PAIR
(the film)

PAIR is an exploration of courtship rituals, and the art of finding a mate in the Animal Kingdom, while examining gender roles and gender fluidity in nature. It was commissioned by Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company, and developed in close collaboration with the dancers, composers, and film makers. The film was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, when the premiere of the original stage piece was canceled. PAIR was an official selection of the Utah Dance Film Festival, 2021.

PAIR was filmed at five different locations across the state of Utah, on the traditional and ancestral homeland of the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute, and Ute Tribes. The project was funded in part by the Oakland CARES Fund for Artists.

CREDITS

DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY
Roxanne Gray
with collaboration from dancers

PERFORMERS
Marisa Augustine-Crowder
Sara Beach
Lyndi Coles
Christi Harris
Sawyer McKinley Newsome
Ken Nukaya
Alysia Paskett
Adrienne Whitworth

MUSIC
Alyssa Pyper
Benjamin Swisher
Luke Williams
Colin Lindenfield

The score can be purchased at Bandcamp.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Bentley Rawle

EDITOR
Jasmine Stack

FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA
Trevor Free

STEADICAM OPERATOR
Jacob Watson

COLORIST
Bentley Rawle

PHOTOGRAPHY
Jessica Heaton

LOCATIONS
Diamond Fork Canyon
Alpine Loop
Little Sahara
in Utah
on the traditional and ancestral homeland of the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute, and Ute Tribes.

COMMISSIONED BY
Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company

FUNDED IN PART BY
Oakland CARES Fund for Artists

OFFICIAL SELECTION
CineVox Dance Film Festival, Portland, 2023
Utah Dance Film Festival, Utah, 2021

SCREENED AT
12 Minutes Max, Salt Lake City Library, 2021