Choreographer
Director
Sara Silkin
My multi-disciplinary work utilizes dance and cinema to analytically decompose movement and explore the concept of the ‘‘mind-body connection.”
Movement is expressive of an individual’s inner state and can communicate information physically both unconsciously or consciously. By capturing the gestures, the spatial patterns, and the tension stored in the body’s memory, I aim for the viewer to have a visceral experience that leads them to question their own physical language.
Movement is expressive of an individual’s inner state and can communicate information physically both unconsciously or consciously. By capturing the gestures, the spatial patterns, and the tension stored in the body’s memory, I aim for the viewer to have a visceral experience that leads them to question their own physical language.
About
Sara Silkin is a French-American-Tunisien artist who holds her BA from UCLA and her MFA from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where she was awarded The John Houston Directing Scholarship and Kodak Grant. She is currently the Artistic Director of the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar. She choreographed the Emmy-winning short film “Jibaro” from “Love, Death, & Robots.”
Lost Mind
Commissioned by Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company Fall 2020, LOST MIND is a narrative dance film exploration of the psyche by Sara Silkin. The short film recounts her inability to identify her father's mental illness throughout her life. With her powerful application of surrealist movement imagery, she recreates the emotional physical highs experienced during a manic episode, followed by the endless spirals of depression caused by bipolar disorder.
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Press
Los Angeles Times:
“How Sara Silkin’s choreogrpahy for ‘Jibaro’ turned animation into a study of movement”
Dance Magazine:
“It’s unusual for an animated short film to make a splash in the cultural mainstream. It’s even more surprising when that film is devoid of dialogue and wide open to interpretation.”
“How Sara Silkin’s choreogrpahy for ‘Jibaro’ turned animation into a study of movement”
Dance Magazine:
“It’s unusual for an animated short film to make a splash in the cultural mainstream. It’s even more surprising when that film is devoid of dialogue and wide open to interpretation.”