films

Mother/Other (2024)

Las Adelitas, Portland, OR
Creative Director: Heidi Duckler
Cinematography and Editing: 2Sides Films Music
Sound Design: 2Sides FIlms
Performers: Barbara Lima, Sasha Rivero, Joseph Stevens, Antonio Carnell.

While Heidi Duckler Dance was in residence at the new affordable housing complex of Las Adelitas in North Portland, during Women’s History Month, “Mother/Other” was inspired, created, and filmed with what was available and experienced on-site. This film aimed to explore how we – the artists and community – nurture, care and seek mothers in a myriad of ways.

The Pea and The Princess (2024)

PLACE in Portland, OR
Directed by Heidi Duckler
Dancer: Nichole Flores
Cinematography by Conrad Kaczor
Second Camera: Seth Nehil
Editing and Sound Design by 2Sides Films

The Pea and the Princess was filmed at PLACE in Portland, Oregon. Inspired by the work of Dao Strom, this reimagined fairy tale was workshopped during the “Come As You Are” Salon in 2024.

The Inhabitants (2023)

Created and Directed by Heidi Duckler
Music Composed and Played by Tom Grant
Cinematography and Editing by Two Sides Studio

In Collaboration with Movement Artists:
Barbara Lima
Carla Mann
Charles Roy

Commissioned by the Halprin Landscape Conservancy

Company Reel (2022)

Directed by Heidi Duckler
Edited by 2Sides Films

A highlight reel of Heidi Duckler Dance and Heidi Duckler Dance/Northwest’s 2022 performances and films.

The Human Touch (2023)

Inhabit the Dream (2022)

Directed by Heidi Duckler
Editing and Cinematography by Nicolas Savignano
Music Composed and Performed by Tom Grant

Hanging by a Hair (2021)

Directed by Heidi Duckler
Editing and Cinematography by Nicolas Savignano
Music Composed by Sarah Belle Reid

The art installation, Remembrance by PLACE, landscape design studio, created in February 2021 of white flags, commemorates a harrowing milestone of 400,000 lives in America lost to COVID-19.

Perennial (2021)

Peninsula Park Rose Garden, Portland, OR
Directed by Heidi Duckler
Filmed and edited by 2Sides Films

Perennial is a multifaceted work exploring our shared experiences over time through different media. The film brings us outdoors for a re-entry after a period of hibernation.

Body is Home (2020)

Keller Forecourt Fountain, Portland, OR
Directed by Heidi Duckler
Filmed and edited by 2Sides Films

As part of Lawrence Halprin’s Portland Open Space Sequence, this performance celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Keller Forecourt Fountain and honors the 100th birthday of the living choreographer Anna Halprin.

For the Time Being (2019)

Portland Rose Test Garden
Directed by Heidi Duckler
Cinematography by Zsuzsanna Mangu
Editing by Conrad Kaczor
Music and sound by Davy Sumner

For The Time Being is a film about memory. Shot in the Portland Rose Test Garden over the course of a year, the film explores three individuals as they inhabit the garden and become a part of its life cycle.

Alice in the Nite Hawk (2019)

Nite Hawk Diner, Portland, OR
Directed by Devin Tau
Choreography by Heidi Duckler

Friends are forced to navigate a new world when their tradition is disrupted. However, the transformative change leaves them questioning their own existence.