SUMMON
SUMMON is a directing commission by the L.A. Contemporary Dance Company. The film is choreographed by LACDC’s former artistic director Genevieve Carson, captured by prolific cinematographer Nathan Kim, scored by Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated Kris Bowers, and features a cast of phenomenal women from LACDC and the LA dance community.
Synopsis: Grey Gardens is a haven where women come to feel free and to feel safe. Take a load off. Commune. Exhale. Laugh. Be seen. Be weird. Absorb love. Armed with the knowledge that they can always return here. This space was carved for them.
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Press:
“…this mystery, aloofness, and sisterhood that draws one into the film’s environment. I felt, however, that once inside one was there for eternity. The house even has a woman who repeatedly walks past in the background like a ghostly spirit.” --Jeff Slayton, L.A. Dance Chronicle
"After watching SUMMON several times, however, I could not shake the notion that LACDC’s “Gray Gardens” was/is a mansion that cannot be avoided. The women inside compel one to pause and look inside. And, although you sense that you should not, you know that there is no choice but to enter. I highly recommend that you visit this magical place." --Jeff Slayton, L.A. Dance Chronicle
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