STAVROPOL
STAVROPOL is the result of an artistic collaboration between Andy and choreographer/dancer Irina Kononova in November 2021. Two teams of neon-clad dancers, face off against each other in a tightly choreographed battle with a surprising result. Have a look at the teaser below.
Winner: Audience Award, Leeds Leeds International Film Festival Screendance, Finalist: San Francisco Dance Film Festival. Official Selection: Bolton Film Festival, LA Dance Film Festival, Thessaloniki Cinedance International, ScreenDance Festival, Cinedans Festival, Richmond Dance Festival, Danzattack Certamen International de Cinedanza, InShadow Lisbon.
STEP BY STEP
Step by Step features Royal Ballet principal, Lauren Cuthbertson returning to dance as a new mother. Featuring choreography by Didy Veldman and introducing Peggy Cuthbertson-Gerrish. The film premiered in cinemas as part of The Royal Ballet’s live relay of Swan Lake, and was published on NOWNESS.com in September 2022.
Winner, Audience choice: Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival, Washington DC. Official Selection: InShadow, Lisbon, On Art & Music Festival, Dancinema, International ScreenDance Festival.
Step by Step trailer
Blue Monday
Blue Monday is a short film featuring Héctor Plaza Hernando and Agnés Sales Martín. The unique choreography along with the music by Max Cyrus was originally developed for Breakin’ Convention at Sadler’s Wells. The film is achieved in a single fluid shot.
Winner, Outstanding Choreography: Contact International Dance Film Festival. Official selection: InShadow Festival, Choreoscope International Dance Film Festival, Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Flatlands Dance Film Festival, ScreenDance Festival, Richmond Dance Festival, Twin Cities Film Festival.
Nela
Nela is an intimate study of the great classical ballerina: Marianela Nuñez, as she dances to music by Nina Simone, choreographed by Will Tuckett.
Festival Winner: Flatland’s Dance Film Festival 2019. Audience Award: Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema 2019. Selected other festivals: Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Athens Video Dance project, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Dance on Camera, Utah Dance Film Festival, Richmond Dance Film Festival, Feminista Film Festival, Classical Art Film Festival.
Lil Buck with Icons of Modern Art
Lil Buck with Icons of Modern Art was made for Fondation Louis Vuitton with Nowness. Featuring dance superstar Lil Buck jookin’ his way through galleries filled with priceless art. It has gained over 10 million views online, was a Vimeo Staff Pick and featured in articles in Vice, Hypebeast, and Aesthetica Magazine.
Vimeo Staff Pick. Winner Best Dance: Aesthetica Film Festival, Winner: LA Dance Film Festival, Creative Winner: Le Book Connections West Coast, Winner ‘Special Project’: Le Book Connections Paris, Special Mention: Lunenburg Documentary Festival 2017. Official Selection: Oxford International Film Festival, Dance Camera West, Cinedans, Cinema & Arti Brera, ADF’s Movies by Movers.
Duet
Duet is a short, stark documentary piece that examines the female within the male controlled world of ballet. Two emerging stars discuss and perform an all-female pas-de-deux, showcasing not just grace and beauty, but strength, athleticism and power. It was a Vimeo staff pick, and was screened by BBC 4 in 2018.
Vimeo Staff Pick. Official Selection: London Short Film Festival, London International Documentary Festival, The Video Consortium, Feminista Film Festival,
Reborn
Reborn is a portrait of a star dancer - Lauren Cuthbertson - making her first performance since suffering a horrific injury. It has won 4 festival awards and has over 10 million online views.
Best documentary short: Oxford International Film Festival. Winner: Choreoscope International Dance Film Festival. Audience Choice: Plymouth Film Festival. Official Selection: Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Sebastapol Documentary Film Festival, Riverrun International Film Festival, Breckenridge International Film Festival, Dance Screen, Cinedans, Masters of Art Festival.
