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Dance in Focus Film Festival: REFLECTIONS

Free Film Screenings: July 12-16, 2023

Inspired by the work of Frida Kahlo along with the biographical ballet Frida, created by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa for Dutch National Ballet, the Dance in Focus Film Festival: REFLECTIONS features dance films exploring autobiography and self-portraiture. 

Dutch National Ballet's U.S. premiere of Frida will take place July 14–16 at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. To purchase performance tickets, click here.

Winning Films Announced

Professional Category

  • Moving Portraits (Himerria Wortham, Raquel Cabrera)

  • Topia (Jessie Lee Thorne & Justin Thorne)

  • First Dance 2.0 (Jingqiu Guan)

  • Mend (Chris Emile, Jackson Kroopf)

Student Category

  • The Whirlwind (Kate Ketcham, Julia Ponce-Diaz)

  • Alternate (Lexii Regina)

Full films will be posted soon.