Project Description

Trans-Continental Dance Collaborative is a dance film project focused on the creation of collaborative dance films set in the US and foreign locations. Founded in 2006 by Robin Cantrell and Mira Cook, TCDC serves as a way to share creative spontaneous moments of dance, through the more accessible medium of film.

Currently manifested as a series of short films, TCDC plans to make a full length film, shot in locations around the world. This will take place over the course of a longer period of travel with the cooperation of associated dance artists, companies and those met along the way. In collaboration with the Dance Films Association, TCDC will hold dance film screenings as they stop in locations along their travel route.

Purpose

TCDC expands cultural understanding through the art of dance. This is achieved by sharing information with communities abroad and in turn bringing home unique images of artists that would not be viewed otherwise. TCDC promotes communication across cultural and language barriers, using the common language of dance. The results are tangible: a lasting accessible documentation of the journey, and the creation of a global network of dance artists. It is through this broadening of cultural awareness that Trans-Continental Dance Collaborative promotes world peace.