FAULTLINE – TORI LAWRENCE
A new digital dance film by Tori Lawrence + Co. Set in the expansive and iconic Mojave Desert, the film brings awareness to the interplay between the natural environment, designed body, and the human need to adapt to a changing environment. Choreographed, filmed and edited by Tori Lawrence, with a costume created by visual artists Mark King & Bregje Cox, worn by dancer Anthony Pucci, the film navigates interstitial spaces between the sculptural cacti and geologic features in the Joshua Tree desert. The project was filmed over two winters in Joshua Tree, edited with support from a residency at USF Verftet in Bergen, Norway and additional support from the New England Foundation for the Arts.
Tori Lawrence is a US-based choreographer and dance filmmaker working in nontraditional, immersive site-specific processes. Her live performances have been presented by Dock11, Movement Research at Judson Church, The Barnes Foundation, Fort Mason Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Counterpulse, Philadelphia Dance Projects, and Chez Bushwick. Her dance films have been presented by the Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center, Lisbon Screendance Festival, Stockholm Screendance Festival, American Dance Festival, Agite y Sirva, POOL Festival, and others. She has been awarded residencies at Yaddo, Djerassi, Ucross Foundation, Brunakra, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, USF Verftet, Dance Ireland, and Budapest’s Workshop Foundation. She worked as a dancer and filmmaker for choreographer Sara Shelton Mann throughout San Francisco and Berlin from 2019-2022. She is a Professor of Dance at Keene State College where she teaches courses in dance film, improvisation, and contemporary technique. She has also taught dance film courses at Bennington College, Smith College, and Middlebury College. She most recently worked in Norway on the installation SJØRADIO (Sea Radio), developed over the course of a year at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, DansiT, and USF Verftet. The project was a multimedia documentation of climate research in the form of handmade instruments and radio, super 8mm film, and live movement and sound performances throughout the USF gallery and abutting fjord. As a dance filmmaker, she has worked as a videographer for Movement Research in NYC, Ponderosa, Bates Dance Festival, NYU Skirball, New York Live Arts, Triskelion Arts, The Field Center, and many artists and companies.
- Titel: Faultline
- Director//Regie: Tori Lawrence
- Choreography//Choreographie: Tori Lawrence
- Country of Production//Land: United States
- Year of Production//Jahr: 2026
- Duration//Dauer: 00:11:54
- Dance and Performance//Tanz: Anthony Pucci
- Camera//Kamera: Tori Lawrence
- Montage: Tori Lawrence
- Sound//Ton: Passepartout Duo
- Music//Musik: David Moore
- Webpage//Webseite: www.torilaurence.org