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DANCE FILM FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY
ORANGE GROVE DANCE + DANCE PLACE
ABOUT
LIMINAL
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Directed by Orange Grove Dance | Presented by Dance Place
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LIMINAL (LMNL) celebrates dance film and projection mapping as powerful mediums for capturing the unspoken essence of our bodies, communities, and shared humanity. Featuring artists whose interdisciplinary practices push the boundaries of Dance Cinema, the festival highlights work that reflects movement’s profound ability to connect, transform, and reveal.
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Rooted in the concept of "liminality"—the threshold between one state and another—the festival embraces works that exist in the in-between spaces: between body and image, tradition and innovation, presence and memory.
LMNL seeks to champion voices from around the world while highlighting the incredible talent of the DMV region, creating a platform where local and international artists converge to explore new dimensions of movement on screen.
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
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ORANGE GROVE DANCE
The LIMINAL Dance Film Festival is directed and produced by Orange Grove Dance, under the artistic leadership of Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves, in partnership with Dance Place. As artists living and working at the intersections of dance, design, and film, their vision animates the festival with a rare blend of creativity, innovation, and interdisciplinary depth.
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For Krogol and Reeves, LIMINAL represents a long-held dream, one that expands the space for artists who blur boundaries between movement and media. Much like Orange Grove Dance’s acclaimed dance films and their annual Summer Intensive, the festival reflects their belief that film, media, and bold programming can transform how artists make work and how audiences encounter dance in everyday life.
SUBMIT YOUR LIMINAL
FILM OR MEDIA
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DANCE FILM
PROJECTION
MAPPING
LIMINAL +
The heart of the festival.
LMNL offers dance filmmakers a dedicated home in the nation’s capital to share their work with an engaged and diverse audience. We celebrate the power of movement and the human body on camera, honoring cinematic works that capture the depth, emotion, and physical poetry of dance on film.
Dance film has the power to expand beyond the theater, spilling across buildings, landscapes, and unexpected places. This category showcases works that fuse movement and architecture, activating city spaces with projection mapping to reimagine how dance interacts with the DC City landscape.
A space for the unclassifiable. This category invites submissions of dance-based media installations and interdisciplinary works that don’t fit neatly into the other two categories, but that still embody the transformative intersection of dance, design, and film.
FESTIVAL
DATES & LOCATION
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April 24–26, 2025
Dance Place
3225 8th St NE
Washington, DC 20017
ABOUT DANCE PLACE:
Rooted in the heart of the nation’s capital, Dance Place is a vibrant cultural hub that has been a cornerstone of Washington, DC’s dance community for over four decades. Located in the Brookland/Edgewood neighborhood, Dance Place provides space, resources, and opportunities for movement artists to create, perform, and share their work. Its mission centers on investing deeply in artists—particularly those historically excluded from such opportunities—strengthening the field through creative development, performance, and education.
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The Dance Place campus is home to three training and rehearsal studios, a 144-seat theater, a children’s center, the lively 8th St Arts Park, and housing for artists and interns. Recognized nationally for its leadership in arts education and creative placemaking, Dance Place offers the perfect setting for LIMINAL, where local and international artists will converge to explore the transformative intersections of dance, film, and technology.
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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
**THIS IS A [SAMPLE SCHEDULE] OF WHAT PARTICIPANTS & PASS HOLDERS CAN EXPECT FOR THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND. The full festival schedule will be announced after the final submission deadline and once all filmmakers have been notified of their submission status.**​​
FRIDAY
/ APRIL 24 /
12PM-3PM Filmmaker Checkin
/Meet & Greet/
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3PM-4:30PM Film Block A
5PM-6PM Film Block B
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6PM-7PM LIMINAL Kick Off
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7PM-9PM Film Block C
+ Filmmakers Q&A
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9PM-10:30PM LIMINAL Projection Mapping Event
SATURDAY
/ APRIL 25 /
10AM-11AM Family Friendly
Film Block
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11:30AM-1PM LIMINAL LIVE EVENT
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11:30AM-1PM Film Block D
1:30PM-2:30PM Film Block E
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3PM-5PM LIMINAL LENS EVENT
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5:30PM-7PM Film Block F
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8PM-10PM LIMINAL+ EVENT
SUNDAY
/ APRIL 26 /
12PM-1PM LIMINAL LIVE EVENT
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11:30AM-1PM Film Block G
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2PM-4PM Best of the Fest + Awards
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4PM-5PM LIMINAL+ EVENT
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5PM-7PM LIMINAL Closing Party
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