Swarm Raid (2019) 4’22”
Music and dance film
ABOUT THE FILM
“Swarm Raid” is a surreal trip to the grocery store inspired by an army ant swarm raid. Directed by Anna Lindemann and Ryan Glista, with music by Anna Lindemann, lyrics by Emma Komlos-Hrobsky, and musical performance by soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon, “Swarm Raid” features more than fifty dancers. The music video is also part of the evening-length art-science performance The Colony.
“Swarm Raid” was made possible through the generous support of the UConn School of Fine Arts Dean’s Grant, UConn School of Fine Arts Project Completion Grant, the UConn Department of Digital Media & Design, and the UConn Office of the Provost AntU Academic Plan.
Stills from “Swarm Raid”
Credits
Directed by Anna Lindemann and Ryan Glista
Music by Anna Lindemann
Lyrics by Emma Komlos-Hrobsky
Music performed by Lucy Fitz Gibbon
Cinematography | Alex Rouleau
Assistant Cinematographers | Charlie Gorski, Evan Olson
Editing | Ryan Glista
Costumes and Makeup | Brittny Mahan
Set Design | Lucy Fitz Gibbon and Emma Komlos-Hrobsky
Consulting Choreographer | Felice Lesser
CAST
Mona | Anna Lindemann
Hennie/Ant Queen | Lucy Fitz Gibbon
FEATURED DANCERS
Elizabeth Barbeau, Felicia Famularo, Maddie Gidman, Lenore Grunko, Allie Leonard, Rachel Surridge, Stephan Vazquez, Paige Woods
DANCERS
Cat Boyce, Lydia Briones, Janine Caira, Karin Ching, Josh Chirip, Evan Dennison, Jack Dillon, Heather Elliott-Famularo, Eric Ellison, Ben Gladstone, Ryan Glista, Bernard Goffinet, Charlie Gorski, Robyn Guyette, Ann Harper, Herbert Jenkins, Thomas Jensen, Stephen E. Johnson, Krissy Johnson, Sierra Kane, Emma Komlos-Hrobsky, Mike Krywinski, Meredith LaMalva, Edwin Lewis, Lisa Weixel Lippert, Eleanor Magnuson, Josh Matthias, Dwayne Mullings, Julia Oppenheimer, Jane O’Donnell, Sandi Petersen, Ena Pottinger, Eric Quinter, Jasmine Rajavadee, Emma Santasiere, Alex Semendinger, Sarah Shattuck, Kelly Zimmermann
Filmed at the Price Chopper in Storrs, CT
SPECIAL THANKS
Special thank you to Kevin George, Mona Golub, Matthew Hicks, Yohei Igarashi, Bonnie Mettler, Eric Lindemann, Michael Toomey, Stacy Webb, Mike Vertefeuille, Heather Elliott-Famularo, Alain Frogley.
Screening & Exhibition History
2022 Completely Familiar, Entirely Free exhibition. Artspace, New Haven, CT (curated exhibition)
2022 “Dance is Like a Fine Wine” program produced by the Sans Souci Film Festival of Dance Cinema. West Age Well Center, Boulder, CO and Hover Community, Longmont, CO (curated screenings)
2022 ISEA2022: Possibles (International Symposium of Electronic Arts), Barcelona, Spain (juried conference, in-person and online exhibition screening)
2021 becoming-Feral multimedia and print publication. University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Culture, History, and Environment and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
2021 18th Annual Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, official selection, “Shifting the Perspective” (juried festival, online screening) and “The World is Our Stage,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO (juried festival, in-person screening)
2021 Best Short Fest, semi-finalist, Ontario, Canada (juried festival)
2021 AltFF Alternative Film Festival, semi-finalist for best dance film category, Toronto, Canada (juried festival)
2020 Xsection Science and Dance Film Festival, official selection, Cambridge, MA (juried festival, online screening)
2020 Studio Art + Digital Media & Design Faculty Exhibition, The William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT (in-person and online exhibition)