IN PURSUIT OF WEIGHTLESSNESS

The February 2016 issue of Dance magazine posed this question: “Is zero gravity the next frontier of choreography?”  
That question went unanswered until Seattle-based choreographer Allegra Searle-LeBel started training to become America’s first zero gravity dancer.  Her mission: Translate movement in gravity to movement beyond gravity. Create a physical language for things humans never had language for before; in effect, a new ecology of movement.  
Now, with society's attention on mass space exploration and citizen space travel, IN PURSUIT OF WEIGHTLESSNESS presents the story of a dancer redefining her art by moving beyond gravity. 
Because the rules down here don’t apply out there.

  • Scott Kirschenbaum
    Director
    These Are My Hours, You're Looking At Me Like I Live Here And I Don't, A Soapbox in Haiti
  • Eloise LeBel
    Writer
  • Scott Kirschenbaum
    Writer
  • Nikki Zambon
    Producer
  • Eloise LeBel
    Producer
  • Allegra Searle-LeBel
    Key Cast
  • Angelo Silvio Vasta
    Cinematography
  • Cole Rise
    Cinematography
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    18,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Scott Kirschenbaum

Scott previously made You’re Looking At Me Like I Live Here And I Don’t, a sensory immersion into one woman’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease, which aired on PBS' Independent Lens, and serves as a teaching tool for universities and conferences around the world; and These Are My Hours, a sensory immersion into one woman’s experience giving birth, which was called the most cinematic birth documentary ever and has been distributed in 45 countries worldwide. Prior to that, he produced the speaker series entitled A Soapbox in Haiti, which was featured on ABC World News and premiered on Haiti's national television stations on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake.

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