Former MCB dancer Ezra Hurwitz is part of a new generation of dance filmmakers who are doing more than just filming beautiful steps. He’s using his unique insights as a professional dancer, combined with a keen eye for the conceptual and the unique, to elevate the medium.
One of my first real experiments was Heatscape, a film promoting Justin Peck’s first major commission for MCB. Justin and I are longtime friends, having trained in the same class at SAB. When he was in Miami, he approached me to direct and produce a short for the premiere of his work. Visually, there was the potential for an arresting piece, drawing on the stimulating mixture of Justin’s choreography with the work of visual artist Shepard Fairey. I jumped at the opportunity! Personally, it also represented a tribute to my time at MCB, which has so defined my career. Since then, I’ve been able to return a few times: I just filmed there recently for the production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Photograph by Teen Vogue.
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