Dance Digital: Sadler's Wells Commissioned Shorts + Q&A

Digital Stage comes to Folkestone: Sadler’s Wells Commissioned Shorts + Q&A
Friday 19 June, 6pm, Quarterhouse

Screen South presents a special one-off screening of six newly commissioned dance films from Sadler’s Wells’ Dance Digital, a festival celebrating dance on screen for dance fans, film lovers and the dance-curious.

Bringing together artists from the UK, Colombia, India and the USA, the programme explores how choreography, camera, body and place can open up new ways of experiencing movement. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Emma Critchley, and dancer/choreographer Maya Carroll, Screen South Showcase Artists 2025-6.

Programme includes:

HOLD - UK
Two strangers navigate a submerged landscape and share a remnant from a lost world. A film by Emma Critchley, Maya Carroll and Liam Francis.

Aṁṁonia - UK
Inspired by Pina Bausch, two hotel cleaners begin to imagine and embody the lives of the guests whose rooms they clean. A film by Emma Farnell-Watson, Kieran Lai and Joe Connor.

Más Glow - Colombia
Acrylic nails, pink glow and shifting gestures power a defiant celebration of women breaking beauty’s rules together. A film by Laura Steiner.

The Lions Are Coming - UK
Set in a decaying nightclub, three individuals are trapped in the aftermath of an invasion by land-hungry dogs. A film by Folu Odimayo.

Mollika - India/USA
A reflection on time, the dancing body and intergenerational relationships. A film by Mythili Prakash and Pratyusha Gupta.

Nepenthe - UK
Dancers revisit childhood memories, exploring domestic spaces and intimate movement as they reflect on their personal journeys into dance. A film by Jordan Chandler and Ekleido.