The original dance-film ‘mechanical response’ is collaborative work was co-created by Michigan artists in Detroit, Michigan (USA) and it debuts online March 23, 2023. Watch it online, here, or click on any of the links to YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Please share this link or any of the included URLs online, or with friends.

mechanical response

Original dance film created in Detroit, MI (USA)

mechanical response

Original dance film created in Detroit, MI

Detroit dance film: mechanical response

A dozen collaborators co-created a dance film in Detroit, Michigan (USA) called mechanical response. The piece premiered at N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art (Detroit) before a capacity crowd, later being featured at RADfest in Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA).

The full version of mechanical response debuted online March 23, 2023.

Links to the full version of mechanical response can be found at the URLs below.

Credits

co-creators:
Erin Wilson
Lisa LaMarre

based on the poem:
I Am The Bullet

writer/director:
Erin Wilson

choreography:
Lisa LaMarre

dancers:
Lisa LaMarre
Rachael Harbert
Miranda Smith
Marianne Brass

director of photography:
Josh Tyron

cinematographer:
Seth Thompson

camera:
Joshua Tyron
Seth Thompson
Raleigh Chadderdon

production assistant:
Raleigh Chadderdon

location:
Light Box Performance Venue
(formerly Greater New Light
Baptist Missionary Church)

music score:
Matt Black

lyrics:
Erin Wilson

vocals:
Erin Lenau

audio production (drums/vocals):
Alex Hamel

collaborators:
ArtPeers
LaMarre and Dancers
SideCar Studios
Epiglottic Photographic
Green Frog Photo & Video
Light Box Performance Venue

mechanical response debuted at
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art
Detroit, MI (USA)

made possible by:
Wege Foundation