"Second Warning"
ABOUT THE FILM
Marcus created this dance film for the 2017 Moving 24 fps, which he co-founded and directed with Carlos Funn. This event brought together choreographers, dancers, filmmakers and editors, with the objective of making a dance film in one weekend in Detroit.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
PC: Carlos Funn
Marcus White
Marcus White was an American movement maker, educator, community engagement advocate and storyteller. His work has been described as “ingenious” and “vulnerable” by the Chicago Tribune and according to Dance Panorama is “bold”. As Founder and Creative Director of Detroit-based performance company White Werx, he created dance-driven work for the stage and screen. White was an Assistant Professor of Dance within the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. His teaching and creative practice centralized embodied performance as transformational and was informed by his experiences and embodied investigations of American urban, social dance forms and postmodern contemporary dance. White Werx screendances have been presented at dance film festivals across the United States including most recently at American Dance Festival’s Movies by Movers program. White Werx has also partnered with organizations such as Dance Films Association, Dance Film Fest at Detroit Dance City Festival, and Dances Made for Camera at the Detroit Institute for Art. Marcus White/White Werx launched Moving 24fps in partnership with Carlos Funn/Funn Foto. This multi-city project brought dance and film makers together to craft new screendances in a single weekend. White taught at University of Michigan, Wayne State University and served as a resident creative and teaching artist at various prestigious pre-professional dance programs such as the Penn State University, University of Montana, Oakland University, Fayetteville State University, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and the American College Dance Association.