By Alex Silverman
Built on **interpretive dance and pure image—no dialogue—**A23a: What Are You Trying to Tell Us? translates glacial movement into human motion. Choreographer Darla Johnson draws on a personal moment at a lake, where she felt herself pulled into a counter-clockwise spin; later she learned that iceberg A23a had undergone a comparable rotational drift. Working with director Grant Lee Bomar and cinematographer Dean Lee Bomar, the film cross-cuts dancers with footage and impressions of the iceberg, asking what patterns—spin, fracture, flow—might mean across bodies and environments. The result is open-ended and evocative: a reminder that, like dance, nature invites interpretation as much as explanation.
Credits: Choreography: Darla Johnson • Director: Grant Lee Bomar • Cinematography: Dean Lee Bomar
Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)
Alex is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a major in Comedic Writing & Performance and a minor in Writing for Television. Apart from his work as part of the Planet Classroom Network Film Selection team at CMRubinWorld, he is a sketch writer, and pursuing a career in acting in New York City.
