Samskara Screendance Project - featuring Mestre Jamaika

Mestre Jamaika is featured in Samskara Screendance Project.

On the weekend of August 15-18, eight different cultural dance artists were filmed in eight different locations throughout Utah.The project aims to represent a cross section of humanity throughout time and geography. Through Samskara, viewers explore the realms of the past, present, and future as it is expressed through the human form and the tradition of dance. Angela Challis explains, “Samskara (Sanskrit) is the scope of experiences which we collect through our life journeys. This project celebrates humanity–our similarities and differences.”

The Samskara Screendance Project was funded with generous grants from the Utah Film Commission Next Level Grant and from the Utah Division of Arts and Museums with the support of the Utah Dance Education Organization and special thanks to the BYU ARTS Partnership.

There will be a screening on November 23rd, 2019 at the Marmalade Library located at 280 W 500 N, Salt Lake City, UT 84103. A brief question-and-answer session with the dancers, director, and crew will follow the showing. Refreshments will be served.