“I’ve always been inspired by subversive art in the face of societal restrictions,” Ivan Cash writes. “So when choreographer Jacob Jonas approached me in April with a crazy idea of doing a drive-in dance performance in a vacant parking lot, I knew I had to be a part of it.”
Not long after, the former PRINT New Visual Artist donned gloves and mask and picked up his camera, working alongside co-director Dan Addelson to capture the performance under the dramatic ambiance of the audience’s headlights. The 45-minute show was put on by Jacob Jonas The Company and took place on May 16, the 59th day of quarantine in Los Angeles. It managed to raise $4,000 for Jonas’ dancers via donations from attendees, who had entered a lottery to take part.
Check out Cash’s film, which was produced with support from a City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs grant, below.
As Cash says, “We navigated unprecedented constraints while following health guidelines to prioritize everyone’s safety, and I couldn’t be more proud.”
Directed by: Ivan Cash & Dan Addelson
Produced by Cash Studios & Jacob Jonas The Company
Line Producer: Jenna Cedicci
Director of Photography: Michael Pescasio
Editor: Blake Bogosian
Camera Operator 1: Joey Graziano
Camera Operator 2: Dylan Schwartz
Drone Footage: Dylan Schwartz
Sound Mixer: Daniel McCoy
Composer: Anibal Sandoval
Art Department: Eliot Addelson
1st AC: Owen Patry
2nd AC: Bradley Wilder
Audio Mix: Pete Kneser
Color: Beau Leon
Senior Color Producer: Andrew McLintock
Project Manager: Louie Jimena
Special Thanks: Devin Whetstone, Jesse Dana
Performance
Creator & Choreographer: Jacob Jonas
Producers: Jill Wilson
Lighting Design: Will Adashek
Assistant Choreographer: Mike Tyus
Rehearsal Director: Marissa Labog
Content and Research: Joy Brown, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock
Dance Captains: errese Adams, Anthony Bryant
Dancers: Jerrese Adam, Georgia Bryan,
Anthony Bryant, Joy Isabella Brown, James “Jstylz” Blackston, Chandler Davids, Marissa Labog, Miguel Lopez Jorge, Jacob "Kujo" Lyons, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock, Mike Tyus, Angelo "Vo Vera" Sapienza, Santiago Villarreal, Jill Wilson, Diána Worby, Patricia Zhou
Special Thanks: Don Norman, Elizabeth Yochim, Jonathan Pony