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The New York City Ballet’s Jock Soto comes to the JBFC to kick off our annual celebration of the art of dance on film. This year we present a selection of exhilarating films from as far away as Belgium, Peru, and Germany—and as nearby as Croton-on-Hudson.
Water Flowing Together May *9, 10, 12
*Opening night Q&A w/Jock Soto & Gwendolen Cates, reception
Soy Andina May 10, *11
*Q&A and performance w/Mitch Teplitsky & Cynthia Paniagua
VSPRS Show And Tell May 10, 11
Sally Gross: The Pleasure of Stillness with Stopped in her Tracks May 10, *13
*Q&A w/Sally Gross, Albert Maysles, Kristen Nutile & Tanja Meding
Shorts Program: Pina Bausch, The Guarantee, The Mother is the One Who Stretches May 11, *12
*Q&A w/Susan Todd, Jeannie Zusy & Marcy B. Freedman
This series is made possible through the generosity of an anonymous donor.
Group Tickets are available for this series. Click Here for a flyer to print out for your organization (pdf).
Water Flowing Together and Pina Bausch are selections from the 36th annual Dance on Camera Festival, coproduced by Dance Films Association and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.
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WATER FLOWING TOGETHER
May *9, 10, 12
Gwendolen Cates. 2007. 77 min. NR. US, in English/Navajo & Spanish with subtitles. True Story Pictures.
Barely 16 when George Balanchine selected him to join the New York City Ballet, Jock Soto was quickly hailed as one of the greatest partners of his time. "If 12 ballerinas jumped from a burning building, Jock would catch them all," said choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. Featuring partners and colleagues from Heather Watts to Peter Martins along with powerful dance sequences, this compelling documentary is a glimpse into Soto’s life from his Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican ancestry and openly gay identity to his plans for life after dance, at the ripe old age of 40.
*Fri. May 9 at 7:30
OPENING NIGHT with Jock Soto and filmmaker Gwendolen CatesJock Soto danced with the New York City Ballet for 24 years. Today he teaches at the School of American Ballet and runs a catering business. Gwendolen Cates, award-winning photographer and author, makes her filmmaking debut with Water Flowing Together.
A reception follows the discussion.
Tickets: $12 (members), $16 (nonmembers) |
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SOY ANDINA May 10, *11
Mitchell Teplitsky. 2007. 70 min. Peru/US, in Spanish/English with subtitles. Lucuma Films.
The delightful story of two women raised in different worlds who are both drawn to Peru through dance. After 15 years in New York, Nelida Silva returns to her birthplace in the Andes to fulfill her dream of hosting the village’s fiesta patronal—an eight-day celebration of dance, music, and ritual. Cynthia Paniagua, a modern dancer raised in Queens by a Peruvian mother, meets Neli and is inspired to travel through Peru to learn about its dance tradition. Their cross-cultural trips lead each woman to a new understanding of her own history and artistic expression.
*Q&A May 11 at 6:30: filmmaker Mitch Teplitsky and dancer Cynthia Paniagua, who is featured in the film. Mitch Teplitsky is a New York–based documentary filmmaker with deep roots in Peru. Cynthia Paniagua is a dancer/choreographer who is pioneering new forms of dance combining modern and Peruvian folk traditions.
Performance: Cynthia Paniagua will perform Despierta Peru, an original theatrical dance piece that mixes traditional and modern dance. DVDs will be available for signing.
Tickets: $6 (members), $10 (nonmembers) |
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VSPRS SHOW AND TELL May 10, 11
Sophie Fiennes. 2007. 72 min. UK/France, in French with subtitles.
Called by one critic "the weirdest, most shocking and provocative dance performance you will ever see," the piece called VSPRS employs religious, psychological, and graphic sexual imagery in a frenzied performance. From acclaimed Belgian choreographer Alain Platel and Les Ballets C de la B, who have never shied away from controversy, the piece is a modern interpretation of Monteverdi’s Maria Vespers, one of the most important works of European religious music. Iconoclastic filmmaker Sophie Fiennes captures the ecstasy and trauma at VSPRS’s core and illuminates its process with interviews with Platel and the dancers. |
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Photo: Peggy Eliot
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SALLY GROSS: THE PLEASURE OF STILLNESS May 10, *13
Albert Maysles & Kristen Nutile. 2007. 56 min. US. Maysles Films.
Acclaimed dancer and choreographer Sally Gross has been weaving her spell in groundbreaking dance over the past half-century. When she decided to create a new piece, legendary documentarian Albert Maysles teamed with filmmaker Kristen Nutile to learn how she does it. The life and work of "the most poetic of minimalist modern-dance choreographers" (New York Times) are revealed in telling detail in this intimate portrait, which also features excerpts from 50 years of performance, as well as interviews with critics, collaborators, and friends.
Shown with the six-minute short Stopped in Her Tracks by Susan Brockman and Sally Gross.
*Q&A May 13 at 7:15: dancer/choreographer Sally Gross, filmmakers Albert Maysles and Kristen Nutile, producer Tanja Meding. Famed documentarian Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens), whom Jean-Luc Godard once called "the best American cameraman," codirected the film with Kristen Nutile, who was also the editor. Tanja Meding is an independent producer.
Tickets: $9 (members), $13 (nonmembers) |
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SHORTS PROGRAM May 11, *12
PINA BAUSCH
Anne Linsel. 2006. 44 min. Germany, in German with subtitles.
A hugely influential figure in the performing arts, Pina Bausch is widely praised for work that blends idiosyncratic movement, speech, song, visual imagery, and astonishing sets. But "the undisputed Queen of European dance theater" (The Times, London) didn’t always enjoy acclaim. Here she recalls the tumultuous beginnings of her Tanztheater Wuppertal in the 1970s. Mesmerizing excerpts of her dances are interspersed with commentary from the dancers.
THE GUARANTEE
Jesse Epstein. 2007. 12 min. US. New Day Films.
A young dancer named Charles is shocked when one of his ballet teachers asks him to consider undergoing plastic surgery on his prominent nose to further his career. A tour-de-force of hand-drawn animation, The Guarantee humorously addresses the sometimes dangerous pursuit of physical perfection.
THE MOTHER IS THE ONE WHO STRETCHES
Susan Todd. 2007. 7 min. US. Archipelago Films.
A collaboration between three local artists, this work uses dance and spoken word to explore a mother’s capacity to stretch—both physically and emotionally—and the often humorous realities of birthing and raising kids.
*Q&A May 12 at 7:15: filmmaker Susan Todd, choreographer/dancer Jeannie Zusy, writer Marcy B. Freedman. Susan Todd is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and the JBFC’s Director of International Understanding through Film. Marcy B. Freedman is an artist and art historian who teaches and exhibits in Westchester and New York City. Jeannie Zusy, who is also a playwright, performs regularly throughout the region. All three are mothers and live in Croton-on-Hudson.
Tickets: $6 (members), $10 (nonmembers) |
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