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🎬 As a filmmaker, I burst at the seams for each film I create and direct. Here, emerges my new film director reel, encompassing some of the most creative projects I’ve been so fortunate to dream up entirely or creatively interpret existing concepts from pencil sketches, behind the camera, and on to the editing room. Movement on film is where my two worlds collide, and boy, does it send me to cloud 9. A special thank you and appreciation to so many brilliant movers with incredible instincts and ability to run with movement direction, all of whom I’ve been so fortunate to capture and create with, as well as three very unique choreographers’ brilliant work for a couple of these projects. Keep moving and celebrate collaboration! Producer / Director / DP Lindsay Clipner @_risearts @awethewhile Performing / Movement Artists : @katerinaballerina8 @gcjaime @erik.debono @marra__s @kylehmartin_ @g_starlin_ @alexis.borth @msratchetnyc @queenbrendaline @cetrine_noel @kendra.brown.16 @sammypmc @itschristianalexander @hkostas8 @tessaannrose @evasulcer @nwarrior27 @artofnouse.dance @alipfleg Choreographer for What Came with Spring: @itschristianalexander DPs for As Big as the Sky : @tomjohnkubik @margomoritz Choreographer for As Big as the Sky : @katerinaballerina8 Choreographer for caress them in a way that hurts a little : @omar.roman.dejesus

🅡🅘🅢🅔 🅐🅡🅣🅢 🅒🅞🅛🅛🅔🅒🅣🅘🅥🅔 ➋⓿➋➌ What a truly brilliant year for RISE ARTS! 🅞🅝 🅕🅘🅛🅜 🎞️ 𝙰𝚜 𝙱𝚒𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚔𝚢 🎬 made its festival tour to SF, LA, Raleigh, Calgary, Bogotá, Geneva, Prague, Italy, and soon : Croatia! A very special thank you to artist, James Turrell, for the incredible opportunity to film within his Skyspace Series : 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘮𝘴©️ @jamesturell The film has also been curated into programming at The National Gallery in Washington D.C. @nationalgallery as well as a group exhibition @deyoungmuseum in San Francisco. It has been an absolute honor! We are thrilled to have met so many incredible dance filmmakers at the film festivals as we celebrated one anothers’ work! 🅞🅝 🅢🅣🅐🅖🅔 💡 𝕒 𝕗 𝕥 𝕖 𝕣 𝕙 𝕠 𝕦 𝕣 𝕤 choreographed by @awethewhile premiered at @making_____moves festival at @charlottestreetfoundation in summer. A musical dive into a rich nocturnal world of the Sleepwalker, the Insomniac & the Sandman. Dance artists : @jeremykhanson @hkostas8 @tessaannrose We had the beautiful opportunity to stage ‘The Creation’, by Geoffrey Holder, originally danced by legendary dancer & choreographer Carmen de Lavallade. The history and beauty of this experience is unparalleled. This journey will continue with the amazing former DTH ballerina, Karen Brown. Our gratitude to the amazing creative artists of The New York Dance Festival for their welcoming support! @newyorkdancefestival 🅞🅝 🅜🅤🅢🅘🅒 🎼 Our brilliant musical collaborators include @luneruse , @pesinasiller.als & @lucifer_mcknight Stay tuned for insight about each music artist’s background and process! We have an incredible year exploring our mission! RISE ARTS invites inquisitive minds to explore the intersection of movement, film & all art forms to encourage multidisciplinary interplay. Stay tuned for our very first #documentary directed by Lindsay Clipner @awethewhile in collaboration with Christian Warner, Owen Cox & The Black Creatures 🎥💡 Wishing you all a creative and powerful new year! ✨🪩 #newchoreo #femaledirector #shortfilmfestival #choreography #choreographer #femalechoreographer #shortfilm #dancefilm #danceoncamera #dancer

New Dance Partners presented by @midwesttrustcenterjccc @owencoxdance @jennifer.c.owen.39 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 choreography : @zanderander dancers : @sammypmc @henrysteeledillon @jm22nmrk @cetrine_noel @emaraneyj @ljwallner @sandystrangis lighting design : @burkebrowndesign 📷 : @awethewhile @_risearts • #contemporarydance #newchoreo #alexanderanderson #owencoxdancegroup #newdancepartners #newdancepartners2024 #danceworld

❄️The third snowfall of the season inspires snowy city strolls, the perfect flat white, and crackling records at day’s end.

