Zui Gomez originally from the Dominican Republic, resides in NYC and is currently on tour with
Ballet Hispanico. Zui received her BFA in Dance from the Boston Conservatory where she
performed classics by Martha Graham and Jose Limón. She has danced with Ballet Hispanico,
Ballet Hispanico Dos, Miami Contemporary Dance Company, DanceNOW! Ensemble, Nejla.
Yatkin, Armitage Gone! Dance as well as Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre. Zui plays the role of
Harper in Stolen Moments.
Maëva Boldron is from Paris, France and now resides in NYC. She first discovered her passion for dance with hip-hop and later trained professionally at the Jazz Dance Institute Rick Odums (IFPRO). At the age of 18, she moved to NY to train as a scholarship student at The Ailey School where she had the opportunity to perform the repertoire of Alvin Ailey. Ms. Boldron was also a part of the works of choreographers Matthew Rushing, Marcus Willis and George Faison. Ms. Boldron is a former member of FJK Dance Company and has performed with a number of renowned choreographers in NYC. Ms. Boldron plays the role of Lily.
Adrian Miles was
born in Los Angeles, California in 1991. In addition to having lived on
the West and East Coast of the U.S., he also lived in Mexico and
Brazil. Living in these metropolitan and rural areas, and being
surrounded by different cultures, lifestyles, fashion, and music,
broadened his interests and developed his appreciation for art and
diversity. In his work, he attempts to capture quintessential urban city
moments, including but not limited to taste-makers, eccentrics, mavens,
and future icons. He got his start in film-making through DCTV’s Young Men of Color Media Program. His first short "Pas de Deux" was "Official Selection" in four International film festivals.
More on Adrian Miles here.
Luz Emma Cañas was
a Graduate Fellow in the Department of World Arts and Cultures, U.C.L.A
while attaining her master's degree in Dance Movement Therapy. She
teaches rehabilitative movement and Kundalini Yoga to seniors for the
Department of the Aging NYC and also is the founder and Director of Capoeira Muçurumim. Currently,
she is writing and producing a series of dance short films about women of color and intimacy. "Stolen Moments" features three poems from her self-published book of Sufi Poetry entitled Stolen Moments: a lover's recourse.
Home-schooled since the age of six, Ella Quinn was able to focus on her passions: music, film
and photography. Ella is part of the family production team, PARTICL3, along with her brother
Adrian Miles and mother Luz Emma. She served as Creative Director on their first short film,
Pas de Deux, which was “Official Selection” at four international film festivals. She also
contributed to the fine details of production from script editing to wardrobe selection. Stolen
Moments is Ella's directorial debut and is "Official Selection" at two
film festivals for young filmmakers, Young Filmmakers Film Festival and
Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival. Ella was seventeen years old when she
directed "Stolen Moments." She is now nineteen.
Stolen Moments is the third in a series of four dance shorts that tell stories of women of color, relationships and intimacy. This story takes place during the Roaring Twenties. From fashion to sexuality, Evelyn is breaking free from societal norms established by the Victorian Era. She is the center of a love triangle with two ladies, Harper and Lily. One love is repressed while the other is realized but not publicly. Like, Pas de Deux, our debut film, there is no dialogue in this short. It relies on poetry and visuals to tell the story. The film features three Sufi poems from the book, "Stolen Moments: A Lover's Recourse," by Luz Emma Cañas Madrigal who also produced and acts in both films.
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