Close Film - 19:30 Minutes

A Film by casebolt and smith

Conceived and Directed by Joel Mejia Smith

Choreographed by Liz Casebolt and Joel Mejia Smith

Production Design: Joel Mejia Smith

Editing: Joel Mejia Smith

​

Premiered at Marsee Auditorium, El Camino Center for the Performing Arts, Torrance, CA

​

​

Part music video, part screen dance, part documentary, Close Film is a poetic snapshot of casebolt and smith’s creative process and is an introduction to our collaborative rapport, our relationship and the care we have for one another.

 

 

NOTE: Close Film opens Close. While Close Film is a stand alone film, Close requires the film to open it.

Therefore, please watch Close Film first. 

​

​

Close - 55-60 Minutes 

Choreographed and Performed by Liz Casebolt and Joel Mejia Smith - casebolt and smith

Music: 

Costume Design by Joel Mejia Smith

Stage Design by Joel Mejia Smith

Lighting Design: 

​

Premiered at Marsee Auditorium, El Camino Center for the Performing Arts, Torrance, CA

​

​

An expansion of (the) More I see, Close continues to address our grief but expands into more quiet duets to pop music, solos that reveal our individual experiences, and partnering that is spacious enough for us to wrestle with our habit of avoiding personal narrative.

​

​

Supporting Materials for this Review Period

Preview: LA Dance Chronicle

Brochure: 2019 - 2020 Season

Listing: Los Angeles Times

​

​

Close Film