THE OATH

concept and choreography by Annie-B Parson

a film by Alla Kovgan
stage choreography to film adaption by Alla Kovgan and Elizabeth Dement

choreographed in collaboration with the dancers: Mawu Ama Ma’at Gora, Brooke Ashley Rucker, Stacy Dawson Stearns (Dance Captain), Natalie Green, Meg Harper, Hsiao-Jou Tang, Jin Ju Song-Begin, Kashia Kancey, Joanna Kotze, Jenn Nugent, Devin Oshiro, Pamela Pietro, Kendra Portier, Chanel Stone, Paz Tanjuaquio, Isabel Umali, devika wickremesinghe (Dance Captain)

associate choreographer: Elizabeth DeMent
executive producer: Sara Pereira da Silva
line producer: Dawn Han

director of photography: Mko Malkhasyan, ACG
editor: Alla Kovgan
costume designer: Samantha McElrath
costume construction: Liv Rigdon
sound design: Tei Blow
sound mix: Mark degli Antoni

Production

1st Assistant Director: Derrick Tseng 
2nd Assistant Director : Piera Leonetti
1st Assistant Camera: Beth Fletcher
2nd Assistant Camera/DIT: Kyle Isler
Steadicam Operator: Ben Spaner
Gaffer: Joseph Albino
Best Boy Electric and Board Operator: Bill MacCartney
Electric: Chase Shamlian
Key Grip: Gabriel Solorzano
Best Boy Grip: Chris O’Keeffe
Grips: Graeme Dempsey & Harrison Rusk
Crane Operators: Joe Ferrigno & Stas Bilyavskiy
Sound Recordist & Boom Operator: Guido Schierano
Set Costume Assistant: Nahla Beltran
Make Up Assistant: Michelle Zabinski
Production Assistants: Michelle Zabinski & Hunter Gause


Sound Stage: Be Electric (Brooklyn)
Camera lenses provided by Light Bulb
Crane Provided by CineRigs
Grip & Lighting Provided by Be Electric
Sound Equipment Provided by Gotham Sound

Post-Production

Post-Production Coordinator: Cooper Troxell
Visual Effects: Cooper Troxell
Colorist: Ben Federman
Credits and Title Design: Will Lee
Finance & Development Director: Sara Procopio
Development Consultant: Tonya Lockyer
Production Intern: Nahla Beltran

With the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor
and the New York State Legislature, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The Howard Gilman Foundation, Big Dance Theater’s Board of Directors, Starry Night Fund , Debra Simon Arts Consulting, and Materials for the Arts. 

Amtrak – in partnership with Moynihan Train Hall and Empire State Development

SPECIAL THANKS TO: 

Anne Delaney, Betsy Gregory, Bill Rauch & Christopher Moore, Clark McClanathan, Craig Peterson, Dedalus Wainwright, Diane L Max, Ed McKeaney, George Sheeshang, Martha Sherman,  Janet Wong , Jay Wegman, Josh Broder, Nar Levoni, ACG, okwui okpokwasili, Paul Lazar, Shervin Abbachi, Thomas O. Kriegsmann, ArKtype.