Private Project

The Edge of Mercy

A ferocious prayer of unrest, where laughter and tears become the same. Performer Jennifer Rose unravels through uprooted landscapes with beastly sensuality. The dance is strikingly paired with music from “Call to Prayer” by Ghalia Benali, Romina Lischka, and Vincent Noiret, who merge Classical Arabic Maqam, Indian Dhrupad Raga, and Early European styles. The tension of movement and music stresses a common spirit across cultures, and unrelenting universal strife.

  • Jennifer Rose
    Director
  • Roberta Shaw
    Director
  • Jennifer Rose
    Producer
  • Roberta Shaw
    Producer
  • Jennifer Rose
    Key Cast
    Shen Wei Dance Arts
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jennifer Rose, Roberta Shaw

Jennifer Rose is an international choreographer, performer, teacher, director and former member of internationally renowned Shen Wei Dance Arts. She has performed at notable venues such as Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Festival du Cannes and The Olympic Theatre in Beijing. She creates works in collaboration with regional artists in lesser known crevices and larger metropolises of the world to produce highly theatrical and visual dance theatre to ignite cultural dialogue, give power to the unheard voice and liberate the personal experience of freedom.
Her work has been presented at the US Cultural Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Cultural Consulate of Andalusia, Spain, Ancient Ruins of Extremadura, Spain, Congress-Legalize Dance, Los, Angeles, CA, multiple venues across Oaxaca, Mexico and various artist residencies around the world. She teaches masterclasses around the globe based on contemporary forms, theatrical expression and martial arts principals and alternatively offers workshops on Shen Wei's Natural Body Development Technique. She believes live performance is an opportunity for both performers and audiences to insist on real time transformation, express universal agreements and transcend the art of story-telling.

Roberta Shaw has straddled dance and film for most of her adult life, presenting at REDCAT, Wexner Center for the Arts, Lincoln Center, Artist’s Television Access, ODC/SF, and more. Highlights include collaborating with David Rousseve on BITTERSWEET, co-creating FECHE! Dancing in Senegal with Nicole Stanton, creating projections for Victoria Marks’ SMALLEST GESTURE, and choreographing/directing her own piece DOMINION, filmed at Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Artsite. She has loved getting to dance with Neil Greenberg, Maria Gillespie (ONI Dance), Bebe Miller, Victoria Uris, Rebecca Pappas, Kristina Isabelle, Jennifer Rose and many others. Robbie teaches dance and film in colleges and high schools, most recently at CalArts, Pasadena City College, and formerly at UCI, UCLA, and The Ohio State University.

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