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All posts tagged "dance films"
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260Feature ArticlesInside ‘She Dances’: Family, friendship and healing on the competition floor
When you think of the high-stakes, high-stress, often cutthroat world of dance competitions, you probably don’t picture it as the setting for...
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195Feature Articles‘She Dances’: A heartfelt drama of a father-daughter bond
She Dances, a heartfelt indie drama starring Steve Zahn and his daughter Audrey Zahn, was released nationwide in theaters on March 27....
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240ReviewsThe artistic possibility within culturally-informed art – ‘About Face: Disrupting Ballet’
Dance on Camera Festival 2026.Streamed virtually. You may know the moment well: a certain awkwardness in the air when experiencing art that...
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214ReviewsTechnology and humanity meeting: The 54th annual Dance on Camera Festival
Symphony Space, New York, NY.February 6-9, 2026. Technological development moves at the speed of light these days, it can feel like. A...
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148Feature ArticlesColorado Dance Education Organization leads the way on dance ed
The Colorado Dance Education Organization (CoDEO) conference recently celebrated its 12th year. It has grown into an essential gathering for dance educators,...
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313ReviewsFilm review: ‘Tiler Peck: Suspending Time’
Tiler Peck is arguably one of the nation’s best-known and most beloved ballerinas. Little girls all over the country look up to...
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462ReviewsEnjoying it all together: Alive Dance Collective’s ‘SHIFT’
Mass Motion Dance Studios, Brighton, MA (viewed via livestream).April 26, 2025. An evening-length work with a strong prevailing theme and atmosphere, or...
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657ReviewsJoy is the thing: OnStage Dance Company’s Season 27 Performance
Boston University Dance Theater, Boston, MA.January 18, 2025 (viewed virtually). A wide smile, an expansive reach, a sassy shoulder roll. These can...
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881ReviewsDance on Camera Festival 2025: Dance film persisting
Symphony Space, New York, NY.February 21-24, 2025, viewed via press screeners. The world locked down in early 2020 – yet dance artists...
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574Feature ArticlesBig questions, universal themes, disparate dances: IMGE Dance’s ‘(no)man’
Speaking with dancemaker Ishita Mili feels like an encounter with a kaleidoscope of qualities: joy and the sadness of past experience, erudition...
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449ReviewsA tale of two films: ‘O Superman, Come Home’ and ‘LAKE BODIES’ through Artists Climate Collective
Advocacy and activism through art is nothing new – but Artists Climate Collective demonstrates a dynamic and forward-thinking model for such work....
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778Feature ArticlesKaren Kain and Neve Campbell in ‘Swan Song’: A classic with modern day sensibilities
The magic of ballet is the effortless way it appears onstage. Watching a performance onstage can take the audience to a mystical...
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642Feature Articles52nd Dance on Camera Festival highlights dance innovators
Dance on Camera and Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) presents the 52nd edition of the Dance on Camera Festival from February 9-12....
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607Feature Articles‘Call Me Dancer’: The journey of a Mumbai street dancer
The new, inspirational documentary, Call Me Dancer, will be in theaters starting December 15. A story of perseverance, passion, culture and an...
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667ReviewsMusic, movement and sound: Jackie O’Riley and Rebecca McGowan’s ‘From the Floor’
Released in 2019.Streaming now. The little gems of art that we can find by chance: it can be sort of amazing. From...
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1.1KFeature ArticlesHofesh Shechter: Unleashing power creatively with dance film ‘Rise’
The hit French film, Rise, by Cédric Klapisch, makes its U.S. debut this month. It tells the story of a ballet dancer...
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799Feature Articles‘Oklahoma!’ starring Hugh Jackman comes to cinemas for two days only this July
Trafalgar Releasing, in partnership with Concord Originals and The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, has announced the international cinema release of the National Theatre’s acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning...
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10.8KReviewsMotion State Dance Festival 2023: Branching out and taking risks
The Wilbury Theatre Group, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI.March 10, 2023. “Take a risk!” I can’t count how many times I’ve heard...
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792ReviewsTaking dance film forward: The 51st Annual Dance on Camera Festival 
Film at Lincoln Center, New York, NY.February 10-13, 2023. Dance film didn’t originate in the COVID lockdown era, yet it certainly proliferated...
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905ReviewsKimberly Landle’s ‘KIM’: Dancing out of trauma and into growth
Available via Vimeo.Streaming beginning October 7, 2022. Have you ever thought about which stories we tell, whose stories we tell, how we...
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2.0KInterviewsTapping into the holidays: Chloe Arnold on ‘Spirited’
Spirited is a new Christmas movie starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds and Octavia Spencer, choreographed by Chloe Arnold of the Syncopated Ladies....
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813Reviews‘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...
