Somatic Movement, Dance, and Film Festival exploring other narratives involving trauma, PTSD, and healing

EXTENDED CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Essence of Embodiment 2021 Festival to be held March 2021
Online and in person* in Jersey City, NJ

We are inviting submissions from Artists of Black, Latinx, Asian American Descent, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and the Pacific, Non-Binary, Queer Artists, and Artists with Disabilities 

Extended Lifeline: January 22nd, 2021 by 11:59 PM ET
Notification: January 31st 2021

We are excited to announce the call for entries for the Essence of Embodiment Festival to be presented in March 2021. Join us next spring in Jersey City and online, as we highlight emerging and established movement practitioners, directors, dance artists to Essence of Embodiment. Exploring other narratives involving trauma, PTSD, and approaches to healing. We're looking for class proposals that have a framework to explore joy, caring for your body, processing trauma, and healing.



To submit workshop proposals and dance films, apply here:

http://bit.ly/38Sd5ES

All questions should go to: Iman, iman.rose.louis-jeune@outlook.com

Essence of Embodiment is curated by Iman Louis-Jeune, one of the curatorial dance fellows at Smush Gallery '20-21 and a dance-filmmaker herself. She actively works to uplift and engage in work that is cathartic rather than escapist.

www.smushgallery.com

*Films will be screened online as part of an online programming for the Essence of Embodiment Festival, in addition to a dance intensive, published zines, and a gallery exhibition. Due to COVID-19 we may have a limited in-person screening of accepted films. Due to limited physical space, we may be able to accommodate small/less-involved film installations, but our primary focus is showcasing the film itself.