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 is a media and dance artist from Canada who incorporates glitchy analog techniques such as 16mm and VHS, feedbacking light refractions, and dance film in her work. Sonya received two awards for her work titled The Truss Arch: the 2021 Best National Medium-Length Film award at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and the 2022 Best Experimental Film award at Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. Her film was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 2022 Iris Awards and screened at the prestigious Ann Arbor Film Festival. During her residency with ArtlabPro in Argentina, Sonya collaborated with sound artist Lain-9 to debut a new work titled IK Pegasi, which was created over the course of a month using Touch Designer. She has collaborated with the multimedia dance company Animals of Distinction and the experimental music act Group A from Berlin, consisting of Tommi Tokyo and Sayaka Botanic. Sonya Stefan is currently in the research phase for a new dance documentary “The Feeling Behind” which focuses on the 25 years of Newton Moraes Dance Theatre. In partnership with artist Stephanie Castonguay, their collective “Technologies of Consciousness” was the first ever artist-in-residence at Biosphere Montreal researching bioplastics for a new work “The Intimacy of Strangers”. (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, with filmmaker and journalist Claudia Hébert, she cofounded 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 holds a PhD in feminist screendance from the University of Lille (France), and is currently working on several international screendance publications projects, notably with Routledge, les presses du réel and PUM (Presses de l’Université de Montréal).
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
The list below contains 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 festival de danse contemporaine – 2022
Program presented under the stars during the opening night of the festival
La Fabrique culturelle «Nos corps dans le décor» – 2022
4 courts-métrages présentés sur La Fabrique culturelle du 1er au 28 février 2022
FURIES festival de danse contemporaine – 2021
Programmation présentée à la belle étoile lors de la soirée d'ouverture du festival, puis en rattrapage en ligne du 1er au 9 août 2021
EJECT · vidéoclub d'arts vivants – 2021
Programme commissarié par Priscilla Guy, en location sur Vimeo du 15 mars au 15 avril 2021, en partenariat avec La Nouvelle Scène Gille Desjardins
Réseau Accès culture Montréal – 2021
Programmation exclusive en ligne du 15 février au 15 mars 2021: 12 courts-métrages, une section jeunesse, un atelier virtuel pour enfants et 4 entretiens avec des artistes
Centre culturel canadien de Paris – 2021
5 courts-métrages canadiens présentés en ligne du 12 au 14 février 2021
La Fabrique culturelle «Voix autochtones» – 2021
4 courts-métrages présentés sur La Fabrique culturelle du 11 janvier au 11 février 2021
Soirée Regards Hybrides à Rimouski – 2020
5 courts-métrages présentés à la coop Paradis le 17 oct. 2020
En collaboration avec le festival Tour de Bras
Regards Hybrides on tour (Montreal and Terrebonne, Canada) – 2018
7 short films, 4 presentations in February In collaboration with Réseau Accès Culture and Hector-Charland Theatre
Diffusion web de MIDLAND Kim-Sanh Châu – 2020
Présenté dans le cadre de FURIES - festival de danse contemporaine (micro édition virtuelle 2020)
Série cinédanse à Oaxaca sur le web – 2020
8 courtes explorations ciné-chorégraphiques créées par 6 artistes lors d'une résidence internationale au Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (CaSA), à Oaxaca au Mexique en 2018
Regards Hybrides sur La Fabrique culturelle – 2020
5 courts-métrages en ligne, mai 2020
Sélection spéciale «villes et architecture»
Regards Hybrides en tournée (Montréal, Canada) – 2020
5 courts-métrages, 3 représentations au mois de février
