Experiencing Interruptions?

"Who's To Say This Will Make More Sense the Next Time Through"

This aerial dance film examines life with chronic illness & seeks to communicate the experience of those in the chronic pain community.

We began by gathering stories from 20 individuals who live with various chronic conditions. Audra Almond-Harvey, a writer & performance artist with a number of chronic illnesses, meditated on those stories & wrote a “love letter to patients & healers”. Then musician Dan Wright, another artist with a chronic condition, composed an underscore that beautifully supports Audra’s words.

During the live premiere of the piece in June 2022, an intense flare related to choreographer & director Rebekah Hampton Barger's own chronic health issues kept her from performing. But in a testament to the power of community, the rest of the cast rallied to build an alternate version & the show went on.

Filmmaker Michael Mallicote & Rebekah created this film as a composite to reflect both the original choreography & the beautiful ways in which the rest of the dancers stepped in to hold space for Rebekah &, by extension, the chronic pain community as a whole.

  • Rebekah Hampton Barger
    Director
  • Michael Mallicote
    Director
  • Audra Almond-Harvey
    Writer
  • Rebekah Hampton Barger
    Producer
  • Abby Welch
    Producer
  • Rebekah Hampton Barger
    Key Cast
  • Abby Welch
    Key Cast
  • Josie Meiss
    Key Cast
  • Skyler Levine
    Key Cast
  • Alexandra Winer
    Key Cast
  • Rebekah Hampton Barger
    Choreographer
  • Dan Wright
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Short, Other
  • Genres:
    dance, aerial
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 27, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Rebekah Hampton Barger, Michael Mallicote

In 2010 Rebekah Hampton Barger left work with Perpetual Motion Dance & the Oklahoma City Ballet to move to Nashville & found FALL, the city’s first aerial dance company.

Drawing on her multi-disciplinary background ranging from ballet to martial arts to rhythmic gymnastics, Rebekah’s work blends classical & contemporary dance, using aerial fabric & invented structures to create new possibilities & challenge dancers to experience gravity in new ways.

She has created commissions for the Nashville Symphony, abrasiveMedia, Nashville Ballet, & OZ Arts, with successful implementation of many large scale projects including original theatrical productions & site-specific installations. Rebekah's work can also be seen in music videos for Humming House, Ryan Beaver, Kat Jones & The Prophets, Timbre, & Genuine Joy.

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