In the Thick of the Middle

2016
​6 minutes
Amherst, MA 2016

Direction, choreography, edits: Ellen Oliver
Camera: Ellen Oliver with Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater
Music: Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater with text by Ellen Oliver
Performance: Cory Blair, Maria Donjacour, Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater, Stephanie Rose Jacco, Liz Kleisner, Molly McBride, Ellen Oliver, F. Asha Passalacqua, Hope Wen

Festival Screenings:
- 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.