The Mount

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The Mount

  • The Mount is a short film made by Jake Nahor and Moscelyne ParkeHarrison in collaboration with videographer Alexa Carroll and composer McKinley Foster. A young conservator living in New York City continually encounters a man who seems vaguely familiar. The woman goes to The Mount to evaluate artworks at the deserted estate and garden. As the woman begins to lose herself in the amorous images and kaleidoscopic surroundings it becomes clear that the man is also inhabiting the mansion. As the figures bend farther from reality they begin to question: Is it more real to see or believe?

  • Direction: Jake Nahor Moscelyne ParkeHarrison

    Cinematography: Alexa Carroll

    Music: McKinley Foster

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The Mount is a recipient of the New England Foundation for the Arts’ New England Dance Fund with generous support from the Aliad Fund at The Boston Foundation.

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Team

  • Jake (him/his) is an Israeli American artist based in New York. He is an alumnus of Alvin Ailey & Fordham University (‘18), London Contemporary Dance School (‘17), and Walnut Hill School for the Arts (‘14) where he was awarded the Director’s Scholar.

    He trained at various programs including Jacob’s Pillow, Henny Jurriëns Foundation, and Springboard Danse Montréal where he performed repertoire by Crystal Pite. He has completed postgraduate studies at Hubbard Street’s Professional Program (‘20) under the direction of Alexandra Wells, and performed works by William Forsythe, Ryan Mason, Rena Butler, and Peter Chu. While earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, he joined Ballet Hispanico 2 and presented his choreography with Buglisi Dance Theater among other concerts in New York City.

    Jake has performed Hofesh Shechter’s Political Mother at The Place Theatre in London and was in the original cast of Shechter’s Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, the First National Tour is currently the Assistant Choreographer and Dance Captain for the production, also appearing in the roles of Nachum and Yussel.

    He has danced professionally with GroundWorks DanceTheater where he originated new works with Antonio Brown, Hannah Garner, Adam Barruch, and James Gregg. He is the recipient of the Career Award from The Actor’s Fund (‘21) and a Director at BODYSONNET.

  • Moscelyne ParkeHarrison is a graduate of The Juilliard School (’19) where she received the Joseph W. Polisi Award for Artist as Citizen. Moscelyne pursued additional training at Hubbard Street Pro (’20) and Walnut Hill School for the Arts (’15) and summer workshops including b12, Banff Centre for the Arts, and Jacob’s Pillow. Moscelyne’s choreographic works have been performed at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Alice Tully Hall, the Hudson Guild Theater, The Studebaker Theater (Chicago), the Foundry West Stockbridge and Triskelion Arts. She has received support from the Anthony Quinn Foundation Fellowship, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, Metropolis Ensemble for her choreographies. Moscelyne dances professionally on the East and West Coast with Post:ballet, David Michalek, Francesca Harper, Liz Gerring, and Helen Simoneau. This season she looks forward to creating a new work on Post:ballet, a installation with Trey Makler for the Shrem Manetti Museum, and continuing her work as director of the solo series ‘please come alone.’

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  • McKinley Foster is multi-faceted audio artist. His work has been featured in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival with "Oz.org," and in "The Isolation Project," with Alynn Rinah Parola's "Untitled." Other projects include scoring "Piece of the Pandemic," an online choose-your-own-adventure story on YouTube, and his full-length instrumental debut album as Core Memory, “Align.” As an instrumentalist, McKinley holds the guitar/mandolin chair with the Broadway National Tour of "Fiddler on the Roof," and has played in regional theatres across the United States. He graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Guitar Performance and Music Education (‘15), and completed certificate programs in Film Score and Game Audio at Berklee College of Music (‘21), where he was awarded the Michel Camilo Scholarship.