January 2015
American Cheerleader
AMERICAN CHEERLEADER JAMES PELLERITO, DAVID BARBA, 2014 USA | HDCAM | 89 MINUTES Q&A with James Pellerito and David Barba! An in-depth look at how cheerleading has evolved from a sideline activity preceding a football game to an athletic event that highlights physical skills and musical…
Find out more »Mia, A Dancer’s Journey
MIA, A DANCER’S JOURNEY MARIA RAMAS, KATE JOHNSON, 2013 USA | FORMAT: DCP | 55 MINUTES Q&A with Maria Ramas and Kate Johnson! A daughter’s promise to tell her mother’s story serves as the starting point for this documentary on the life of the celebrated…
Find out more »Young Dancemakers
YOUNG DANCEMAKERS 60 MINUTES Free event! Young Dancemakers Company, founded by Alice Teirstein, is a unique summer dance ensemble of NYC teens dedicated to creating their own original choreography and performing it in concerts citywide. Young Dancemakers(Greg Vander Veer, USA, 2014, 28m) follows three members…
Find out more »Shorts Program
DANCE ON CAMERA SHORTS PROGRAM VARIOUS, 81 MINUTES This year’s crop of short films is particularly diverse: from dances inspired by Stephen Sondheim and created for the iPhone, to complex stories that unfold through choreography designed to heighten narrative tension. This program demonstrates that there…
Find out more »Dancing Is Living: Benjamin Millepied
DANCING IS LIVING: BENJAMIN MILLEPIED LOUIS WALLECAN, 2014 FRANCE | FRENCH AND ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DIGITAL PROJECTION | 57 MINUTES Q&A with Louis Wallecan! This engaging documentary chronicles Benjamin Millepied (choreographer of Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan), the newly appointed director of the…
Find out more »February 2015
Movers and Shakers
Start day three of Dance on Camera with coffee and inspiration. Open to the public and anyone interested in the future of dance film! DFA members are especially encouraged to attend. No tickets needed!
Find out more »Capturing Grace
CAPTURING GRACE DAVID IVERSON, 2014 USA | FORMAT: DCP | 60 MINUTES Q&A with David Iverson and cast members! When the Mark Morris Dance Group joins forces with Parkinson’s patients, magic happens. Under the guidance of former Morris company dancers Daniel Leventhal and John Heginbotham,…
Find out more »Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB VS. GRAVITY CATHERINE GUND, 2014 USA | FORMAT: DCP | 82 MINUTES Q&A with Catherine Gund and Elizabeth Streb! The “Evel Knievel of dance,” Elizabeth Streb pushes her dancers to trade fear for “extreme action” as they walk on walls,…
Find out more »All That Jazz
ALL THAT JAZZ BOB FOSSE, 1979 USA | FORMAT: DCP | 123 MINUTES Panel discussion with assistant choreographer Gene Foote, Nicole Fosse, and dancers from the film! “It’s showtime, folks!” That’s the refrain of anxiety-ridden and unhealthfully driven choreographer Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) at the…
Find out more »Fall to Rise
FALL TO RISE JAYCE BARTOK, 2014 USA | FORMAT: DCP | 91 MINUTES Q&A with Jayce Bartok and cast members! A multilayered drama following a famous dancer as an injury forces her out of her company and into the uncomfortable role of a new mother.…
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