Background Dancer for Jordana’s “Go Slow” music video.
Collage of works and creative process, created in 2019-2021. North Carolina.
Porch studies.
Videography and edit by Gabrielle Walden2020.
"Waiting in the Wings," an original contemporary dance work choreographed by Larry Keigwin, is a journey through the eyes of a dancer from the street to the dressing room, to warming up backstage to the full stage experience. It is performed by senior contemporary dance students from the School of Dance, with a crew of Filmmaking and Design & Production students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
“It’s a journey that the audience watches from the perspective of the dancer, but also from the voyeuristic perspective as well. We’ve been missing the theater for the past year and I hope that the audience feels a sense of anticipation and excitement,” says Keigwin.
Guest artist and former School of Dance choreographic resident Ja’ Malik worked with contemporary students during a winter workshop to create a new work.
Choreography by Ja' Malik, Music “Counting in C” (Jad Abumrad remix), Lighting by Brent LaFever, Cinematography and Editing by Willow Longbrake, and featuring fourth-year contemporary dancers.
Continued Research; Bathtubs/shower; Intimacy within space, proximity, and texture.
Improvisation - BDE/Hexagonal Studies & Practice
"An Agreement"
Dancer: Savannah Jade Dobbs
Music: An Agreement by Michael Wall
Costume: Isabel Newport
Lighting Designer: Ansel Hollis
Camera Operator: Isabel Newport; Gabrielle Walden
Editor: Savannah Jade Dobbs
A study on locker room talk, showers, queerness, and the kinds of intimacy that isolated and collaborative spaces hold.
Participated in the choreography process for the Staircase HBO 2022 TV Series. (Episode 2, Episode 8)
Celia Rowlson-Hall
An egg gives birth to fluid life forms, in a dance duet that embodies the moment consciousness & physical being become governed by space & time.
This experimental independent short film explores the catharsis of re-birth, navigating the spectrum of grief, whilst mourning a false sense of self, and accepting change. Within the suspension of the gender binary; the human beings take their first real breaths.
The Pluck Project: Trio Project. Sylvani Starchild St. Clair, Hannah Staton & Savannah Jade Dobbs.
Footage samples of process for my Pluck Solo, Plasticity.
The Pluck Project: Emerging Artist’s Project Film “Dies Lustricus” Fall, 2020.
A bodynonprofit short experiment.
A small study on round and non-linear space.
Shot/Cut by the notorious Calyn Heller. (https://www.instagram.com/calyn___/)
Dancer: Savannah Jade Dobbs
Additional: Jules Lightbeam; Alexa morales
location: Lexington Skatepark, NC.
Testing/location scouting/choreographing/interdisciplinary collaboration process during the making of Dies Lustricus (Emerging artists project, 2020).
check out https://www.dobbsarts.com/savannahjadedobbs-projects for more.
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Nothing is pretty and perfect. So, here is my process in the raw.
Dance is hilarious - if you take it too seriously, you’ll just lose the whole point of doing it.
0:00-3:54 Why Why Why Why Why by SAULT
3:54-7:40 Say by Method Man
7:43-11 What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) by Alton Ellis
** Process check-in **
My fav part about choreographing is the process of moving with and against inner dialogues…. Hehe
No edits, no cutting out the parts that look too weird or is “bad dancing” for social media, just the raw thing... You can’t get quality without working through the ugly parts.
**** I do not own this music, used for artistic and educational purposes*****
Let us tease the binary for you.
2020. Research project exploring the definition of big dick energy. Let us tease the binary for you.
Thank you all that worked and inspired this short film, you all inspire me immensely!
This short film portrays modes of masculinity found within dance, movement, and bodies. Allowing space to seep into the vast fluid spectrum.
Check out more projects here: https://www.dobbsarts.com/savannahjadedobbs-projects
Savannah Jade Dobbs - Director, Dancer, Choreographer
Sean Stack - Dancer, Choreographer
Videography & Color by Raunak Kapoor
Gabrielle Walden - Editor
Abigail Yager - Dramaturg
Location: UNCSA Library, Winston-Salem, NC
Music:
Late Nights and Heart Break - Hannah Williams and The Affirmations
Taken from Hannah Williams & The Affirmations' LP #LateNightsAndHeartbreak Sampled by Jay-Z on 4:44.
Get it here: http://smarturl.it/HannahWilliams | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xj4YspDZnY
Follow Record Kicks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpOtnT17_LUPXLCAx0tZvgw
All Night - Je T’aime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFpm42jb3Yo
Follow Romare's music channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UConRLEq-gxN9JWdN4K-vOWg
*We do not own the rights to the music, used for educational purposes*
"Libertango" WS Symphony's Mixtape show in Winston-Salem, NC.
Plasticity is finding what is possible within the self and painting the environment with individuality. It is about finding the colors in life that paint who you are inside. Acceptance of self and its ability to change, adapt and variate are all defined within the concept of Plasticity. The ever-changing mind and body is a fluid equation of inputting endless forms for itself to embody as possibilities, identities, and emotions.
An Agreement is an alternative rendition of Plasticity, created in November 2021.
Thank you to all who contributed to this work.