Our Works

Arc Part I: Learning to Fly

“Learning to Fly” is a solo dance film by Oji Dannelley that captures exploratory phrases of movement over the span of months.  It was intended to explore how a wheelchair instinctively moves and push the boundaries of what that actually means.  Wheels, gravity, and inertia provide an expectation that a dancer will know to expect. However, it’s the dancer in the chair and their own instincts that actually drive the movement.  Left alone, a chair will not dance, but when the artist is using their chair, the medium is transformed.  Both the chair and the body take on new freedom to explore, and so, they begin to learn to fly.

Arc Part II: Ascension

“Ascension” is a piece choreographed by Douglas Scott for Full Radius Dance.  It was performed by Oji and Mason both during their time with Full Radius Dance, and it we were lucky to have received Scott’s blessing to re-set it for the Arc film trilogy.

“Ascension” is a piece that is about connection through partnering.  It’s evocative physicality and use of convergence and divergence in space between the dancers has become the identifying feature of work.  The constant push-and-pull through the space between the dancers as well as the daring partnering maneuvers emphasize feelings of trust, tranquility, and love.

Arc Part III: aPart

“aPart” explores the intangible relation between the dancers.  It is a piece about impact and memory that observes how distance in both time and space affect any relationship.  All relationships leave behind traces that forever embed themselves in the tapestry of a person’s lived experience.  Overwhelming feelings of love, loss, joy, anger, and sorrow can all be evoked with just a memory from decades ago.  When someone means the world to you, no amount of distance will erase the thread they’ve woven into your life.