📓𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛.” —𝚁𝚊𝚕𝚙𝚑 𝚆𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚘 𝙴𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗

❄️ Snowfall envelops SoHo this eve as wintry strolls for nightcaps wind all the way to Fanelli. @fanellis

📙Chapter One : The First Snowfall❄️ New York awoke to a glistening snowfall; one that tells the tale of powder echoing beneath the boots and wandering ski trails across Central Park.

Sundown, hues & grooves emerge. . #sunset #sundown #sea #dancer #improv #choreo #groove #movement

2025 New York Dance Festival Film Fellow: Fellow Lindsay Clipner working at the New York City Ballet with collaborators Bryan Reeder and Zui Gomez. #2025newyorkdancefestival #mcleodtechnique #dance #followkdt #professionaldance #nycdance #dancefestival #nydffilmfellow #dancevideo #choreography

Music from the opening section of my piece, ‘after hours’, Que Tristeza. This voice haunts me creatively. It keeps me grooving, searching and dreaming of new sections for ‘after hours’, new collaborators, unknown atmospheres. I feel free when I stir in this realm 🌙 . . . #improv #choreo #artistprocess #dancer #choreographer #contemporaryart #contemporarydance

𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘌 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘚𝘗𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎 is a documentary which follows Christian Warner’s multidisciplinary choreographic premiere in Kansas City, performed by Owen/Cox Dance Group & musicians The Black Creatures. The artists engage with the community in conversation about the Black experience and Black liberation through the choreographic medium and music.  The premiere challenges the audience to take the conversation beyond the theatre, and out into the world. Through Christian Warner’s choreographic exploration, he leans on his research of the history of vaudeville and minstrelsy in Kansas City, weaving his narrative within the alluring score by The Black Creatures. Each artist dissects their character roles within the production, pulling from their ancestors, their supportive creative process and their own life experience.  Kansas City Screening : March 26 at 7:30pm Charlotte Street Foundation @charlottestreetfoundation RSVP : Eventbrite link in bio Documentary directed by Lindsay Clipner @awethewhile @_risearts   Film Director / Editor / Producer Choreographer & Stage Director : Christian Warner @itschristianalexander Musical Score : THE BLACK CREATURES @theblackcreatures Jade Green & Xavier Martin with Hadiza Sa-aadu Music Label : @centercutrecords Company : Owen/Cox Dance Group @owencoxdance Artistic Director : Jennifer Owen @jennifer.c.owen.39 Music Director : Brad Cox Stage Dramaturge : Jeremy de Jon Guyton @_de_jon_ Dancers : Taylor Collier @taylor_corrine17 Shaina McGregor @shaina.mcgregor Emara Vonae @emaraneyj Christopher Page-Sanders @chrispagesanders0203 Sam McReynolds @sammypmc Christian Alexander @itschristianalexander Director of Photography : Lindsay Clipner @awethewhile & John Loch Stage Lighting Design : Shelby Arndt & Kylor Greene Stage Sound Design Chad Meise Archival Audio courtesy of David Hoffman Screening March 26 at 7:30pm* Charlotte Street Foundation @charlottestreetfoundation This screening is supported in part by the City of Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund @kansascity *Eventbrite link in bio

𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 Choreography: Omar Román de Jesús Music: Ola De luz by OKRAA Lighting design : Ben Rawson Costume design: Omar Román de Jesús Costume construction: Anna Alisa Belous Dancers: @lieanajs @natattax @rachelsecrest10 @margaretjonespilates @alipfleg @santiagovrdz @marcoavega @ianspring @artofnouse.dance Photography : @awethewhile . #bocatuya #omarromandejesus #nycdance #choreographer #newyorkdance #dancecompany #contemporaryart