Vortices

A film by Safety Third Productions, Directed by Katherine Helen Fisher and Michael Shedlin. VORTICES is a screen dance featuring cinematography by Sinziana Velicescu and Shimmy Boyle, and choreography by Katherine Helen Fisher, which sees a kaleidoscope of dancers inhabit an austere desert landscape with impressive athleticism and attack. Set to a driving score by new music composer Anna Meredith, VORTICES is constructed in the minimalistic tradition of Babette Mangolte and Lucinda Childs, unfurling complex patterns with simple steps in a colorful tapestry of form and rigor. The film was shot in Palm Desert, California in 2018.