THE FILM + Q&A
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GREENER GRASS
Choreographer & Director: Jie-Hung Connie Shiau
Director of Photography & Editor: Kevin Michael Briggs
Music: Original composition by Jerome Begin
Film Runtime: 34 minutes
Post-Film Q&A Discussion begins at 37:00
Greener Grass is a new film by award-winning choreographer and former Hubbard Street dancer Jie-Hung Connie Shiau, created as her response to the humanitarian crisis that’s arising in the world we live in right now. Featuring the full company of Hubbard Street Dancers, Shiau offers this 34-minute work as a condemnation of what she describes as a "violent, machine-like" cultural erasure and a rallying call to disrupt it.
Originally livestreamed on June 24, 2021, this film is now available to watch—free of charge—as part of Season 43: A Virtual Homecoming, our season of free public art.
Q&A Discussion
The world premiere livestream presentation was accompanied by a moderated post-film Q&A discussion with choreographer and director Jie-Hung Connie Shiau in conversation with videographer and editor Kevin Michael Briggs and composer Jerome Begin, moderated by Artistic Director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell.
The Q&A begins immediately following the film credits at the 37:00 minute mark in the video above.
