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'''Floanne Ankah''' (born '''Florence Annequin''' on February 5, 1983) is an actress, [[choreographer]] and [[filmmaker]] born and raised in France, and residing in [[New York City]] since 2000. She is the founder of Simple Production<ref>http://www.simple-production.com/about.html</ref>, a non-profit organization committed to the development of new interdisciplinary works that integrates the talent of innovative and "sparkling" artists from various cultures.
'''Floanne Ankah''' (born '''Florence Annequin''' on February 5, 1983) is an actress, [[choreographer]] and [[filmmaker]] born and raised in France, and residing in [[New York City]] since 2000. She is the founder of SIMPLE production<ref>http://www.simple-production.com/about.html</ref>, a non-profit organization committed to the development of new interdisciplinary works that integrates the talent of innovative and "sparkling" artists from various cultures.


==Career==
==Career==
===Actor===
===Actor===


Floanne Ankah<ref>http://floanne.com/about.html</ref> has appeared in film (''[[Then She Found Me]]'')<ref>{{imdb title|0455805|title=Then She Found Me}}</ref>, on television (''[[One Life to Live]]'')<ref>{{imdb title|1220424|title=One Life to Live}}</ref>, in the theater ([[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]], [[Julius Ceasar]]<ref>http://www.moosehallisf.org/</ref>) including at [[The Public Theater]]<ref>http://www.youngjeanlee.org/church.html</ref>, and worked as a [[voice artist]] for major feature films (''[[The Limits of Controls]]'', ''[[What Just Happened]]''<ref>{{imdb title|0486674|title=What Just Happened}}</ref>) and on [[television commercials]]<ref>http://www.french-voice.com</ref>. The [[webisode]] Life with Flow<ref>http://www.lifewithflow.com/about.html</ref> features her work in several collaborative short films. She performs with [[Cherub Improv]], a volunteer comedy group<ref>http://cherubimprov.org/AboutUs.html</ref>.
Floanne Ankah<ref>http://floanne.com/about.html</ref> has appeared in film (''[[Then She Found Me]]'')<ref>{{imdb title|0455805|title=Then She Found Me}}</ref>, on television (''[[One Life to Live]]'')<ref>{{imdb title|1220424|title=One Life to Live}}</ref>, in the theater (''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', ''[[Julius Ceasar]]''<ref>http://www.moosehallisf.org/</ref>) including at [[The Public Theater]]<ref>http://www.youngjeanlee.org/church.html</ref>, and worked as a [[voice artist]] for major feature films (''[[The Limits of Controls]]'', ''[[What Just Happened]]''<ref>{{imdb title|0486674|title=What Just Happened}}</ref>) and on [[television commercials]]<ref>http://www.french-voice.com</ref>. The [[webisode]] Life with Flow<ref>http://www.lifewithflow.com/about.html</ref> features her work in several collaborative short films. She performs with [[Cherub Improv]], a volunteer comedy group<ref>http://cherubimprov.org/AboutUs.html</ref>.


===Dance===
===Dance===
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* [http://oneway.thelittlemovie.com ONE WAY, Experimental Film]
* [http://oneway.thelittlemovie.com ONE WAY, Experimental Film]
* [http://www.lifewithflow.com Life with Flow, the Webisode]
* [http://www.lifewithflow.com Life with Flow, the Webisode]
* [http://www.WATERprojectNY.org WATER project NY 09]


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Revision as of 08:55, 11 August 2009

Floanne Ankah
at the 5th Big Apple Film Festival, 2008
Born
Florence Annequin
Occupation(s)Actor, choreographer, filmmaker
Websitehttp://www.floanne.com/

Floanne Ankah (born Florence Annequin on February 5, 1983) is an actress, choreographer and filmmaker born and raised in France, and residing in New York City since 2000. She is the founder of SIMPLE production[1], a non-profit organization committed to the development of new interdisciplinary works that integrates the talent of innovative and "sparkling" artists from various cultures.

Career

Actor

Floanne Ankah[2] has appeared in film (Then She Found Me)[3], on television (One Life to Live)[4], in the theater (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Julius Ceasar[5]) including at The Public Theater[6], and worked as a voice artist for major feature films (The Limits of Controls, What Just Happened[7]) and on television commercials[8]. The webisode Life with Flow[9] features her work in several collaborative short films. She performs with Cherub Improv, a volunteer comedy group[10].

