Dry Bones Howling
Dry Bones Howling is an interactive choose-your-own-adventure dance film*.
A Girl is stranded in the desert. You decide her fate.
When prompted, choose which narrative you would like to follow by clicking the corresponding button.
If you do not make a selection, a choice will automatically be made for you.
You can restart your adventure at any time.
trailer:
Directed and Choreographed by Sarah Elizabeth Stanley
Music: The Rite Of Spring for Piano Four Hands by Igor Stravinsky, performed by Mark Uranker and Althea Waites of the Orpheus Duo
Director of Photography: Michaela Ivey
Additional Videography by James Christensen and Mark Christensen
Costume Design by Kelsey Vidic
Prop Master: Chris Dobson
Edited by Sarah Elizabeth Stanley
Technical Supervision by Gregory Crosby, Don Nichols, Stephanie Losleben
Advisors: Keith Johnson, Colleen Dunagan, Betsy Cooper
bibliography
film
Walkabout dir. Nicolas Roeg
True Detective by Nic Pizzolatto
Hell or High Water by Taylor Sheridan
Bandersnatch dir. David Slade
The Nightingale dir. Jennifer Kent
dance
The Rite of Spring by Shen Wei
State of Darkness by Molissa Fenley
The Rite of Spring by Angelin Preljoçaj
The Rite of Spring by Pina Bausch
MA by Celia Rowlson-Hall
literature
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
director’s thanks
To the Tucson Team: Michaela Ivey, for their enthusiasm and creative eye; Chris Dobson, for his attention to detail; James Christensen, for his commitment to the action shots; and to Mark Christensen for his patience. Nancy Stanley and Velma Stanley were also integral members of the Tucson Team.
To the Long Beach Team: My committee, Keith, Colleen, and Betsy; the production crew of Kelsey, Greg, Stephanie, and Don; The Orpheus Duo for their beautiful recording of The Rite of Spring for Piano Four Hands; my cohort, Issa Hourani and Tashara Gavin-Moorehead for their unwavering support and care; Scott Wilson for an education in new media; and Morgan Land for story inspiration.
And special thanks, in no particular order, to the mentors who have helped me along the graduate school journey: Alexx Shilling, Marjani Fortè-Saunders, Raegan Wood, John Jasperse, Peggy Gould, Holley Farmer, and Beth Braun.
*the interactive platform that hosted Dry Bones Howling is now defunct. A full- length version of DBH is in production.