DOON
— Homecoming —
A short film by Sarine Arslanian and Russell Agro
Less is more. Every gesture, a prayer. Every step, a return.
A visceral exploration of exile and homecoming through Armenian dance
— an embodied remembering of loss, ancestral memory and the deep currents that move beneath the visible.
Through the ancient language of Armenian dance, renowned dance artist, Shakeh Major Tchilingirian invites us to listen with our hearts as she dances the stories never told, the grief too heavy for words, the love for a homeland many have never seen and the universal yearning to come home: to the body, to the self, to one another. Doon is a cinematic offering to the body’s knowing and the subtle spaces where transformation begins—a creative act of remembrance, resilience and return.
In a world where disconnection has become endemic and many of us are exiled not just from place but from self and each other, Doon offers a gentle resistance. Through soulful movement, it invites us to reinhabit—to feel again, to reconnect and to remember what was never truly lost.
When we open ourselves to the dance, we open ourselves to transformation — from the inside out.
