Dancing to Connect Despite Isolation
By Veronique Manfredini
Lacking, curated by Battery Dance in collaboration with their German program, Dancing to Connect, is a short film that focuses on the feeling of isolation caused by the pandemic and the connection created when people collaborate.
Lacking begins with an introduction by the three individuals that made the workshop possible. This was a great way to introduce the dance: an interpretation of the dancers’ emotions and feelings during the pandemic.
The choice of music is interesting and has three different moods. The first is a repetitive sound that doesn’t quite fit with the dancing, as if to represent the disconnect between people during quarantine. Then the music speeds up, with movements that feel more like a fight among the dancers, to shift again to a slower melody combined with choreography that makes us feel the connection between the dancers.
The piece is followed by an interview with the directors and participants covering the workshop experience.
Overall, the creative edit of the workshop’s final performance makes it an innovative and interesting short film. However, because the work includes many German voices, having the translation in overlaid captions both in German for the English speakers and English for the German speakers would have been a beneficial addition to the production.
I give this film 4 out of 5 stars.
Veronique is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of General Studies with a Bachelor’s in writing, and received associate degrees in English and Business Administration with High Honors. Her debut flash-fiction piece, “Holy Ransom Demands!,” was published in the Mood Reader Anthology by Hale Patton Publishing in February 2022.
She is passionate about writing and aims to have a career as a college professor, author, and developmental editor.
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