Screendance squad
Regards Hybrides introduces its brand new squad! Composed of five talented professional filmmakers, the Screendance squad offers a variety of skills and artistic visions, gathered under the seal of Regards Hybrides, a reference in screendance since 2012. Whether you are looking for long-term support, a spontaneous consultation or artistic mentoring, contact us at direction@mandolinehybride.com and specify your expectations. It will be our pleasure to match you with the person who best suits your needs, depending on the availability of the artists.
Kim-Sanh Châu is a Vietnamese-French contemporary dance artist based in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal). Her dance practice takes the form of choreographic and video installations; focusing on the emergence of imaginary landscapes through the body; distilled from distant dreams, buried memories and psychotropic reminiscences. Her work has been presented at MAI, l’Arsenal, Tangente, and through several international festivals, including SIDance (Korea) and Krossing-Over (Vietnam). In her video work, Châu is interested in contemplative composition, highlighting the body in motion. Her approach is technical yet radically spare. Her work has been shown at several festivals, most recently the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. She regularly works for other artists, the most recent being George Stamos, Kimura Byol and Catherine Lavoie-Marcus. (Photo: Kinga Michalska)
Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :
_ screendance theory
_ pre-production
_ roles and relationships within the team
_ directing
_ movement with the camera
_ choreographic editing
_ post-production
+ Visit Kim-Sanh Châu’s website
+ Contact us to work with Kim-Sanh Châu
Marlene Millar is a filmmaker (writer, director, editor, producer and mentor) who has created dance films, documentaries and experimental media productions for over 30 years. In 2019, her career was honoured at a retrospective exhibit at Threshold Artspace, Perth, UK, premiering her installation WITNESS that captures metaphoric histories with docu-fiction resonances. The process-driven continuum of the MIGRATION DANCE FILM PROJECT directed by Millar comes to life as she transposes Sandy Silva’s choreography to the screen, revealing the intricacies of issue-driven, performative stories. The films have garnered over 30 awards and prizes internationally. Since 2000, Marlene has co-created an acclaimed collection of dance media work with Philip Szporer through their company, Mouvement Perpétuel. A prolific educator and mentor, Millar has taught filmmaking across continents at institutes such as Centre Imagine (Burkina Faso), Malakta (Finland), Impulstanz (Vienna) and throughout the Canadian Arctic. (Photo: Marites Carino)
Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :
_ pre-production
_ screenwriting
_ roles and relationships within the team
_ directing
_ movement with the camera
_ choreographic editing
_ post-production
_ contracts and rights (basic)
_ distribution, presenters and festivals
+ Visit Marlene Millar’s website
+ Contact us to work with Marlene Millar
Sonya Stefan’s specialty is 16mm film and dance documentary. Her artistic journey has garnered prestigious recognition, including the 2021 Best National Medium-Length Film award at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) for her work titled ‘The Truss Arch.’ Subsequently, in 2022, she was awarded the title of Best Experimental Film at Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. Sonya’s creative work extended to the 2022 Iris Awards, where her film earned a nomination for Best Short Documentary. Her work has graced the screens of renowned festivals such as the Ann Arbor Film Festival and other international venues. During her residency in Argentina with ArtlabPro, Sonya collaborated with Amplify D.A.I. sound artist Lain-9, resulting in the debut of their creation, ‘IK Pegasi,’ crafted with Touch Designer. Sonya’s artistic pursuits have led her to collaborate with esteemed entities, including the multimedia dance company Animals of Distinction and the experimental music act Group A from Berlin, composed of Tommi Tokyo and Sayaka Botanic. In partnership with artist Stephanie Castonguay, their collective, known as ‘Technologies of Consciousness,’ became the first-ever artists-in-residence at Biosphere Montreal. Here, they delved into research on bioplastics, setting the stage for their forthcoming work, ‘The Intimacy of Strangers.’ Sonya Stefan’s artistic footprint continues to evolve, pushing the boundaries of multimedia artistry and paving the way for innovative expressions of creativity. (Photo: Sonya Stefan)
Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :
_ pre-production
_ roles and relationships within a small film crew
_ directing
_ movement with the camera
_ choreographic editing
_ editing (introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro)
_ cameraless filmmaking technique – drawing on film
_ introduction to 16mm shooting
_ DIY development methods
_ post production
_ introduction to grants program
_ distribution, presenters and festivals
+ Visit Sonya Stefan’s website
+ Contact us to work with Sonya Stefan
