Dance Films

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Dance as an Exploration of Love, Pain, and Performance

Caitlin Green

Watching the film felt like the motion-picture equivalent of flipping through an old photo album.

Photo: Paloma Guzman

Feminist Latina Dance Making: An Interview with Marlen Puello

Joy-Marie Thompson

“It should be possible to enjoy the same privileges as male artists.”

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Dance Films Provide Pandemic Solace

Ellen Chenoweth

From jazz to Joffrey to Jingle Jangle, films that can help weather the pandemic.

Photo: Elliot deBruyn

BalletX: Filming On Site

Christina Catanese

When is a place another dancer? When is it a hazy backdrop? When is it trying to tell you something?

Photo: Wim Winklewagon

Through an Aperture, On a Street Corner

Kalila Kingsford Smith

For Searles, Project: Through an Aperture was as an experiment in transforming a large space into a layered canvas for dance.