Two Seconds After Laughter

David Roussève Retrospective & Private Reception, DCW

Sunday, February 2, 2025 7:00 PM PST
Barnsdall Gallery Theater

As part of its 25th Anniversary as a Los Angeles institution, DCW will honor legendary L.A. based choreographer/writer/director/filmmaker David Roussève on Sunday, February 2, 2025 with a retrospective screening of David’s award-winning dance films, followed by an invite only cocktail reception in his honor.

Two Seconds After Laughter

The third film by director/writer/choreographer David Roussève, "Two Seconds After Laughter" is an original intersection of dance-for-camera, docu-drama, and dream-like fantasy that creates a border-jumping dialogue on a universal irony: The heart longs most for the one place to which it can never fully return… home. With a narrative inspired by choreographer Sri Susilowati's experience of leaving Indonesia to become a dancer in America, "Two Seconds…" weaves stunning cinematography shot in Java and edited by Cari Ann Shim Sham*, traditional Indonesian dance, postmodern Sundanese music, and an emotionally-potent narrative.

"Two Seconds" screened at 45 film festivals in 11 countries and received 10 awards including four for “Best Film”.

Two Seconds After Laughter

Filmed in Java in residency at Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta

Directed, written, co-choreographed by David Roussève