A Place to Train
A modern day warrior uses a joyful wisdom to transform his martial arts training into a vehicle of purity, goodness, and beauty. A film which reflects upon the ancient arts within…
Mutable Spirals of Ascension
“Only as we begin to notice and to experience, once again, our immersion in the invisible air do we start to recall what it is to be fully a part…
Quotidian Mandala
Single Channel Video. 8:41 minutes. 2016. Playing with direct confrontation, a solo dancer searches for enlightenment through cycles of repetition. Infused with strength, emotional intuition, and fierce intellect, she embraces her…
Filling Her Shoes
Single Channel Video. 10:27 minutes. 2015. The story of a woman’s struggle to fit into the confines of social mores and resist her inner temptations. A struggle which ultimately fails,…
Disordered Passages
Directed by Jessica Gomula-Kruzic. Choreography from Nicole Zvarik’s “Passages.” Audio design by Sean Clute. Disordered Passages is exploration of inward journeys within an artificial world. At first, the dancers’ journey take…
Eleven Dimensions
Eleven Dimensions. 40 minutes. 2014 – present. Produced by Jessica Gomula-Kruzic. Audio by Sean Clute. Performance Choreography by Pauline Jennings. Performed by Jennifer Mellor, Ellen Smith Ahern and Lida Winfield.…
Submerged
Collaborating with DOUBLE-VISION, Submerged is a video response to Modesto’s water uses and issues. This video poetically explores some key benefits the Tuolumne River brings to Modesto, as well as…
Dreams of Affection
This dance-for-film piece, directed by Jessica Gomula-Kruzic, is based on Broughton’s poem Always, Ever, and Only. The choreographer, Nicole Zvarik, says she designed the dance phrases as “a dream…
Modesto Modernism
In the middle decades of the 20th century, the Modernist architecture of Modesto, California, was on the cutting edge and it received national attention. In the 1940s, the New York…
Wealth
A video response to Modesto’s repeated ranking as the most unlivable city of its size in the country. Modesto’s problems are many and deep rooted. Yet this ranking is in…
Gasoline Puddles
Gasoline touched rain puddle create rainbows because the oil and water interface reflects light at different frequencies, and at different phases, causing interference cancelling and different angles of refraction. In…
Gold for Aphrodite
A visual juxtaposition of prayers for the Goddess of Love juxtaposed with the neon signs for actual strip-clubs. This project is a reflection of the reversal of ancient social mores…