In the Thick of the Middle (2016)
Direction, choreography, edits by Ellen Oliver
Camera by Ellen Oliver with Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater
Music by Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater with text by Ellen Oliver
Performance by Cory Blair, Maria Donjacour, Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater, Stephanie Rose Jacco, Liz Kleisner, Molly McBride, Ellen Oliver, F. Asha Passalacqua, Hope Wen
Filmed in Amherst, MA
Festival Screenings:
-Kicking and Screening, Jamestown, MA, Providence, RI 2019
- Awarded "Best Dance on Camera" Five College Film Festival, Amherst, MA 2016
- Inside/Outside Festival in New Delhi, India 2016
- Festival of Recorded Movement in Vancouver, Canada 2016
- The ROLLOUT Dance FIlm Festival in Macao, China 2016
In the Thick of the Middle follows a woman who is caught in-between water and land, dreams and reality, and seasons. The camera follows as she weaves through shifting textures and densities on and off land. Originally inspired by a reoccurring dream and the dilemma of choice-making in the choreographic process, In the Thick of the Middle is part of a larger multi-media performance project by Ellen Oliver.
Camera by Ellen Oliver with Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater
Music by Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater with text by Ellen Oliver
Performance by Cory Blair, Maria Donjacour, Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater, Stephanie Rose Jacco, Liz Kleisner, Molly McBride, Ellen Oliver, F. Asha Passalacqua, Hope Wen
Filmed in Amherst, MA
Festival Screenings:
-Kicking and Screening, Jamestown, MA, Providence, RI 2019
- Awarded "Best Dance on Camera" Five College Film Festival, Amherst, MA 2016
- Inside/Outside Festival in New Delhi, India 2016
- Festival of Recorded Movement in Vancouver, Canada 2016
- The ROLLOUT Dance FIlm Festival in Macao, China 2016
In the Thick of the Middle follows a woman who is caught in-between water and land, dreams and reality, and seasons. The camera follows as she weaves through shifting textures and densities on and off land. Originally inspired by a reoccurring dream and the dilemma of choice-making in the choreographic process, In the Thick of the Middle is part of a larger multi-media performance project by Ellen Oliver.
