Calendar Girls is a fun doc that observes a troupe of golden-age dancers staying young at heart.
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Keep ReadingJamila Wignot's portrait of Black dance maverick Alvin Ailey is a truly moving account of his life, work, and legacy. Ailey is imbued with the presence of a queer icon whose power
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Keep ReadingCan You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters is about how art lives on, but it is also about art how art passes on.
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Keep ReadingFurther proof that Canadian arts can learn a lot from their Australian counterparts can be seen in Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra. This striking dance doc is a portrait of the
Keep ReadingSundance reviews for Cusp ("bold and bracing portrait of youth"), Ailey ("a beautiful act of remembering"), and Sons of Monarchs ("a provocative experiment in metamorphosis").
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