In This Life
Grief is unavoidable and universal; a painfully physical experience in which language is often inadequate and where words are often unable to convey loss or to comfort it. In five acts, this film illustrates the stages of grief, exploring the language of loss through dance, narrative scenes, and performance art, conveying the complexity of grief in the often wordless way it impacts all our lives.
After every major loss, we must grieve for the person we used to be, for the future we thought we'd have. The journey to accept this new version of ourselves is often fraught with rage and pain as we shed our old skin to make way for the new. This film is about that journey.
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Directed by
Bat-Sheva Guez
Written by
Bat-Sheva Guez & Robbie Fairchild
Starring
Robbie Fairchild
Choreographers
James Alsop, Warren Craft, Robbie Fairchild, Andrea Miller, Christopher Wheeldon,
Cinematography
Giacomo Belletti
Production Design
Karen Weber
Performers
Kathleen Laituri, Heather Lang, Rico Lebron, Martha Nichols, Michael Rosen, Ahmad Simmons, Ryan Steele, Abby Stephensen, Cassandra Surianello, Julien Valme
*** Find us on instagram, youtube and facebook via #InThisLifeFilm
Last night I was blown away seeing In This Life, a dance film made by my longtime client and friend robbiefairchild , directed by the incredible batshevaguez and danced by Robbie and the ever fabulous heatherblee (who I haven’t seen in an age). Unfortunately last night was the only chance to see it at the Lincoln Center Dance on Camera film festival, but keep an eye out, it is wonderfully gripping, with both insane dance and cinematography.
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#inthislifefilm WON BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM brooklynfilmfestival!!! 🌈🌈🌈🌈
Congratulations batshevaguez and robbiefairchild 🤸♂️ So honored to share a part of this beautiful work!!!
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I was so honored to see how many people showed up for our screening at #LincolnCenter on Friday night. We filled the entire theater! People attended from so many different parts of my life, it made me smile for hours to discover them after the show. Afterwards, robbiefairchild said to me, "that was a very special night." And it was.
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We are going to Lincoln Center!! Such a milestone to screen something that I directed at the Walter Reade Theater. (But I will play it cool - NBD) #InThisLifeFilm is one of the highlight short films at the Dance on Camera Festival. .
Catch us July 12th at 8:45 pm. Oh, and I did I mention we have a trailer? Here it is. .
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Starring robbiefairchild who wrote it with me. Choreography by jamesals0p Warren Craft, wheeldony gallimdanceco and Robbie Fairchild
Cast includes heatherblee, kathleen_laituri michaelhsurosen, ahmadsimmons cassysurianello abigailemstephenson, nichols14, ricolebron ryesteele julienvalme
Score by babyt33th
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#inthislifefilm is having a good festival run! it won Best Experimental Film at brooklynfilmfestival had a great priemire at lincolncenter’s #danceoncamerafestival, and just won Best Musical Film at flickers.riiff! What an amazing vision by batshevaguez and robbiefairchild, so honored to have done production design on the project 🌊 #film #dancefilm #filmfest #lincolncenter #brooklynfilmfestival #riiff2019 #webersnyc
Huge congrats to batshevaguez (from episode 11) Her film #inthislifefilm won Best Experimental Film at the brooklynfilmfestival! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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So moved by robbiefairchild ‘s performance today. This actor can seriously bring it. #InThisLifeFilm day 3/5 #directing #onset #filmmaking #ITLfilm
Our screening of In This Life is tonight! 7:30 pm at the Broad Stage on 11th street in Santa Monica. Tickets are free! I'm happy to be here and was so relieved to see a gorgeous rain this morning and no fires. Big thanks to smcedu for hosting us. Right now, robbiefairchild is off teaching a master class with Griz while I catch up on work. If you can make it to the screening, I would love to share this film with you! .
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It’s so rewarding to watch #inthislifefilm have a solid festival run. It was an honor to be the #productiondesigner on this #experimental #dancefilm exploring the five stages of #grief. Directed by batshevaguez, we follow robbiefairchild through dark and mysterious realms of movement choreographed by artists such as #warrencraft, #jamesalsop, andreamiller_gallim, wheeldony and robbiefairchild. It was a culmination of so many incredible people and ideas and I’m in awe of the beauty we created together! ...and I’ll never forget the hours of sewing delicate gray chiffon projection panels 😅 Shout out forever to the best art assist sunnie_kim! #webersnyc
Dear MA friends! My short film is screening in Providence at the (Oscar-qualifying ooh!) Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival. You're invited! We go on at 6pm. If you're around, it would be lovely to see you! flickers.riiff
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Big THANK YOU to flickers.riiff and panavisionofficial for awarding my film #BehindTheWallFilm best cinematography and giving us the camera grant that helped make #inThisLifeFilm possible! How great to work with giacomobelletti again. He’s a true artist! And such a sweet camera and lenses from Panavision! .
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Big Thank You to the brooklynfilmfestival for our two screenings of my short dance film, #inthislifefilm ! We had a fabulous time and really enjoyed sharing it with cast, crew and friends. These pics are from our second screening last night. One audience member told me that our film made her cry. (The film is an exploration of grief) #danceoncamera #dancefilm #5stagesofgrief #ITLmovie
So I’m a day late...but it’s been a crazy busy two days of filming my first dance film #inthislifefilm An exploration of the language of loss. Beyond grateful to be collaborating with these amazing artists! ❤️❤️❤️batshevaguez giacomobelletti dremills_gallim wheeldony jamesals0p #warrencraft michaelhsurosen heatherblee rysteele ahmadsimmons nichols14 julienvalme kathleen_laituri cassysurianello eslyn9 ricolebron jortface dottavio77 #dreamer #filmmaker #danceonfilm #dance #storytelling #producer
Apparently the New York Times thinks you should see my movie tonight!! I'm so honored to be mentioned. 💖 Catch IN THIS LIFE at 8:45 pm at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. Tickers in my bio. .
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Spent my Labor Day directing a dance film in the ocean. Here are our dancers heatherblee and michaelhsurosen resting on the dock before our last setup. Choreography by dremills_gallim #InThisLifeFilm day 2/5. Masks by jortface .
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Shootin' in the Lord's house today ⚡️grand finale production day of #inthislifefilm directed by batshevaguez starring robbiefairchild 🌸✨such an honor to #productiondesign for... 🙏🏽love this cast and crew, the talent is mind blowing! (📸: sunnie_kim) #thatsawrap #weberproductiondesign #femalefilmmakers #femalefilmakerfriday
Hey look! My film #inthislifefilm won Best Experimental Film at the brooklynfilmfestival! Big thanks to the fest for putting on a great event and to my wonderful cast and crew for making the film so good. Look guys, we won a thing!! (Prizes include $200 and a gear rental from Lentini)
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my sunshine 🌞sunnie_kim art assisting me this week as I production design for #inthislifefilm directed by batshevaguez starring robbiefairchild 🎥👯✨#productiondesign #shortfilm #dancefilm #weberproductiondesign
My beautiful dancers watching playback during our shoot yesterday. #InThisLifeFilm choreography by jamesals0p .
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Up close and personal. Day 2 is a wrap. #inthislifefilm #dreamer #dancer #actor #filmmaker #producer #lotsofhats #danceonfilm batshevaguez giacomobelletti wearerivka