[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tabs style="horizontal_left"][vc_tab title="Synopsis" tab_id="1440525917-1-10"][vc_column_text]United Skates follows an underground subculture growing inside our country’s last standing roller rinks while shining a fresh light on the recurring patterns of racial struggle in the US today. Through the eyes of an unassuming leader, Reggie and his family fight...
Part dance film, part documentary, Black Stains is a poignant and sobering meditation on what it means to be a black man in today’s society. Moving with uncompromising physicality, an all male ensemble destabilizes conventional assumptions of masculinity and racial stereotypes as they navigate through...
Adowa is a documentary film about oral literature in dance and preserving the culture of the Ashanti people of Ghana . A young artist of Ashanti heritage travels to Ghana to capture the beauty of traditional funeral dance called Adowa of the Ashanti people. The...
Margaret Dale is born in Newcastle on Tyne in 1922 and begins dancing at age three. Her fascination as a child is primarily with her dancing classes rather than school, and she dances in and out of the tables at the Newcastle assembly hall...
It's not just pointe and shoot. Portraiture shows what it takes to get good, unique head shots....
In the midst of an urgent and alienating reform are New York City’s renowned subway car performers....
Nearly a decade after hanging their shoes, aspiring ballerinas return to the dance studio, where they participate in brutal, rigorous training—against the odds—to reclaim their missed dream of becoming professional dancers....
A story of appropriation, glamour and madness Documentary about Félix Fernández García, flamenco dancer from Seville hired by Diaghilev in 1917 to teach and dance flamenco for the Ballets Russes in the process of creation of The Three-Cornered Hat ballet in collaboration with choreographer Lèonide Massine,...
AROVA explores the passion and dedication of Dame Sonia Arova, a Bulgarian Ballerina, who influenced the dance world a great deal. Among her many dance partners, she is known for partnering with Rudolf Nureyev, Erik Bruhn, and Thor Sutowski. Her training during WWII shaped how she...
What is life like for a dancer when they can no longer dance? Inspired by Merrill Ashley’s departure from the New York City Ballet a an acclaimed principal dancer, this documentary captures the poignancy of this life turning point. After a struggle to find her...
Born in the heart of the Amazon, trained in Rio de Janeiro, Boca Raton and Paris, Marcelo Gomes is one of the most sought-after male ballet dancers today. A Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre in New York City, Marcelo also performs with the world's...
This radical vision from choreographer/director Blanca Li involves eight dancers whose extraordinary flexibility and expressivity are demonstrated as they explore the relationship between humans and machines. They are aided by mechanized instruments shaped like musical notes (created by Maywa Denki, a Japanese artist group), and...
World-renowned Czech choreographer Jiri Kylian, always a reluctant subject, finally agreed to participate in this film, the only record of his personal history and artistic life. Narrated by Kylian, it covers his school days in Prague, as well as his apprenticeship in London and Stuttgart,...
An intimate look at the historical and cultural roots of the Italian and American kinships with grand opera, featuring profiles of numerous notable figures, from renowned tenor Roberto Alagna to legendary Amato Opera Theatre founder Tony Amato. With the generous support from the Cultural Services...
This engaging documentary chronicles Benjamin Millepied (choreographer of Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan), the newly appointed director of the Paris Opera Ballet and founder of L.A. Dance Project, as a globe-trotting ambassador for dance: in rehearsal with his company in L.A., hanging out with Lil Buck,...
Set in Iran, this powerful and unbelievable true story follows the brave ambition of Afshin Ghaffarian. During the volatile climate of the 2009 presidential election, where many cultural freedoms were threatened, Afshin and some friends (including Elaheh played by Freida Pinto) risk their lives and...
Elizabeth Streb and the STREB Extreme Action Company form a motley troupe of flyers and crashers. Propelled by Streb’s edict that “anything too safe is not action,” these daredevils challenge the assumptions of art, aging, injury, gender, and human possibility. Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb...
Set in the competitive world of cheerleading, AMERICAN CHEERLEADER follows the journey of two high school teams vying for the coveted National High School Cheerleading Championship. Overcoming challenges through discipline, dedication and teamwork, twelve girls from New Jersey and twelve girls from Kentucky redefine what...
Two Memphis jookers and two ballet dancers fuse their distinct dance styles to a soundtrack that mixes hip-hop beats and cello at a famous Memphis juke joint....
Let’s Get the Rhythm chronicles girls’ handclapping games on inner-city playgrounds, and in remote corners of the world offers homage to the beauty of the beat. Three eight-year-olds from diverse New York neighborhoods charm viewers with their personal insights as they learn, share, and eventually...
ABT members Stella Abrera and Thomas Forster perform to “Depuis le jour” from the Gustave Charpentier opera Louise at the window-filled Ailey studios....
Here Now With Sally Gross is a documentary about the teaching and performing life of the renowned New York dance artist. An original member of the Judson Church Group, Sally Gross has been making spare, elegant dances that often interact with live music and the...
More than a legacy project, Ze’eva Cohen Creating A Life In Dance is a model of how an artist can survive in the dance world by carving out an independent path for herself. Primarily narrated by Cohen, the documentary spans 70 years, encompassing her life...
This new documentary film by iconic composer/singer/director/choreographer Meredith Monk includes rare archival footage from performances of her seminal work, Education of the Girlchild, between 1973-2010, and centers around a reunion of the original cast members for a revival of the work at the Joyce Theater...
Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt is a Swedish choreographer immersed in Japanese mythology. She is drawn to the haunting legend that serves as the basis for much of Japan’s dance and theater, both classical and contemporary: The Sun Goddess, who hides in a cave, plunging the word...
This is the story of Mia Slavenska, one of the most celebrated ballerinas of her time. It is also a story about historical memory, national identity, and art’s power. In her era, everyone in America who loved dance knew her name. Yet, in spite of...
“El moviment perpetu” (Perpetual Motion) is a documentary on the transmission of gestures and movements from body to body and generation to generation. The film is based on some of the key moments in the history of dance in Catalonia from the beginning of the...
It’s not easy being a teenager, specially not seen through the eyes of these three ballet boys - a film about friendship, ambitions, identity and passion. Ballet Boys takes you through disappointment, victories, forging of friendship, first loves, doubt, faith, growing apart from each other and...
