【🎞️】Some stills from SCREAMS INFERNALLY, a dance film i shot with @michael_mendones earlier this year. Special thanks to @bett1na23 and @djalipig ♡ ♡ ♡
London Premiere: 17th June 2025
📍@kinoshortfilm Strongroom in Shoreditch （120-124 Curtain Rd, London EC2A 3SQ）
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【🌸🕊️】 Spring Stroll. Pretty portraits and pigeons. Windy weather, sun squeezing through the grey, between the clouds a bright blue wall shines like the sky. Lovely lunch, lucky London weather. Daylight saving has spring sprung. 🌷💃🏻🥰
Photo credit @fatahghedi 📸
#daylightsavingstime #actorsoflondon #londonpigeons #mayaderen #avantgardefilm
It’s extraordinary what an #iphone can capture nowadays, and how an accidentally smeared lens make it look anamorphic!
Little bit of play with Sumi after @theplayground_rambert and some wasserspiel
#dance #dancer #contemporarydancer #reel #play #explore #fun #colour
Post Playground playing! One of my many demo tracks from the vault in a Trappist style. Sumi not missing a beat even when putting her handbag down to get serious with her moves (she danced in silence).
#dance #danceimprovisation #play #explore #dancer #trapbeats
🍿 IT’S OFFICIAL! We are thrilled to be selected for the London International Screen Dance Festival 2025!
Catch our work on the big screen on October 17th 🎬
Tickets are live now, link in bio! 👆
#ScreenDance #LondonInternationalScreenDanceFestival #DanceFilm #FilmFestival #MovementOnScreen #LondonDance #DanceAnnouncement #whattodoinlondon
【New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival】some pictures of the festival program and tech & sound check of Traces
TRACES · dance film
Director, producer, choreographer, dancer & concept: Sumi Xiaoméi Cheng | Directors of photography: Michael Mendones, Jane Gao, Saba Khatamy, Yi-Hsien Chi | Editor: Sumi Xiaomei Cheng | Music composer & cellist: Jui-Ying Huang
#NYCEMF #dancefilm #electronicmusic #somaticdance #somaticchoreography #trinitylaban #labanalumni #trinitylabanconservatoireofmusicanddance #londonartists #originalmusic #newyorkcity #sheencenter #screendance #marchmusic #electronicmusıc #davinciresolve #blackmagiccamera
🎥 Traces · teaser
@tracesdancefilm
Step into a surreal world where memory, dance, and sound collide. Traces pulls you into a hypnotic journey, accompanied by electronic music, haunting cello, and Chinese percussion. Traces is a poetic and visually arresting short film that invites audiences to reflect on how we define creativity, professionalism, and the spaces in between.
Where does the ordinary end and the extraordinary begin?
Follow @tracesdancefilm to find out more and support 🐢 🕊️
🎥 Screening at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival on Saturday, June 28, 2025 @sheencenter
TRACES · dance film
Director, producer, choreographer, dancer & concept: Sumi Xiaoméi Cheng | Directors of photography in alphabetical order of given name: Michael Mendones, Saba Khatamy, Yi-Hsien Chi | Editor: Sumi Xiaomei Cheng | Music composer: Jui-Ying Huang | Poster designer: Sumi Xiaomei Cheng
#NYCEMF #dancefilm #electronicmusic #somaticdance #somaticchoreography #trinitylaban #labanalumni #trinitylabanconservatoireofmusicanddance #londonartists #originalmusic #bettyboop #newyorkcity #sheencenter #screendance #artforpeace #ceasefirenow
Screams Infernally | trailer
Set against the backdrop of London’s corporate city, this eclectic short film follows a woman’s surreal journey to escape the daily grind. A visceral blend of dance, mood, and resistance.
SCREAMS INFERNALLY premieres 17th June 2025
🕖 Doors open 7pm / Screening starts 7:30pm
📍@kinoshortfilm at Strongroom London, Shoreditch.
🎟️ Tickets via link in bio ☝️
You’re invited ~ hope to see you there! ✨
SCREAMS INFERNALLY
CONCEPT: MICHAEL MENDONES & SUMI XIAOMÉI
CHOREOGRAPHED AND DANCED BY SUMI XIAOMEI;
MUSIC, FILMED & EDITED BY MICHAEL MENDONES;
CO-PRODUCED BY SUMI XIAOMEI;
SET ASSISTANT: BETTINA LOTTER-JONES;
OFFICIAL MASCOTS: DJALI PIG & FAITH DRAGON-PIG;
POSTER DESIGNER & TAILER CUTTER: SUMI XIAOMEI
#shortfilm #dancefilm #contemporaryartlondon #londoncitylife #screendance #originalmusic #electronicmusic #dancefilmproducer #somaticchoreography #somaticdance #傣族舞#poledancer #shoreditchnightlife #kinolondon
【🎂】Happy Birthday to my favorite leading man on set and in life! 🎥 Sei il mio protagonista ogni giorno. So proud of you @fatahghedi , always. ❤️
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💥London film premiere of SCREAMS INFERNALLY
17th June 2025, doors open 7pm/ screening starts 7.30pm
📍@kinoshortfilm at Strongroom London, Shoreditch
You’re invited, hope to see you there! ✨
Concept by Michael Mendones & Sumi Xiaoméi
CHOREOGRAPHED AND DANCED BY SUMI XIAOMEI
MUSIC, FILMED AND EDITED BY MICHAEL MENDONES
CO-PRODUCED BY SUMI XIAOMEi
SET ASSISTANT: BETTINA LOTTER-JONES
OFFICIAL MASCOTS: DJALI PIG & FAITH DRAGON-PIG
Poster design by Sumi Cheng.
#londonpremiere #londonfilm #londonnightout #dancefilm #shortfilm #britishshortfilm #artforpeace #contemporaryarts #screendance #2025film #somaticchoreography #dancerinlondon #besea #internationalshortfilm #femaleproducers #shoreditch #bricklane #strongroom #kinolondon
🎉 Thrilled to announce that my screen dance film TRACES has been accepted to the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival!
🗓️ Showtime: Saturday, June 28, 2025
📍 Venue: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
Can’t wait to share this work with you all—huge thanks to the festival team, everyone who made this possible, and especially every collaborator who brought TRACES to life. 🫶
See you there! ✨
#NYCEMF #TRACES #ScreenDance #TRACESdancefilm #ExperimentalFilm #Electroacoustic #NewMusic #DanceFilm #mayaderen #trinitylaban #tlalumni #dogma95 #shortfilm #madeinlondon #bfi #chineseheritage #germanheritage #taiwan #peace #artforpeace #🗽
