​KISMET

Kismet offers several windows into happenstance meetings in a surreal dancescape. Dancers flit through whimsical attempts to connect with each other and their expansive container. Kismet is intimately designed around three seminal works by artists Mike and Doug Starn. The film premiered at the Queens Theatre's inaugural Women Choreographer Dance Film Festival in 2021.

Director and Choreographer: Emily Kessler

Performers: Sienna Blaw, Xin Yi Pang, Kathryn Taylor, Connor Speetjens, Larissa Asebedo, Madeline Robertson

Director of Photography: Kyle Cottier

Composer: Jacob Sachs-Mishalanie

Editor: Jeremy Kinney

Location Manager: Kyle Cottier

Location Assistant and Rehearsal Director: Sienna Blaw


Generously filmed in the studios of Mike and Doug Starn
Work featured in the film: Sphere of Influence Big Bambú (any) Body Oddly Propped


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