Claudia Chan Tak is a multidisciplinary artist trained in visual arts (Concordia, bachelor’s degree 2009) and contemporary dance (UQAM, bachelor’s degree 2012 and master’s degree 2017). Her first short film La Buvette des carnivores received the Cinémathèque québécoise prize for best direction at the Quartiers Danses Festival in 2015, while Norma, produced in 2016, was part of the official selection of FIFA. As a visual artist, she is programmed at the Festival TransAmériques (FTA) in the summer of 2016 to present at Place des Arts her very first solo exhibition entitled Hydra, which archives with poetry and originality intergenerational choreographic creative processes through photographs, videos and drawings. To underline the quality of her work, she received the William Douglas University Prize in 2015, then in 2018 the prestigious Patrons of the Arts prize to highlight the artistic innovation of a project that continues the search for her memory-creation around the links between documentary film, cultural identity and contemporary dance. For the past few years, she has been offering screendance workshops to teenagers and emerging artists. (Photo: Julie Artacho)
Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :
_ pre-production
_ preparing a presentation document and a pitch
_ screenwriting
_ roles and relationships within the team
_ directing
_ teaser
_ archiving
_ movement with the camera
_ live arts video projection
_ post-production (editing with Final Cut Pro)
_ screendance workshops with teenagers and dance students
+ Visit Claudia Chan Tak’s website
+ Contact us to work with Claudia Chan Tak
Priscilla Guy is a performer, choreographer, filmmaker, curator and researcher in the arts based in Marsoui (Canada). She presents her scenic creations, site specific performances and screendance works on a local and international scale. In 2012, she founded Regards Hybrides, now a world-wide reference in screendance through its online platform, its international biennale and several screenings every year. Her academic research is published regularly, notably with The International Journal of Screendance and The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Lille (France).
Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :
_ screendance history
_ screendance theory
_ pre-production
_ screenwriting
_ roles and relationships within the team
_ directing
_ movement with the camera
_ choreographic editing
_ post-production
_ contracts and rights
_ distribution, presenters and festivals
The Screendance Squad’s coaching services are offered at a flat rate of $50/hr. Rates can be discussed for longer mandates, while special rates may apply for coaching requiring specialized expertise or equipment.
Contact us at direction@mandolinehybride.com to work with the Screendance Squad!
If you are looking for funding to complete your projects in dance film, support programs are frequently deployed by these organizations: RQD (Coup de pouce program), CALQ (development), La danse sur les routes, Culture Gaspésie.
Curation (SELECTION)
The list below contains a selection of the programs put together by the curator Priscilla Guy of Regards Hybrides, at the invitation of various partners. Contact us at direction@mandolinehybride.com to propose a partnership.
FURIES contemporary dance festival – 2023
Program presented under the stars on the festival's opening night, showcasing the new Regards Hybrides Collection
Cinédanse sous les étoiles au FTA – Festival TransAmériques – 2023
A selection of cinédanse concocted by Regards Hybrides especially for the FTA - Festival TransAmériques
FURIES contemporary dance festival – 2022
Program presented under the stars on the festival's opening night
La Fabrique culturelle "Our bodies in the background" – 2022
4 short films presented on La Fabrique culturelle from February 1 to 28, 2022
FURIES festival de danse contemporaine – 2021
Program presented under the stars on the festival's opening night, then online from August 1 to 9, 2021
EJECT - performing arts video club – 2021
Program curated by Priscilla Guy, for rental on Vimeo from March 15 to April 15, 2021, in partnership with La Nouvelle Scène Gille Desjardins
Réseau Accès culture Montreal – 2021
Exclusive online programming from February 15 to March 15, 2021: 12 short films, a youth section, a virtual workshop for children and 4 artist interviews
Centre culturel canadien de Paris – 2021
5 Canadian short films presented online from February 12 to 14, 2021
La Fabrique culturelle "Indigenous Voices" – 2021
4 short films presented on La Fabrique culturelle from January 11 to February 11, 2021
Regards Hybrides evening in Rimouski – 2020
5 short films presented at the Coop Paradis on Oct. 17, 2020
In collaboration with the Tour de Bras festival
Regards Hybrides evening in Gaspé – 2020
6 short films presented under the stars on Sept. 18, 2020
In collaboration with the Centre de Création Diffusion de Gaspé
Webcast of MIDLAND Kim-Sanh Châu – 2020
Presented as part of FURIES - festival de danse contemporaine (micro virtual 2020 edition)
Cinedance series in Oaxaca on the web – 2020
8 short cine-choreographic explorations created by 6 artists during an international residency at Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (CaSA), in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2018
Regards Hybrides on La Fabrique culturelle – 2020
5 short films Online, May 2020 Cities and architecture" special selection
Regards Hybrides on tour (Montreal, Canada) – 2020
5 short films, 3 performances in February In collaboration with the Accès Culture network
Regards Hybrides on La Fabrique culturelle - December 2019
