Blue Burrow

video: BLUE BURROW trailer

 Blue Burrow is a screen dance fully immersed in the sun, sand, and water of Lake Huron. The shore is the meeting place for characters of different species, while the world underwater comes to represent the subconscious. Perspectives shift from fish to human to sun, and metaphors about our relationship to the natural world emerge.

SCREENINGS + FESTIVALS

  • American Dance Festival-Movies by Movers (2023) Durham, NC

  • Inspired Dance Film Festival (2023)

    New South Wales, Australia

  • Dance Camera Istanbul (2023)

    Istanbul, Turkey

  • Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival (2023)

    WINNER: Best Experimental Dance Film

  • Toronto, Ontario

  • Dublin Movie Awards (2023)

    WINNER: Best Experimental

    Dublin, Ireland

  • Tokyo International Short Film Festival (2023)

    Tokyo, Japan

  • Seoul International Short Film Festival (2023) Seoul, Korea

  • Madrid Arthouse Film Festival (2023) Madrid, Spain

  • Winter Leopard International Film Festival (2023) Stockholm, Sweden

  • Paris International Short Festival (2023)

    Paris, France

  • Performance Studio Theatre (2022) Ann Arbor, MI

Direction, Concept + Choreography: Leah O'Donnell

Cinematography + Editing: Robert Platt

Performance: Taylor Craft, Joey Mattar, Maddy Petz

Music: Michael Wall in collaboration with Lily Gelfand

Made with support from:

University of Michigan Department of Dance, University of Michigan School of Music Theatre & Dance, Eileen Weiser Excel Fund, U-M CEW+ Joan P. Ireland Scholarship, ArtsEngine