January 2015
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…
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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.…
Find out more »The Dance of the Sun
THE DANCE OF THE SUN AMI SKÅNBERG DAHLSTEDT, FOLKE JOHANSSON, 2013 JAPAN/SWEDEN | SWEDISH AND JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 58 MINUTES Q&A with Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt! Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt is a Swedish choreographer immersed in Japanese mythology. She is drawn to…
Find out more »Ghost Line and Other Celluloid Antics
GHOST LINE AND OTHER CELLULOID ANTICS 78 MINUTES Followed by a discussion with Shona Masarin and Cori Olinghouse moderated by Jon Gartenberg, film archivist and experimental-film distributor. A program that features the world premiere of Shona Masarin and Cori Olinghouse’s new experimental dance short Ghost…
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ROBOT BLANCA LI, 2015 FRANCE | FORMAT: DCP | 61 MINUTES U.S. Premiere Q&A with Blanca Li, Claire Marquet, Tom Rowland, and Dane Hurst! This radical vision from choreographer/director Blanca Li involves eight dancers whose extraordinary flexibility and expressivity are demonstrated as they explore the…
Find out more »Here Now with Sally Gross
HERE NOW WITH SALLY GROSS DOUGLAS ROSENBERG, 2014 USA | FORMAT: DCP | 46 MINUTES Q&A with Sally Gross, Douglas Rosenberg, Ze’eva Cohen, and Sharon Kaufman! Here Now with Sally Gross documents the achievements of dynamic New York choreographer Sally Gross as she creates a…
Find out more »Perpetual Motion: The History of Dance in Catalonia
PERPETUAL MOTION: THE HISTORY OF DANCE IN CATALONIA ISAKI LACUESTA, 2013 CATALONIA | CATALAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 57 MINUTES 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…
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