Sizzle Reels for Dance Pieces

I love putting together 1min (or so) edits of dance works that companies can use as a "sizzle reel" for their own marketing - it's the best way to download the essence of a piece quickly online (which is really the only way people watch dance/anything on the internet...quickly and on to the next).  Here's an example of one of Post:Ballet's premieres from their home season at YBCA a few months ago called Colouring.  

camera: Nicole Fuentez; editing: Loren R. Robertson

Vail International Dance Festival with NSP

I have had the privilege for the last 3 summers to work with Nel Shelby Productions on capturing this unique dance festival in Vail, CO. After each show (documented with multiple cameras), we edit a little web video to post the next day to keep the energy of the festival going online - it's really satisfying to help produce this work with such fast turn around - almost instant gratification!Here are a few picks from this year 2013:

A montage of work from International Evenings, to give an overall feel:

Ballet star, Tiler Peck, featured with Lil' Buck and Sergei Polunin in the same program!:

One of the outdoor community events - LOVE working with images of kids!:

 

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Watershed Management Group!

Ever feel depressed about the state of the world?  Watershed Management Group makes me feel a little better and way more empowered and inspired as a human! See what they do below!! I worked with the organization to make a promotional film that captured the heart of their work and approach to really big and seemingly impossible environmental/social/economic issues.  It was a challenge, as the scope of the organization's work is broad and packed with programming, but somehow we managed to portray their message in 4min and 30 seconds - perfect for supplementing the organization's online presence.

Hope Mohr Dance 2013

A slick little promo for Hope Mohr Dance's new work Failure of the Sign is the Sign, premiering at ODC Theater in May 2013.

Performers include Jeremy Bannon-Neches, James Graham, Katharine Hawthorne, Roche Janken, David Schleiffers, and Tegan Schwab. Sculpture by Katrina Rodabaugh. Photo credit Margo Moritz. Music by Caroline Shaw for Roomful of Teeth, Made possible, in part, with commissioning funds from ODC Theater and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Simple Samples

Sometimes LRRP takes already existing footage and edits together promotional pieces, like in the case of Erika Chong-Shuch's Chorus of Stones, created in South Korea in 2011 with the Daejeon Metropolitan Dance Theater. One of my favorite things is taking footage of a lengthy show and putting together highlights in a simple and clear way that holds some essence of the work, like a poem.

Love to Erika Chong Shuch Performance Project!

CounterPULSE through the years

I LOVE CounterPULSE!!!  This is a special spot in San Francisco.  It's where I landed when I arrived in 2007.  Having spent many hours there both as former staff, in various rehearsals and shows as a performer, and documenting many performances throughout the year, it's been such a home for me and I know for many Bay Area artists as well! We've collaborated on many videos, my favorite being the year-end films.  It's been amazing to watch how the organization has grown. Here's a peak into the land of CP 2009-2012!

2012:

2011:

2010:

2009:

can't wait for what's to come in 2013!!!

The Velveteen Rabbit

"What is REAL?" the Velveteen Rabbit asked the Skin Horse one day. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."

Check out this sweet little promotional piece for ODC Dance's annual Velveteen Rabbit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.  Get tickets here!

 

 

Blind Tiger Society's "Sunk in Sleep"

As part of CounterPULSE's Summer Special Program, Bianca Cabrera and her Blind Tiger Society produced a full evening length piece entitled Sunk in Sleep, dance with live music and original score by Ben Juodvalkis and set design by Roel Q Seeber.  Bianca refers to the work as "highly kinetic. There's singing, there's rock n' roll. It reads a little bit like a fairytale, and a little bit like a rockshow!" We got to capture the work with 2 cameras and then put together a snazzy highlight teaser.  I love editing these trailer/promotional type pieces, as it makes the work so easy to share, market for future funding or productions and just look back on!

Rainforest Action Network's REVEL

I'm looking forward to Rainforest Action Network's annual event, REVEL in a few weeks. It's held at the California Academy of Sciences, a really cool place to host a party, and RAN is a vital organization in an effort to save the planet, literally.  RAN is a leading force in challenging corporations and their energy and environmental practices.  REVEL is a fun way of recognizing all the work that's been done throughout the year while raising funds to continue and also to honor key players in this effort - this year, Indonesian forest expert Dr. Bayu Wirayudha will be honored with the World Rainforest Award.

Last year 2011, RAN worked with LRRP to put together a highlight video that was quickly turned around and shared with the participants and donors as a thank you.  It's also used to promote this year's event.  It was a blast to put together:

Also, check out an edited piece of one the honorees of 2011, Naomi Klein's speech - it was all happening as the Occupy movement was forming, so there was a special air of excitement and possibility in the room.