In this episode of The MDC Talks, we talk with Cara Hagan; mover, maker, writer, curator, champion of just communities, and a dreamer.

We have always admired Cara's approach to making art, we have championed each others practice from afar and finally connected in person in 2018. In this conversation we talk about curation, black bodies on screen, navigating the festival circuit, her book 'Screendance from Film to Festival: Celebration and Curatorial Practice' and more!

Cara Hagan

https://carahagan.net/

@carahagan_art

References: 

Screendance from Film to Festival: Celebration and Curatorial Practice - https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/screendance-from-film-to-festival/

Cygnus - https://youtu.be/0yxsTerwHjA?si=ZfSU2iZDi7l1IjNh

ADF Movies by Movers - https://americandancefestival.org/movies-by-movers/

Cut Me Summa Dat Noise Film - @cutmesummadatnoise_film

Funding Bodies by Sarah Wilbur -

https://www.weslpress.org/9780819580528/funding-bodies/

NYCB New Works Festival -

https://www.nycballet.com/discover/stories/the-making-of-the-2021-summer-session-films/

1 - https://youtu.be/4qOGsKdvz1o?si=vvV_5R8e7E_51Wfy

2 - https://youtu.be/ihw4QM7YebQ?si=sget-g8KN_730aBg

3 - https://youtu.be/O_0JmVMovu0?si=IoYn36n1wRqnmRqi

4 - https://youtu.be/VUc188WtE08?si=jvfPAGq9s3BtXKXI

5 - https://youtu.be/g1CVEGFcN44?si=DpnvOaETu6cTONMK

In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch- https://www.amazon.co.uk/BLINK-EYE-NEW-EDN-New/dp/1879505622

What is urban dance on screen? | Omari Carter Video Essay - https://vimeo.com/328049558

Ode to an Unapologetically Free and Sacred Body - https://youtu.be/Se-paC7a8wM?si=ljHitZpDLQUCiBvY

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