A Trio is an homage to house dance culture and uplifts the sacred space of connection between women and femmes existing on dance floors. Combining foundational concepts of both house and contemporary dance, three women of different cultural identities and generations explore touch, subtlety, and support in conversation with complex rhythmic patterns to a minimal yet driving soundtrack by Moderat. With a restrained yet owned sensuality, the viewer is invited into a private conjuring of feminine power and asks what IS feminine at all? Filmed at the historic Catch One nightclub in Los Angeles (the first club owned by a Black queer woman on the west coast). "A Trio" was first performed live in 2019 at The Sweat Spot in Silverlake and again at the Versa Style Dance Company 15th Anniversary Festival and The Hybrid Lab: Conversations in Merging Dance Cultures produced by Los Angeles Performance Practices and curated by Amy O'Neal. The choreography in this film, is the exact choreography from the original live performance.
Choreography and direction: Amy O’Neal
Cinematography and editing: Nathan Kim
Dancers/movement contributors: Ardyn Flynt, Satori Folkes-Stone, and Amy O’Neal
Production Assistant: Koren Porras
First AC: Eric Gauntt
Lighting Design: Joe Lester
Music: Moderat
Produced by: Reggie Watts and Some Kind of Thing Productions