A new film commissioned by the Getty connecting the works of painter Nicolas Poussin with contemporary dance. In efforts to bridge Poussin’s work to today’s viewers and highlight the artistic vitality of LA’s dance community, this series of original dance films by Los Angeles-based choreographers features our very own founding artistic director Ana Maria Alvarez.
The film can be experienced in the Getty exhibition galleries and online to engage a conversation across centuries—exploring the structure and subject matter of Poussin's compositions, challenging his position of cultural authority and radically reclaiming space in an institution that has often felt inaccessible to artists like Alvarez and CONTRA-TIEMPO.
This film was featured at the Getty Museum from February 15th-May 8th 2022.
CREDITS:
Direction and choreographic vision Ana María Alvarez
Cinematography and editing Meena Murugesen
Musical composition, writing and arrangement Anaïs Maviel
Featured artists and improvisors Ana María Alvarez, Bobbie Bell, Dr. Shamell Bell, Jannet Galdamez, Liliana de Leon-Torsiello, Ruby Morales, Jasmine Stanley, Shantel Ureña, Dr. S. Ama Wray
Youth performers Luca Alvarez-Lowe, Sidney Alvarez-Lowe, Seijani Goodin, Iyannah McClendon
Birds Ana, Bella, Bruno, Roxy, Rudy, Sunshine
Musicians Anaïs Maviel, Rashaan Carter, Aruán Ortiz, Angel Lau, Jaimie Branch, Michael Pallas
Color correction Anastasia Shepherd
Community and production team CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater, Jessica Amaya, Rashaan Carter, Dolores Chavez, Jannet Galdamez, d. Sabela grimes, Vinkya Hunter, Gabriel Ibarra, Jolieba Jackson, Yolanda Keh, Jared Kok, Chan Quach, David Reynoso, Emmanuel Ruffler, Riley Shen, Farah Sosa
press
“…a dialogue that transcended centuries of distance, radically separated by cultural contexts and artistic tools, yet found compelling resonance in their mutual investigations of the distinct emotion and meaning that only dance can elicit.”
Getty Exhibition Brings Together 17th-Century Painting and Contemporary Dance
“…sugar cane is ripped, bitten, and swung about as a meditation on this indulgent substance—echoing themes of vice and virtue, and the pitfalls of bacchanalia that were investigated by Poussin.”
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