Numéro Berlin is happy to announce the digital premiere of short movie „Touch“.

Synopsis for the experimental dance piece is the feeling of being stuck in the space between becoming someone and evolving or staying in place, forcefully reduced to immanence: „At birth, a woman exists between transcendence and immanence.“. Body and soul seem to split during this moment.

The fruitful collaboration between choreographer Juliann McCandless and photographer Jenn Kang reveals the underlying unity of the contraries through movement. The body does not remain as a simple object or a solitary entity, it holds memory, sensation and shared humanity. It becomes a vessel for a collective consciousness and has the whole community moving for the closing shot.  

Portrayed is a somatic study of the internal and the external – a journey moving from a singular, isolated navigation of the self towards a mirrored integration with the collective. In a world that feels increasingly lonely, Jenn Kang and Juliann McCandless have just restored our hope in human community with this beautiful movie. 

CREDITS 

Jenn Kang, Juliann McCandless
Director

Juliann McCandless
Writer

Jenn Kang at Touch Publishing
Producer

Juliann McCandless
Julie Rust
Joshua Fernandez
Maggie Fox
Ivan Karpukhin
Daliana Lopez
Andre Michael
Noellie Nemoto
Autumn Strittmater
Olivia Bell
Dancers

Juliann McCandless
Choreographer

070 Shake, Johan Lenox
Original Score

Grant Duncan
Director of Photography

Amanda Grossman
Assistant Director

Juliana Bassi
Wardrobe

Danielle Haxton, Chelsea Orduño
Hair and Makeup

Amanda Grossman
Editor

Alex Foster
Gaffer

Sean Kang, Tristan Ngyuen
Production Assistants