David Roussève Retrospective, with Talk Back  & Gala Reception*

"One of the country's most inspired and inspiring dancemakers.” - San Francisco Chronicle

Four films directed by David Roussève will be screened including Bittersweet, Chili Pepper, Two Seconds After Laughter, and Pull Your Head to the Moon.

Following the Screening and Talk Back, guests are invited to step onto the stage of TRK for a one-of-a-kind Gala honoring David for his remarkable artistic vision and impact in the field of dance and dance film. Surrounded by the magic of film, guests will enjoy an intimate evening with live music, sumptuous food and bar, all on the stage that is usually reserved for performers. *Tickets are priced at $150 with pass holder discount available.

All ticket purchases support DCW’s pillar programs to Prepare: Produce and Present the best dance films in Los Angeles including DCW's Signature VISIBILITY production fund for L.A. based dance film makers. 

Single ticket for full screening program:

Stories and Tales, a selection of Short International Films. // David Roussève Film Retrospective & Talk Back.

Short Films from Around the World Defying Language Barriers

A selection of 15 short experimental dance films including a Francophone film focus on work from France, Québec, and Belgium and an international selection of films from Finland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, and Spain.

Doc Day Afternoon featuring DANCE TO THE END and O R I G I N S, followed by a discussion with Alonzo King company members and the film’s director Drea Cooper, moderated by author Jill Nunes Jensen.

A selection of LA POPS UP short films by SoCal choreographers, followed by the L.A. premiere of Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber’s feature dance film WAITING PLACES.

A 3-hour interactive workshop to develop creative ideas. Participate in a series of embodied exercises designed to catalyze concepts, images, sounds, movement motifs, structures, and rhythms for new screen dance works.  Excerpts and examples of key cinematic moments from films directed and edited by Shirley Clarke will be jumping-off points for exploring ideas in motion and editing as a generative art. Workshop leader Karen Pearlman will bring core principles from her recent books – 'Cutting Rhythms: Creative Film Editing' and 'Shirley Clarke: Thinking Through Movement’ – to life in a workshop designed to enhance and empower kinesthetic creativity.(space is limited)

On the occasion of the publication of Shirley Clarke: Thinking Through Movement (2025; Edinburgh University Press), Dance Camera West, Los Angeles Filmforum, The Philosophical Research Society, and Clare Schweitzer welcome writer/director Karen Pearlman, who will appear in person to discuss this book and present a screening of films by pioneering filmmaker Shirley Clarke.