Dance

Ankah's choreography is drawn from her yoga practice, and integrates movement with the human voice as an instrument[11]. Her creations are collaborative and often include video projections and soundscapes. She has been shown at Movement Research at the Judson Church, the Merce Cunningham Studio, Abrons Arts Center, Dance New Amsterdam and HERE Arts Center, and has performed for artists such as Mina Nishimura, Meredith Monk (at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum) and Noémie Lafrance (at the McCarren Park Pool).

Filmmaker

Ankah fuses the mediums of dance/performance art and film, creating experimental films[12]. ONE WAY[13][14], awarded Best Experimental Film at the 5th Big Apple Film Festival at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City in 2008[15], was the result of a collaboration with artist Joe Zolkowski, with whom she also created Waterfront Access?[16]. She is working on an art and science project for NYC audiences about water ecology, greenwashing and consumerism[17].

Biographical Background

Raised in "La Ferme des Cygnes", a farm in Châbons, France, her father Gérard Annequin is a farmer, and her mother Bernadette Annequin (born Guillaud-Saumur), worked as a nurse before raising her family. She has two siblings, Hugo and Charlotte.

Ankah graduated from the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio and also trained in New York for acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio and the School for Film and Television, at the Alvin Ailey school for dance, and at the Upright Citizens Brigade for improvisation. Additional training includes operatic voice with Patricia Scimeca[18], and yin yoga with Amber Wilson [19]. Upon arrival in New York City, she worked as an assitsant to photographer-filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, singer/songwriter Frank Simms, sculptor Strong-Cuevas[20], and author Frances Kazan[21], to organize the archive of late husband Elia Kazan.

Works

Choreography Work[22]

  • Rambling Thoughts - (2004) 5 minutes, video projection with soundscape, spoken word, 1 dancer
  • Vibraform - (2005) 10 minutes, soundscape, 5 dancers using voice
  • echO - (2006) 15 minutes, video projection, 2 dancers using voice[23]
  • Conversation - (2007) 10 minutes, video projection, soundscape, 3 dancers using voice
  • WEEP - (2009) 15 minutes, 3 dancers, 1 digeridoo[24]

Experimental Film[25]

  • Imprints - (2007) 4 minutes
  • ONE WAY - (2008) 10 minutes [26][27][28] Winner, Best Experimental film - 5th Big Apple Film Festival.[29]
  • Waterfront Access? - (2009) 10 minutes[30]

Photographic Exhibition[31]

  • Regards Croisés (1998)
  • Le Quotidien Des Rails (1999)
  • Where Are You Going? (2005)

References

  1. ^ http://www.simple-production.com/about.html
  2. ^ http://floanne.com/about.html
  3. ^ Then She Found Me at IMDb
  4. ^ One Life to Live at IMDb
  5. ^ http://www.moosehallisf.org/
  6. ^ http://www.youngjeanlee.org/church.html
  7. ^ What Just Happened at IMDb
  8. ^ http://www.french-voice.com
  9. ^ http://www.lifewithflow.com/about.html
  10. ^ http://cherubimprov.org/AboutUs.html
  11. ^ http://www.simple-production.com/about.html
  12. ^ http://www.simple-production.com/movies.html
  13. ^ http://oneway.thelittlemovie.com/
  14. ^ One Way at IMDb
  15. ^ http://bigapplefilmfestival.com/news/news_nov23_08.html
  16. ^ http://waterfront-access.thelittlemovie.com/collaborators.html
  17. ^ http://WATERprojectNY.org
  18. ^ http://patriciascimeca.com/links.html
  19. ^ http://www.amberwilson.org/bio.html
  20. ^ http://www.sc-sculpture.com/
  21. ^ http://www.merrynjose.com/artman/publish/article_100.shtml
  22. ^ http://www.simple-production.com/performance.html
  23. ^ http://www.simple-production.com/info/echo-press.html
  24. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7D7123DF93AA35750C0A96F9C8B63
  25. ^ http://www.simple-production.com/movies.html
  26. ^ http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2008/11/21/dance-and-the-city.html
  27. ^ http://www.frenchmorning.com/ny/spip.php?article1289
  28. ^ http://oneway.thelittlemovie.com/press.html
  29. ^ http://bigapplefilmfestival.com/news/news_nov23_08.html
  30. ^ http://waterfront-access.thelittlemovie.com/
  31. ^ http://www.simple-production.com/studio.html
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