BSL is our language…and it needs to be counted…every user should be accounted…and no house left uncounted…

Shot at the iconic Custard Factory, ‘It’s Our Time’ is a music video featuring dance artist Asnath Mokeka Losala combining BSL , poetry and dance to highlight BSL being included in the 2021 UK census.

Commissioned by Deaf Explorer's Square Eye Festival - SEEING SIGNING LIVING Funded by Arts Council England

Our team have been working with primary and secondary schools to film Virtual Open Days. This is a much needed resource for parents and pupils to take a sneak peak around the school they wish to attend. We may be in lockdown 03 but the power of digital can keep us connected and nurture the aspirations of our young people today.

Watch our latest Virtual Open Day for Starbank Secondary School, Birmingham.

Neelam’s Story - Piya More Music video was commissioned by artist Rekesh Chauhan, sponsored by the British Asian Trust and portrays the true story/case study of a young girl, Neelam (name changed to protect her identity) who experienced mental health matters. She was able to receive the crucial mental health services that she required thanks to the British Asian Trust. Shot during lockdown, the film depicts an emotive and visual representation told through dance, featuring BBC4 young dancer competitor Shree Savani with director of photography Daniel Alexander.

The film was released on World Mental Health Day on 10th October 2020, gaining 31k views online. Arts can enable difficult conversations and this musical film aims to raise awareness of mental health.

Co- commissioned by Sampad Arts - South Asian Arts and Heritage Gem Arts EMFoundation SunMark Ltd.

'Suspended Motion' dance film has been selected for @aestheticashortfilmfest . This film was a collaboration of vision, choreography, technology and dance. Our end goal was to share the work far and wide and we are so please to start this journey with this BAFTA accredited festival.

Promotional film with @ovacomecharity , sharing information about the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer. This film was shot in 4 languages enabling women from the South Asian Community to seek support. This was a great shoot with some amazing women who volunteered their time to present to camera. Commissioned by sampad arts and heritage

In Spring, I will be joining the judging panel for  U.danceonscreen’s 2020 submissions.    The festival celebrates dance films made by either young filmmakers or young dancers. This year, the selected films will be presented at the U.dance National Festival with public screenings in Glasgow and at BFI Southbank, London. Submissions are open until 10 May 2020

https://www.onedanceuk.org/programme/u-dance/u-dance-on-screen/ 

New Creatives is a  BBC and Arts Council England-combined initiative giving artists aged 16-30 the chance to develop their technical and creative skills, with their work shared on BBC platforms.  I have partnered with Rural Media Company as a producer to assist talented choreographers and filmmakers to bring their ideas to life.

Trailblazing a new campaign that was featured in national tabloids and BBC News.

Our team created a promotional film about the preservation of hedgehogs in urban landscapes. Filming took place at The Vale Wildlife Hospital presented by ecologist Hugh Warwick from the Hedgehog Society.

2020 will see the release of a new trilogy of dance films, funded by Dance Hub and The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust. The films collaborate with two experienced deafblind dancers - Caroline Sapsed and Joe Coffin and explores the relationship between body, space and connection, with leading non-disabled dancers from interACTION. Suspended Motion  is about exploring the representation of dancers with complex disabilities and pilots new forms of access using audio description, subtitling and vibrations (using SubPac technology). We aim to submit the film into screen dance festivals and galleries, across the UK and internationally, throughout 2020. Read our blog about the project https://blog.sense.org.uk/2020/01/suspend-motion-an-immersive-performance-experience/

The rise of social media and a new generation of digital-native choreographers are slowly changing that, but it’s just possible that this period when theatres are dark will push screendance further into the foreground. Flatpack has ‘an eclectic bunch of offerings, from the reflections of a hip-hop dancer in physical rehab to a dancing maid with murder on her mind; there’s no shortage of original ideas’. You can read the 4 Star review here; https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/may/12/flatpack-screendance-festival-review-dance-that-leaps-through-the-screen?CMP=share_btn_tw

Producer @ Flatpack Film Festival BAFTA Qualifying Festival   

After several years of flying the flag for screen dance in the Midlands, I  have received an Arts Council Project Grant to team up with Flatpack Film Festival to judge a new strand to their programme in dance film. It will be a busy year engaging new audiences to the artform through training and an industry panel topped off with a special event showcasing the iconic film “Singing in The Rain” accompanied with a live performance. https://flatpackfestival.org.uk/