Dafeena

Dafeena is a site-specific dance for camera film adapting the original work created by Natasha Bakht for the CanAsian International Dance Festival. Shot in an abandoned crystal quarry, two guardians act out a mysterious yet seemingly familiar ancient ritual. This poetic film celebrates the spirit of nature and calls attention to the passage of time through experimentation with light and refracted images.

Directors: Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer
Composer/Musician: Alexander MacSween
Choreographer: Natasha Bakht
DOP: Michael Wees
Editor: Jules de Niverville
Dancers: Aarti Joseph, Atri Nundy
Producers: Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer, Mouvement Perpétuel
Funders: bravoFACT, Canada Council for the Arts: Dance on Screen Production Fund