Kent Kessinger

I love Butoh! So much fun to film! Butoh is an avant-garde Japanese dance-theatre form that emerged in the late 1950s following World War II. Co-created by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, it acts as an anti-establishment counterculture movement that embraces the grotesque, absurdity, and extreme human emotions. Performers typically use slow, hyper-controlled movements and white body paint. EKF Productions filmed this Butoh dance performance at Z Space in San Francisco, capturing the slow,...

EKF Productions filmed this performance by Nava Dance Collective, On Wings of Love, choreographed and directed by Miriam Peretz. The project combines contemporary dance, live performance, and music by Stelios Petrakis and Bijan Chemirani. The video captures the movement and atmosphere of the performance while preserving the connection between the dancers, choreography, music, and space. Footage by Kent Kessinger with editing by Idan Meir. This was filmed on location in Marin Headlands just...

For Glass Masks, EKF Productions filmed a live performance at Z Space using a four-camera setup operated by a single cinematographer. Working solo with multiple cameras requires careful planning of framing, coverage, focus, and timing so that the final edit can preserve the energy of a live performance. This project demonstrates EKF Productions' experience with multi-camera dance, theater, and performance videography in the San Francisco Bay Area.