Moon In the Bucket (the film)
• Anchorage International Film Festival, December, 2006
• Dance Flicks, North Carlton, Australia, November 2006
• Northampton Independent Film Festival, November, 2006
• Portland International Short Short Festival, October, 2006
• One Reel Film Festival/Bumbershoot, September, 2006
• Crested Butte Film Festival, Colorado, August, 2006
• daVinci Days, Corvallis, Oregon, July, 2006
• Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, June 2006
• Winnipeg International Film Festival, June 2006
• SanSouci Festival of Dance Cinema, Boulder, June 2006

Then Garrett found filmmaker Theo Lipfert of Singing Pictures in Bozeman, Montana. Theo proposed taking nine minutes of the recorded score and doing a short film shot on location at the prison in Deer Lodge (It's now a museum. Parents streamed through with their kids to scare them straight. I'm not a parent, but I'm sure it's worth six bucks a pop). I flew out to see the location and do some stand-in work with Carah, which Theo captured digitally. This was my first foray into the film world, and for those who know my work and how subtle (slow? glacial?) it is should know that film is the perfect medium for it. Provided the director and cinematographer have an eye and a vision, which Theo does. Stay tuned for film release details.

Yoko Murao, Garrett and I flew out for the shoot and stayed in the motel with shag carpet, across the street from the prison. Next door, we could treat ourselvs to a "warden burger" and fries at the drive-in. It was cold in that prison, and Yoko kept her hands warm with a heating pad between takes. I kept praying for a good solid hot flash.

We all hoped that the road to the second location -- a reservoir -- would be open and with little snow. It was, but the water was still icy cold. When Theo and Carah talked about "bear spray," I thought they were joking and trying to put one over on the city girl. They were serious, and every time I heard a twig snap, I reached for the can of spray.

We didn't need our last day for shooting, so we got into the car and headed for the mineral springs. They're everywhere, really cheap, and Theo knows the good ones. We found some really bad coffee on the way back, then headed home the next day.

Moon In the Bucket (the film): Theo Lipfert (Singing Pictures), Director; Garrett Fisher, Composer; AC Petersen, Movement Director; Yoko Murao, Performer/Collaborator; Carah Ronan, Assistant Director.
Filmed on location in Deer Lodge and Bozeman / Hyalite, Montana

Moon In the Bucket (the opera): produced and directed by Garrett Fisher, Vocalists: Anna Vinten-Johansen, Kathy Hanson, Elizabeth O'Donoghue; Oboe: Taina Karr; Indian harmonium: Rebecca McColl; Koto: Elizabeth Falconer; Taiko: William Satake Blauvelt

Original production of Moon In the Bucket (the performance) produced by AC Petersen Dance and Garrett Fisher
AC Petersen, Choregrapher and Director; Garrett Fisher, Composer; Meg Fox, Lighting Designer; Savak Stephens, Tech Guy Extraordinaire; Performer/Collaborators: Alethea Adsitt, Sandra Fann; Musician/Collaborators: Oboe: Taina Karr; Taiko: William Satake Baluvelt, Stan Shikuma; Indian harmonium: Garrett Fisher; Koto: Elizabeth Falconer.
Production support from King County Arts Commission