5 short films Online, December 2019 Selection from the program of Rencontres Internationales Regards Hybrides 2019
FURIES contemporary dance festival – 2019
Program presented under the stars on the festival's opening night
Regards Hybrides on La Fabrique culturelle – 2019
6 short films
Online, April 2019
Selection from the program of Rencontres Internationales Regards Hybrides 2017
RH Tour + Les installations mouvantes – 2019
5 short films, 4 performances in March 2019
Cinédanse selection from the 2017 Rencontres Internationales Regards Hybrides program
Regards Hybrides on tour (Montreal, Canada) – 2019
5 short films, 3 performances in April 2019
In collaboration with the Accès Culture network
Regards Hybrides on tour (Montreal and Terrebonne, Canada) – 2018
7 short films, 4 performances in February
In collaboration with the Accès Culture network and Théâtre Hector-Charland
Ciné-Corps Festival (Paris, France) – 2018: "Self-representation and self-image"
10 short films, 1 presentation in February To the invitation of Virginie Combet, director of Ciné-Corps
Regards Hybrides on tour (Montreal, Canada) – 2018
5 short films, 3 performances in April
In collaboration with the Accès Culture network
Regards Hybrides: An International Forum (Montreal, Canada) – 2017
35 short films, 1 presentation in November In collaboration with Tangente
Regards Hybrides on tour (Montreal, Canada) – 2017
5 short films, 3 performances in April
In collaboration with the Accès Culture network
Ciné-conférence : What is videodance? (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada) – 2016
4 short films, 1 performance
In collaboration with SPEC du Haut-Richelieu
Web showcases of Bourse RIDEAU (Quebec, Canada) – 2015
4 short films, 2 web presentations in February
Panorama vidéodanse : création québécoise (Bordeaux, France) – 2014
8 courts-métrages, 1 représentation au mois de juin
En collaboration avec Camillau et Ciné-réseaux
Videodance night (Mont-Tremblant, Canada) – 2014
5 short films, 1 presentation
In situ dance evening and videodance (Montreal, Canada) – 2013
3 short films, 1 presentation In collaboration with Escales Improbables Festival and Espace Lafontaine
Bourse RIDEAU meeting-discussion (Quebec, Canada) – 2013
6 short films, 1 presentation
Projection evening and discussion (Montreal, Canada) – 2013
3 short films, 1 presentation In collaboration with Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique
Tapas and videodance evening (Montreal, Canada) – 2013
5 short films, 1 presentation In collaboration with Arrêt de Bus Bistro
Workshops
With more than 10 years of experience in arts teaching (university, professionnals and recreational contexts), Regards Hybrides team offers a great number of approaches to explore the links between the moving body and cameras, dance and cinema. Workshops can be of different duration (two hours, one day, one week two weeks), offered in French or English (or both). No specific technological material is needed (camera, computers, editing software) : the content of the workshop can be adapted to the space and material available.
- Regroupement québécois de la danse (Montreal, Canada and online) – 2022-2023 :
« Producing a screendance project, from ideation to marketing: theory and practice”- 9 modules
- Practical component (50 hours, in a Montreal studio)
- Theoretical component (12 hours, online)
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2017 : “Intimacy and proximity”
- Duration: 1 week, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
- In tandem with Camille Auburtin (France)
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2015 : “Montage as a choreographic tool”
- Duration: 1 week, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
- In tandem with Katrina McPherson (Scotland)
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2014: “The screen as choreographic space: an in situ approach”
- Duration: 1 week, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
- In tandem with Paulina Ruiz Carballidos (France)
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2013 : “Introduction to video dance”
- Duration: 1 week, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
- In tandem with Douglas Rosenberg (USA)
- Université Lille SHS / Dance department (Lille, France) – 2018: “Film adaptation”
- With: a group of 8 students in their 3rd year of a Bachelor’s degree in dance
- Duration: 24 hours over 5 days
- Université Lille SHS / Dance department (Lille, France) – 2016: “Introduction to screendance”
- Featuring: a group of 17 2nd-year dance students
- Duration: 24 hours over 8 days
- Professional development for presenters (Montreal, Canada) – 2018 : “Introduction to screendance”
- With: a group of 30 Quebec broadcasters
- Duration: 6 hours
- Maison d’arrêt Bordeaux-Gradignan (Bordeaux, France) – 2016 : “Shared creation in a prison environment”
- With: a group of 8 inmates from the men’s section
- Duration: 4 hours
- In tandem with Camille Auburtin (France)
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2014: “So we’re shooting?”
- With: group of 8 teenage girls from the Centre-Sud neighborhood
- Duration: 2 days, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
- In tandem with Ximena Monroy, Paulina Ruiz Carballidos (Mexico, France)
- École primaire Piché-Dufrost (Châteauguay, Canada) – 2015: “Introduction to screendance”
- With: a group of 25 children aged 7-8
- Duration: 1 day