Buy Tickets: Saturday February 2, 6:30pm Two dancers of the BERN:BALLET want to make the great leap to become choreographers – they sacrifice all their time and energy for that goal. As the first Rock band ever, the KUMMERBUBEN want to play on the 'hallow' stage...
"Evacuated is a short screen dance that dives into the social structures created by the mind in times of intense isolation."...
Buy Tickets: Sunday February 3, 6:00pm A musical comedy in the spirit of Ernst Lubitsch, The Pink Pony tells the story of a blind date that starts off on the wrong foot and ends quickly....
25CPW Gallery FREE EVENT Friday February 1, 1:30pm Saturday February 2, 1:30pm Sunday February 3, 1:30pm Monday February 4, 1:30pm Tuesday February 5, 1:30pm "White" is part three of a larger work "West Meets East" that explores man living in harmony with nature....
Buy Tickets: Saturday February 2, 9:00pm Buy Tickets: Tuesday February 5, 5:30pm This short documentary takes place in a tiny New York apartment which can barely contain the combined energy of dancer Arthur Aviles and his mentor, Aileen Passloff. Arthur is a BESSIE & Brio...
A spirited behind-the-scenes look at 16 young dancers from Dance Theatre of Harlem, Joffrey Ballet School, Scarsdale Ballet Studio and Westport’s Academy of Dance rehearsing a piece previously made on dancers of NYCB and ABT and now transposed for these gifted ballet students. To see...
British choreographer Wayne McGregor is movement explorer who has been enormously influential abroad and gaining a following in the U.S. through his touring company Random Dance. Now, the resident choreographer of the Royal Ballet as wekk, he has created a movement style noted for its...
Weaving stunning cinematography shot in Java by Cari Shim Sham, traditional Indonesian dance, postmodern gesture performed by Sri Susilowati, original Sudanese music, and a potent narrative, this stunning film creates a border-jumping dialogue on a universal irony: The heart longs most for the place called...
Whip It and Alleluia, backup dancers to a second-rate singer with issues, hold to the supreme task of insuring the show goes on, no matter what. Performed by Valerie Calam, Nicola Pantin, Alicia Grant and produced with the support of Bravo!FACT....
Suzushi Hanayagi, the innovative, even radical Japanese dancer and choreographer, informed the approach of performing arts legend Robert Wilson and has been an enduring influence on his work. This film captures her mysterious power, while giving us a rare chance to experience Wilson’s sensibility. The...
Choreographer and film-maker, Pooh Kaye’s alter-ego ‘Wild Girl’, performed by Alex Clack, has a busy day weeding the dandelions, digging in the earth and swimming with the local beavers....
This documentary follows the process of dancer Li Chiao-Ping as she prepares to perform the work of seven postmodern choreographers including Elizabeth Streb, Heidi Latsky, June Watanabe, Victoria Marks, Cynthia Adams, Molissa Fenley and Bebe Miller. Li immerses herself in the choreographic language of each...
A rhythmic and visual collage, this engaging short takes a close look at a tradition being passed down from father to son. Sand dance stems from turn of the 20th century vaudevillean and traveling shows. With only a handful of people still performing it, this...
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of Urban Bush Women created “Shelter” in 1988 in response to the plight of the homeless in NYC. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a new version of “Shelter “was created and then reconstructed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and...
Parkour artist Danni G races down the sidewalk, flies over obstacles, and careens through crowds of Breakdancers, salsa dancers, and krumpers....
The song is a shout-out for emancipation, with an experiment video created with different forms of pop-culture, dance and technology....
(fine cut) In the summer of 2010, on the eve of their 40th anniversary, the modern dance company Pilobolus returned to the Hopkins Center for the Arts of Dartmouth College for a world premiere of Hapless Hooligan in Still Moving, a collaboration with graphic artist Art Spiegelman. ...
Ora is both a game changer and a trip into unknown territory. In the first film to use 3D thermal imaging, luminous bodies emerge from a single dividing cell. What ensues is akin to the first human steps: the discovery of the body and its relation...
The loss of a loved one can produce a state of numbness. As though thrust together with people in a similar emotional phrase, frozen, hooded creatures engage in a ritual....
Narrated by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, this documentary features performances, conversations with choreographers and dancers, and rare archival footage, while telling the remarkable story of how an abandoned farm in Massachusetts evolved into a Jacobs Pillow, a premiere showcase for dance, revered around...
Mariemma, the late classical Spanish dancer renowned for her castanets, her sophisticated choreography and elevating the level of dancers’ technique throughout Spain, toured the world with her pianist and later her full company. This innovative documentary, with recreations, rare footage, and interviews, celebrates the artistry...
Natalia Makarova, the legendary prima ballerina whose performances set the standard for artistry in roles such as Odette/Odile and Giselle, to name a few, demonstrates a touching humility and dedication to her craft in this intimate video portrait. The director shows her at the barre under the...
Mia (Leah Pipes) is a beauty with a promising career as a professional ballroom dancer. Armando (EJ Bonilla), is the son of Puerto Rican immigrants who does menial work at a dance studio in exchange for lessons. One night, Armando and Mia share a heated...
This long awaited documentary produced by Sally Sommer brings to light the House dance culture that has largely been in the dark. Master free-stylists dance and chat in clubs, at their jobs and in their everyday lives. Check your body reveals the virtuosity of this...
Inspired by a painting of the same title by Paul Cézanne, Wilson , in this video, wittily conveys the boredom of the figure within the frame, as she passes her time, nibbling sweets, unmoved by the changes around her, until she must...
A haunting take on jealousy, this existential thriller posits a man, a woman, and an elusive lover in a series of intense pas de deux in a stark apartment that becomes a fourth character. Danced to a commissioned score by David Lang with solo cello...
This insightful documentary, executive produced by Jay Alix and Harold Ramis and produced by Una Jackman and Erica Mann Ramis, examines the life and times of America’s premiere ballet company—The Joffrey Ballet—who daringly combined traditional ballet and modern dance at a time when it was...
In 1970s New York, a powerfully liberating dance culture emerged in the face of social strife and inequality. It fostered a vibrant community of dancers who found their freedom of expression jeopardized by Mayor Giuliani's revival of Prohibition-era Cabaret Laws that make dancing illegal. freedom2dance...
