Perpetual Motion: The History of Dance in Catalonia

U.S. Premiere Q&A with subject/choreographer Cesc Gelabert! A living history of dance in Catalonia—home to legends like Carmen Amaya, the repository of many dance genres, and a region where dance has flourished since the early 19th century. Archival images, interviews, and reconstructions of works bring this rich heritage into the present. Thanks to La Termita Films and Televisió de Catalunya TV3, in collaboration with Arts Santa Monica, Institut Ramon Llull, and Mercat de les Flors. Screening with: Pas Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard, Canada, 2014, DCP, 15m An imaginative exploration of one woman’s relationship to dance through close encounters of the third kind. World Premiere