her Optional Practical Training and aspires to create stories from her Life’s experiences as they emerge into two-minute films. This is precisely why Cell Phone Cinema has become one of the most valued tools for my artistic Life: it is The Making of Story Telling, if I may say 😊!
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Nikol Cibulya
DANCE MARATHON MEN by Nikol Cibulya
Two friends try to reconnect by participating at an online dance marathon. But the friendly event takes a curious turn and the competition becomes rather unfriendly.
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Grace Yi-li Tong
WOMB by Grace Yi-li Tong
Logline: It is my twenty-first birthday, and I am too busy excavating memories of embrace to take note.
Shot using iPhone XR, 2020
About me:
Grace Yi-Li Tong is passionate about critical thinking, embracing the environment, and making people smile. She is most interested in investigating compositional “collage” across various mediums such as movement, film, and writing. Currently, Grace pursues dance, gender and sexuality studies, and creative writing at New York University.
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Alex Ware
“Forbidden Play” by Alex Ware
Shot on iPhone 10
Originally from Chicago, Illinois, and currently attending New York University, Alex Ware plans to graduate in 2022 with a BFA in dance and a minor in the business of entertainment, media, and technology. As a New York-based artist she will continue to develop her career as a choreographer, performer, and teacher.
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“LA NOVELA DE DOBLE SENTIDO,” by Keon Hughes
La Novela de Doble Sentido, the novel of double meaning, forms a conversation between duality and identity.
Phone Used To Film: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Keon Hughes
KEON HUGHES is a New York City-based artist from Savannah, Georgia. He began his dance training at the age of 9 years old at his local visual and performing arts school.
Keon continues his artistry at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, pursuing a B.F.A. in Dance and minor in Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology. He specializes in dance performance and choreography, along with dance cinematography. Within these specialties, Keon has dance experience in ballet, modern, tap, jazz, contemporary, and hip-hop.
Through all of his projects, Keon Hughes strives to form relatability between universal notions and personal narrative through new discoveries in the choreography of others and his own.
KeonHughes.com • Instagram • YouTube Channel
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