UNPAINTABLE: A Dance Film by Michelle Sorensen, Music by Tsar B

This idea has been brewing for a solid 6 months now, but I never could have imagined it would turn out like this.

Divine intervention is real. I don't feel like I was alone in creating this piece out at the flats. I'm still in awe of the experience. Something flowed through me that I'll never forget.

I had heard "Unpaintable" early last year with no consequence. It hit VERY differently as I listened again a few months later. Imagery flooded my mind and began to keep me up at night. So I started planning. Storyboards, costume ideas, paint colors, props. It was hard to make final decisions because I felt nothing would do the idea justice. There is only so much planning one can do before creation must begin.
The mood was set as we arrived at the flats, and this film would not have turned out the same without EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of weather being what it was. The fabric needed the wind. The sky needed the clouds. The dust on the flats added to the drama and vastness of the landscape.
As we had to do this in one take, I was fairly nervous that we wouldn't get just the right footage or something would go wrong, but everything went PERFECTLY.
Jim's camera work was inspired. My intuition was sharp. And the outcome, incredible.

I'm so very grateful to @families_in_finance for believing in me every step of the way and for helping me to create this work of art. It was NECESSARY.
I'm grateful for musicians who put out inspired work that help birth these ideas. @tsarbmusic is a magician and incredibly powerful. This track hit me in ways others don't, and I HAD to make it come to life.
I'm grateful to every person who continues to support me as an artist, a mover, & a human. It means the world to me that I get to do what I love and share that with all of you.

For now, I leave you with this. A rebirth. An awakening.

"I don't absorb the paint anymore."

💙

🎶: "Unpaintable" by ‪@TsarB‬
📹: @families_in_finance with edits by me

#art #dancefilm #athousandblues

I would be ever so honored if you were to share this. And I would love for Tsar B to see it and know how much of a difference this track has made in my life. Please tag her if it resonates with you!