First Friday Unblurred:
Film Night

April 4 at inter-

FEATURING

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

extremities by Anya Susan
Ecdysis by Kaben Benavides
memory 6 by slowdanger

Oneiric Vision by Luke
Show Queen: Hat Fantasia by Scott Andrew & Jesse Factor
33theyRooted excerpts by MICHIYAYA Dance
8cell by slowdanger

ABOUT THE FILMS

Ecdysis

Performance & Concept: Kaben Benavides 
Videography & Editing: Iain Delavan 
Score: Falaise by Floating Points 

Ecdysis is a work of movement art depicting the erosive nature of change.


memory 6
direction/choreography/sound/text: slowdanger
Performance: taylor knight, anna thompson
cinematography/editing: Juliette Sutherland
Made with support from the Croft Michigan Residency

8cell
direction/choreography/text: slowdanger (anna thompson / taylor knight) performer/movement/text: Julia Erickson 
sound design: slowdanger 
audio mastering: Luke Starcher 
light sculpture/cinematography: ProjectileObjects video editing: ProjectileObjects + slowdanger


Oneiric Vision (film)
Oneiric Vision is an exploration into a dreamy hallucinatory world.
There are some people that don't remember their dreams. Some are afraid of them. Others fall in love in them.
I have always been deeply obsessed with dreams, so I've attempted to create what they feel like to me. The visuals themselves were all pulled from personal experiences and home movie footage. PA and WV from the 90s to now, snippets from my time in Saarbrücken, and moments throughout my music experiences over the past 20 years.
A huge theme throughout this short film is space. Living spaces. Public spaces. Nature. Existence there within. Sexuality there within. The filling of space, and time spent with it. Just as I can't choose what I dream about, this carries that chaos and chance, and feel and texture, that I often encounter in dreams.

Oneiric Vision (album)
These tracks are the guide rails to navigate the dreamscape of visuals. The music itself is not meant to encourage self reflection (as dreams would), but instead offers a more disposable fluid soundscape to dance along with and nod your head to.
All songs and sounds (except the first track) were made over the past 3 months on a Roland SP404. This is my first album that I've created with a 404, so it feels very kismet to be releasing on 04/04/2025.
Boombap. Groovy. Wonky. Beat music.


Show Queen: Hat Fantasia
Movement: Jesse Factor
Video Editing and Effects: Scott Andrew
Score: Andy Hasenpflug

Hat Fantasia pairs Jesse Factor’s stark and sensual physicality with Scott Andrew’s otherworldly video projections and Andy Hasenpflug's pulsing score. Looping and editing Elaine Stritch's fabulous quote "Does Anyone Still Wear A Hat?" (as Joanne in the Broadway musical Company) provides a sonic playground over which a dancing silhouette struts and flits about. This piece is an excerpt of a larger work entitled Show Queen


33theyRooted (excerpts)
Artistic Direction: Anya & Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery
Choreography: Anya Clarke-Verdery, Belinda Adam, Alex Bittner, Bree Breeden, Joy Carlos, Alex Schmidt, and Alexandra Wood
Contextual Design: Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery, Belinda Adam, Alex Bittner, Bree Breeden, Joy Carlos, Alex Schmidt, and Alexandra Wood
Video Production: Retrograde Studios
Director of Photography: Jake Kruty
Music: AGF
Camera Operation: Jake Kruty, Garrett Parker, Jonathan Rodrigues
Lead Editor: Jake Kruty
Sound Designer: Jake Kruty
Production Assistants: Jonathan Rodrigues & Laura Witsken
Color Correction: Jake Kruty
Costumes: Anya & Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery
Film Runtime: 70 minutes

33TheyRooted is MICHIYAYA’s first feature film. Choreographed and performed by MICHIYAYA’s six dance artists and directed by Anya & Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery, 33theyRooted follows six stories of six women, each rich in personal, sensory, and cultural experiences. Emerging themes of the film include discovering queer identities, tapping into our inner children, and confronting anxieties. The film was co-directed and produced by Retrograde Studios.

33TheyRooted premiered at Cobble Hill Cinemas in February 2022. ​

Funding Credits: 33TheyRooted was made possible in part by BRIC’s In-Kind Virtual Content & Technical Assistance Grant supported by the New York Community Trust.