Veninger, IngridRosenthal, Nora Overhill2023-12-082023-12-082023-12-08https://hdl.handle.net/10315/41772“Nine Easy Dances” is a 19-minute docufictional film about a filmmaker’s attempt to stage an elaborate dance film with her parents. However, when her parents fail to live up to unrealistic expectations, she hires professional dancers to play them. A collaborative dance unfolds within her family home, as captured through behind-the-scenes and 16mm footage, all of which becomes gradually overshadowed by her mother’s metastasizing cancer. The hybrid film that emerges is a loving tribute to one family’s way of facing mortality and a darkly funny meditation on that impossible urge to hold onto the past; on what family archives can come to mean on the eve of loss.Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Film studiesDancePerforming artsElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2023-12-08FilmDocumentaryDocufictionFamilyHybrid filmHybrid documentaryCancerDanceContemporary dance