En collaboration avec le réseau Accès Culture
Regards Hybrides sur La Fabrique culturelle – décembre 2019
5 courts-métrages en ligne, décembre 2019
Sélection tirée de la programmation des Rencontres Internationales Regards Hybrides 2019
FURIES festival de danse contemporaine – juillet 2019
Programmation présentée à la belle étoile lors de la soirée d'ouverture du festival
Regards Hybrides sur La Fabrique culturelle – avril 2019
6 courts-métrages en ligne, avril 2019
Sélection tirée de la programmation des Rencontres Internationales Regards Hybrides 2017
Tournée RH + Les installations mouvantes – 2019
5 courts-métrages, 4 représentations au mois de mars 2019
Sélection cinédanse tirée de la programmation des Rencontres Internationales Regards Hybrides 2017
Regards Hybrides en tournée (Montréal, Canada) – 2019
5 courts-métrages, 3 représentations au mois d’avril
En collaboration avec le réseau Accès Culture
Regards Hybrides en tournée (Montréal et Terrebonne, Canada) – 2018
7 courts-métrages, 4 représentations au mois de février
En collaboration avec le réseau Accès Culture et le Théâtre Hector-Charland
Ciné-Corps Festival (Paris, France) – 2018 : « L’autoreprésentaiton et l’imagerie de soi »
10 short films, 1 presentation in February To the invitation of Virginie Combet, director of Ciné-Corps
Regards Hybrides en tournée (Montréal, Canada) – 2018
5 courts-métrages, 3 représentations au mois d’avril
En collaboration avec le réseau Accès Culture
Regards Hybrides: An International Forum (Montreal, Canada) – 2017
35 short films, 1 presentation in November In collaboration with Tangente
Regards Hybrides en tournée (Montréal, Canada) – 2017
5 courts-métrages, 3 représentations au mois d’avril
En collaboration avec le réseau Accès Culture
Ciné-conférence : qu’est-ce que la vidéodanse? (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada) – 2016
4 courts-métrages, 1 représentation
En collaboration avec la 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.
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2017 : « Intimité et proximité »
- Durée : 1 semaine, 10h à 18h tous les jours
- En tandem avec Camille Auburtin (France)
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2015 : « Le montage comme outil chorégraphique »
- Durée : 1 semaine, 10h à 18h tous les jours
- En tandem avec Katrina McPherson (Écosse)
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2014 : « L’écran comme espace chorégraphique : approche in situ »
- Durée : 1 semaine, 10h à 18h tous les jours
- En tandem avec Paulina Ruiz Carballidos (France)
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2013 : « Initiation à la vidéodanse »
- Durée : 1 semaine, 10h à 18h tous les jours
- En tandem avec Douglas Rosenberg (États-Unis)
- Université Lille SHS / Département de danse (Lille, France) – 2018 : « Adaptation cinématographique »
- Avec : un groupe de 8 étudiants en 3e année de License en danse
- Durée : 24 heures sur 5 jours
- Université Lille SHS / Département de danse (Lille, France) – 2016 : « Introduction à la cinédanse »
- Avec : un groupe de 17 étudiants en 2e année de License en danse
- Durée : 24 heures sur 8 jours
- Formation continue aux diffuseurs (Montreal Canada) – 2018 : « Initiation à la cinédanse »
- Avec : un groupe de 30 diffuseurs québécois
- Durée : 6 heures
- Maison d’arrêt Bordeaux-Gradignan (Bordeaux, France) – 2016 : « Création partagée en milieu carcéral »
- Avec : un groupe de 8 détenus du quartier hommes
- Durée : 4 heures
- En tandem avec Camille Auburtin (France)
- Circuit-Est (Montreal, Canada) – 2014 : « Alors on tourne? »
- Avec : groupe de 8 adolescentes du quartier Centre-Sud
- Durée : 2 jours, 10h à 18h tous les jours
- En tandem avec Ximena Monroy, Paulina Ruiz Carballidos (Mexique, France)
- École primaire Piché-Dufrost (Châteauguay, Canada) – 2015 : « Initiation à la cinédanse »
- Avec : un groupe de 25 enfants de 7-8 ans
- Durée : 1 journée