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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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Dare to Dance in Public Winners: Pedestrian Wanderlust for Best Raw & Best Interface with Camera

By Sarah Elgart on March 21, 2018

This year, New York based non-profit Pedestrian Wanderlust wowed the judges by bringing the notion of daring to dance in public to a new level of... Read more →
DanceFilm

Love: Best Student Film of Dare to Dance in Public Film Fest

By Sarah Elgart on March 7, 2018

It’s rare to find a young person who has the courage, or in fact reason at all, to face the subject of mortality. And it may be more rare still for... Read more →
DanceFilmMusicOUR WORLD

Cuanto es Suficiente:
A Dare to Dance in Public Film Fest Winner

By Sarah Elgart on February 21, 2018

This year’s Round Two of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival, we were beyond thrilled to receive a submission from the destination for Trump’s... Read more →
The Double
DanceFilm

An Interview with Nicola Hepp: A Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival Winner

By Sarah Elgart on February 14, 2018

Over the next several weeks ScreenDance Diaries will be featuring articles on winners from this year's (round two) of Dare to Dance in Public Film... Read more →
DanceTheatre

Betroffenheit at The Broad Stage

By Sarah Elgart on February 14, 2018

What do you have when you mix theater and dance, words and wordlessness, and use them to describe the indescribable? I first learned about... Read more →
DanceFilm

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Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Best Student Film & The Honorable Mentions

By Sarah Elgart on February 7, 2018

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices. This week Dare to Dance in Public Film... Read more →
DanceFilm

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Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round Two Winners Announced!

By Sarah Elgart on January 31, 2018

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices. The time has finally come: We are so... Read more →
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Sink or Swim

By Sarah Elgart on January 17, 2018

I’m pleased to say the countdown has begun... The jury has met and in just two weeks Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival will announce the... Read more →
DanceFilm

Dancing Down Paris Streets

By Sarah Elgart on January 3, 2018

Happy New Year! It’s 2018 and Hark… time to rejoice, for dance is everywhere! It’s throbbing through our veins, pulsing through our cities,... Read more →
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Dare to Dance in Public Film Fest & A Beautiful Destroyer

By Sarah Elgart on December 13, 2017

I’m incredibly pleased to announce that Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival closed on November 27th with submissions from 11 countries! We have... Read more →
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