Two dancers wearing dark brown tops stand outside on rocks and grass. They are in a row facing the camera with eyes closed and faces still. In the background, a wall of pale rock can be seen, below a sky of rolling gray clouds.

Kaduna

Films.Dance

Two dancers wearing ivory tops stand back to back outside, leaning backwards into each other with their necks cradled on each other's shoulder. Both dancers have their left arms crooked at right angle with left hands curled. A cloud covered sky and green leafy tree are in the background.

From the Artists
A movement born out of migration and distance — out of likeness and difference. In this mutually birthed language we seek to obliterate the illusion that we are separate from each other and the environment that holds us together. We are no bigger or smaller. We are a brotherhood. A kinship.

Production Credits
Directors: Ridwan Adeniyi + Jacob Jonas
Choreographer: Vinson Fraley
Featuring: Ebinum Brothers
Composer: Anibal Sandoval
DP/Editor: Raymond Yusuff
Women Singing: Gbagyi Tribe
Sound Recordist: Ronald Yusuff
Costume Designer: Khadijah Yunusa
Color: Will Adashek
Produced By: Jacob Jonas The Company
Production: Critics Company

Films.Dance engages more than 150 artists from 52 cities in 25 countries, culminating in 15 short films that have been shot during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new film will premiere every Monday from Jan 25-May 3 for free.

Through non-traditional collaborations across cultures and continents, the series connects the perspectives of diverse artists from a range of disciplines, dance genres, abilities, and experiences. Filmed in locations ranging from Amsterdam, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, and London, to Los Angeles, New York, Nigeria, and Spain —Films.Dance exists at the intersection of dance, music, fashion, and film.

Produced by Jacob Jonas the Company, in partnership with Somewhere Magazine
Co-presented by the Harris, the Wallis, and the Soraya

FILMS.DANCE TEAM
Executive Producer & Creative Director:
Jacob Jonas

Producers:
Jill Wilson
Emma Rosenzweig-Bock
Mathieu Wothke

Associate Producers Dance:
Joy Isabella Brown
Francisco Cruz
Emily Kikta
Mike Tyus
Peter Walker
Rauf “Rubberlegz” Yasit

Associate Producers Music:
Steve Hackman
Anibal Sandoval