Artistic Director and founder
Why the festival was formed
Around 2012 Kathleen was watching Contact Improvisation videos on YouTube and enjoying it so much that she thought someone should create a platform for these films. The seed was planted and kept growing in her mind until she decided that she would be that person. She wanted it to be an all-level film festival just like contact jams are all-level gatherings. This means the festival programs films from emerging filmmakers or films with lower production value alongside professionally made films with high production values. If the film has something important to say, we will screen it. The inaugural Contact Dance Film Festival occurred in 2013 since then the festival has uplifted contact improvisation filmmaking and the form itself.
Biography
Kathleen Rea dances with with Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, National Ballet of Canada & Tiroler Landestheater (Austria). She fell in love with contact improvisation (CI) 22 years ago & has been involved in the CI community ever since. She has choreographed over 40 dance works & has been nominated for 5 DORA awards. Kathleen has a learning disability which means writing takes 6 times longer than average. It is one of life’s mysteries that despite this struggle she loves writing & is a published author (“The Healing Dance”). She has a Master’s in Expressive Arts with a minor in Psychology. She is a certified teacher of the Axis Syllabus. She is the director of REAson d’etre dance, a Toronto not-for-profit that is CI-based and produces a weekly jam, a Film Fest, & dance theatre. She has autism & works to educate the world about neurodiversity. Demo Reel
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If you are an emerging filmmaker please contact kathleen.rea@reasondetre.com if you wish to see how REAson d'etre dance may be able to support your filmmaking.
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