HERITAGE SITES

“A power-packed short film on embodiment and the human experience.”

“It was stunning and raw and some real authenticity the world needs right now.”

Heritage Sites is about the places that hold body memory for us, a bathroom, an aisle of a grocery store, a park bench. The places where we have wrestled, examined, perfected, cleansed, rinsed, and pruned ourselves into another form. Or can we?

Set in an enigmatic space containing a bathtub, we initially see an interplay between the water and each dancer as they tentatively touch, experience, and immerse themselves in it. Filmed on location in a warehouse in St. Paul, the dancers eventually transcend the confines of the tub to the floor of the space. Moving deftly between the pillars they jump, run, and sway.

Artistic Associate Brandon Anderson Musser’s soundtrack layers in live sound over a supportive musical landscape that amplifies the vulnerability of the dancers’ performances. Cinematographer Arlo Myren’s camera work captures a glistening tongue, the slap of a thigh, and underwear riding up, creating a world that is unfettered with glamorizing dance.