SCREEN DANCE INTERNATIONAL
Screen Dance International was an annual dance film festival held at the Detroit Institute of Arts and developed through partnerships with ArtLab J and the Detroit Dance City Festival, directed by Joori Jung. In 2025 SDI partnered with the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the oldest avant-garde and experimental film festival in the world, founded in 1963. We were a nonprofit organization that used its platform to support dance filmmakers, cultivate creativity, promote dance arts, and showcase diversity in the making and screening of dance films. SDI was a strong believer in utilizing our digital platform and medium to connect cultures, encourage conversations, and provide inspiration to all. SDI supported a wide range of movement forms including street dance, contemporary dance, ballet, dance theatre, jazz, tap, animation, experimental and other forms of movement of interest to the filmmaker. SDI connected filmmakers with audiences in Michigan and around the globe through its adjudicated screenings of dance films.
PROGRAMMING
FROM SDI’S 2021 SEASON AS A
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE
OF THE FESTIVAL’S WORK
International Shorts // Project Michigan // Project Michigan: Rivera Court // Dance Documentaries // From Stage to Film
