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Sarah Elgart

Sarah Elgart

Founder/Director of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival, Sarah Elgart is a Los Angeles based choreographer and director working under the auspice of Sarah Elgart | Arrogant Elbow. Sarah creates original content for stage, screen, and site-specific venues. Her stage and site-works have been performed at alternative spaces including LAX Airport, The Skirball Center, Mark Taper Forum, Van Nuys Flyaway, The Bradbury Building, Jacob’s Pillow, INSITU Site-Specific Festival NY, and Loft Seven, where she created a rooftop work lit entirely by a hovering helicopter accompanied by Nels Cline (Wilco). Her work has been produced by venues including The Music Center, MASS MoCA, Dance Place, Los Angeles Theater Center, Mark Taper Forum and The International Women’s Theater Festival. In film Sarah has worked with noted directors including JJ Abrams, David Lynch, Catherine Hardwicke, and Anton Corbijn. Her own films include award-winning music videos, dance shorts, and an Emmy nominated PSA, and continue to be accepted into festivals internationally. In addition to teaching dance and film, Sarah writes a regular column, ScreenDance Diaries that focuses on the intersections of both genres internationally for online magazine Cultural Weekly. Sarah’s work has received support from organizations that include the Rockefeller Foundation, the NEA, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, California Arts Council and more. She is an alumna of the Sundance Institute’s Dance Film Lab, a Fellow of AFI’s Directing Women’s Workshop, and a director member of the DGA.

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Able

By Sarah Elgart on April 3, 2019

Seeing dance on film and seeing dance live are two completely different, albeit strangely complimentary experiences. Whether on site or in seats, as... Read more →
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Territorio de Delirio

By Sarah Elgart on March 13, 2019

With heads shrouded in white cloth, two figures embrace against a backdrop of mountains. What ensues in Emilia y Pablo’s Territorio de Delirio... Read more →
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The 7 Fingers at The Broad Stage & Other LA Dance Happenings

By Sarah Elgart on February 13, 2019

These days, there is so much good dance (and much more... e.g. The Frieze Art Fair!) happening on a weekly basis in Los Angeles that one literally... Read more →
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ScreenDance Intensive

By Sarah Elgart on February 13, 2019

This 3-day workshop taught by Choreographer Director Sarah Elgart provides an in-depth introduction to and hands-on experience in creating compelling... Read more →
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60pulses

By Sarah Elgart on February 6, 2019

I unsuspectingly came upon the dance film 60pulses in my social media feed the other day, and it grabbed me instantly. Unlike any other dance film... Read more →
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Move Freely

By Sarah Elgart on January 23, 2019

These days, those involved in its world will see dance referred to increasingly with the term social justice. As someone who has for years taught... Read more →
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And So Say All of Us

By Sarah Elgart on January 9, 2019

Former Choreographer/Performance Artist and now Filmmaker Mitchell Rose is perhaps currently best known for his often comedic dance films which have... Read more →
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Static Motion

By Sarah Elgart on December 12, 2018

I often think that if cinematography and slow motion had a love child it would be dance. Take excellent movers in good wardrobe, great lighting and... Read more →
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Ophion

By Sarah Elgart on December 5, 2018

Flexing, the often amazing and ubiquitous style of street dance that originated in Brooklyn, comes in many forms and flavors. These days there is so... Read more →
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San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2018

By Sarah Elgart on November 21, 2018

This past October, for the second year in a row, I had the privilege of attending San Francisco Dance Film Festival – truly one of the most... Read more →
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