SPRING DANCE FESTIVAL: Members of the cast of Sophie Blue’s “e ‘fem(e)rel” perform for the camera in a field near Princeton University. (Photo courtesy of Sophie Blue)

New works choreographed for film by Princeton dance seniors Sophie Blue, Liam Lynch and Enver Ramadini will premiere on April 30 at 8 p.m. in a virtual Zoom webinar. Admission is free and registration is required.

Blue’s piece explores the intimacy and strength of the female moving body, as captured by the simultaneous choreography of the camera. Seeking to offer the audience a new lens into the dance, the highly prescribed usage of videography works against “objectifying” or “feminizing” the bodies and moving of the full female-identifying cast.

Lynch’s piece is a reflection on his relationship with his grandfather, who has dementia, and the questions of memory, identity, and subjectivity that his condition gives rise to. The piece tracks the transformation from a structured reality to a world in which context slips away.

In Ramadani’s piece, several dancers in solo vignettes perform experiences of navigating emotion and loss set to a soundtrack drawn from interviews with the cast. The work explores the volatility of being: how the pull into intimate, internal headspace challenges and complicates awareness of the physical, pedestrian self.

The event is hosted by dance faculty member Miguel Gutierrez and presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance at Princeton University. Visit arts.princeton.edu/sdf to register.