All posts tagged "dance films"

‘Liquid Spine, Cape Ann’: Dance film moving us forward with heart

Cape Ann, Massachusetts.Streaming via Vimeo. In the waning stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dance world – just like the world at...

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‘LIFT’: A moving journey from homelessness to the New York ballet stage

Vulcan Productions and Beaufort 9 Films, in association with JustFilms | Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund, are pleased to present the...

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company in 'A Tribute to Marian Anderson'. Photo by Jeff Malet.

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The people behind the movements, illustrated in movement and beyond: Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company’s social justice video series

Released monthly from March 2022.Available at dtsbco.org. People marching together, signs in hand and chants coming deep from their belly: these are...

From OnStage Dance Company's 'Season 21'. Photo by Andres Calderon of dresticHaus.

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OnStage Dance Company ‘Season 21’: A peek behind the camera

Capitol Theater Building, Arlington, MA (and streaming via OnStagedanceco.com).Film screenings January 9-11, and digital program streaming January 9. We all know and...

Caleb Marshall, Bahiyah Hibah and Daniel Gaymon in 'Places, Please'. Photo by Maddy Talias.

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Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center announce lineup for 50th Dance on Camera Festival

Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center have announced the complete lineup for the 50th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival,...

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Dance disguised as everyday life: 5 favorites from the new ‘West Side Story’

There are people who don’t like musicals. (I’m not one of them). A source of their dislike, so they say: why is...

A kaleidoscopic final bow: DANCE NOW’s Fall 2021 digital program

Streaming November 4-30, 2021.Available via dancenow.org. On October 28, 2021, the DANCE NOW board and founders announced the difficult decision to cease...

Shannon Maynor in 'Nuda Veritas'. Photo by Giacomo Corvaia.

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Shannon Maynor and Alessandro Paganelli release first of 5 dance films

Dancer Shannon Maynor and composer Alessandro Paganelli have released dance film Nuda Veritas, the first part of Five Movements, a series of dance...

Claire Ross. Photo by Lindsay Rosenberg.

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Credit the Creator: An Instagram account for accountability

Do you know who choreographed the handshake in The Parent Trap? No? What about the Jingle Bell Rock dance from Mean Girls? You might...

ALMA NYC’s 'PLACES: A Look Behind the Curtain'. Photo courtesy of ALMA NYC.

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Revealing the people behind the artists: ALMA NYC’s ‘PLACES: A Look Behind the Curtain’

July 27, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. Sirens blaring, the streets eerily empty, the smell of hand sanitizer and disinfectant in the air, the...

Jennifer Kuhnberg and Abigail Ripin's 'The Effort it Takes'. Photo courtesy of OnStage Dance Company.

The third annual ‘Empower One Another’: Empowerment through having a voice and a choice

July 23-July 27, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. One might think that artists having a voice is just something that naturally happens. Art involves...

From 'AILEY' documentary. Photo courtesy of NEON.

‘AILEY’ documentary is in movie theaters nationwide

Director Jamila Wignot’s powerful AILEY documentary, a resonant biography of trailblazing visionary Alvin Ailey, opens is now playing in movie theaters nationwide. Heralded as a...

KODA's 'Embodied Activism'. Photo by Allina Yang.

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‘Embodied Activism’: The body persisting

Outside of the St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, NY (also unlisted on YouTube).Earth Day 2021 (March 22, 2021). When...

Winifred Haun & Dancers announces 2021-22 season

Chicago-based Winifred Haun & Dancers will return to in-person theater events and live programming for the upcoming 2021-22 season. The company will...

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Havana Film Festival New York returns in September

The 21st Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) is back in theaters from September 17-23, with an exceptional program of over 30 films...

Erin Carlisle Norton in The Moving Architects' 'Loneland'.

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Dance going deep inside: The Moving Architects’ ‘Loneland’

Premiered June 3, 2021.Streaming via YouTube. Dance is an abstract art form; the meaning or creative inspiration behind a particular work might...

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5 unforgettable dance scenes in the ‘In The Heights’ film

After multiple delayed releases because of a long, hard global pandemic, it’s finally here — the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway...

Victor Lozano in 'Dancers (Slightly Out of Shape)'.

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‘DANCERS (Slightly Out of Shape)’ gives glimpse into Pam Tanowitz’s creative process

The Fisher Center at Bard announces DANCERS (Slightly Out of Shape), a film by Liz Sargent documenting choreographer Pam Tanowitz and her dancers’ return to rehearsal in...

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Brand new performing arts film: Laura Carruthers’ ‘Grace Fury’

Filmmaker, choreographer, ballerina and Scottish Dance champion Laura Carruthers leads world class performing artists in the new performing arts film, Grace Fury. The feature...

Jared Brunson in Complexions' 'Black is Beautiful'.

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