9:30pm - Wednesday, Jun 12, 2024
The Art of Dance: Work-in-Progress Fundraiser Screening
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, June 12 for a special work-in-progress screening and fundraiser for the upcoming new documentary, THE ART OF DANCE: A JOURNEY INTO THE POWER OF MOVEMENT. Filmmakers will be on-hand to discuss their upcoming effort, and the screening will be followed by a community networking and mingling session featuring DJ Organic and Vynil Richie.
THE ART OF DANCE: A JOURNEY INTO THE POWER OF MOVEMENT is an unprecedented immersive cinematic experience about the evolution of dance! It dares us to come alive by tracing the Indigenous and African origins of poetic movement, music, community, and culture. Innovative and immersive, this theatrical feature film, premium documentary series, and LIVE Experience awakens our souls through the beauty and courage of some of the world’s most celebrated dancers on a journey of connection, bridging, creating change and empowering lives.
Shot in immersive widescreen cinematic 6K RAW on ARRI and Red Cameras by a collective of emerging Indigenous, Black, Latinix, and disabled filmmakers from underrepresented, marginalized, and equity-seeking communities.
Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/506286033
Think: the “Baraka” meets “Chef’s Table”
Wednesday, June 12
Doors 9:00 pm | Event 9:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Advance tickets $18+ s/c | $23 at the door
DANCE CASTING PARTY post-screening (come down for your chance to be in the film) with DJ Ire
Partial proceeds from this work-in-progress screening will go directly towards financing the film's post-production.
Produced by the Academy®, Emmy®, Grammy®, and Tony® Award-Winning team of:
Shad (Netflix: Hip Hop Evolution, CBC’s Black Life: Untold Stories)
Aloe Blacc (IMAX: America's Musical Journey and “I Need a Dollar”)
Charles Officer R.I.P. (CBC’s: The Porter, Nurse Fighter Boy, Mighty Jerome)
Doug Pray (HBO Max: Love Lizzo, Defiant Ones; Netflix’s: Arnold, and Scratch)
Anand Ramayya (Netflix: Donkeyhead, From The Shadows, Who Killed Gandhi)
Lindsay MacAdam (NBC: Reginald the Vampire, Highway Thru Hell, Hard Core Logo)
Maija Garcia (Spike Lee’s Choreographer: She’s Gotta Have It, Chiraq, and BlacKkKlansman)
Youree Henley (Priscilla, Aziz Ansari, The Lighthouse, The Beguiled, A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood)
Narrated by Bill T. Jones
Featuring: James Brown, Michael Jackson, Maurice Hines, The Rock Steady Crew, Ken Swift, Storm, CreeAsian, Archie Burnet, Lady C, Moncell Durden, B-Boy Neguin, Tight Eyez, Phil Whizard, Don Campbellock, MC Estea Elements, DJ K-Rec and B-Bots B-Boy Crew
Produced and directed by:
Kevin John Fitzgerald (MTV's: Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme)
Musical Score by The Cinematic Orchestra
Additional Music by: J-Dilla, Madlib, Kid Koala, Ozomatli, Flying Lotus, Antibalas, Scratch Bastid, Skeem Richards, Breakestra, Cut Chemist, Pete Rock, A Tribe Called Red (Hallucination), and DJ Numark.
Production Partners: Bell Media Studios, Crave-TV, Telefilm Canada, Creative BC,
Canada Media Fund, Rogers Telefund, Black Screen Office, and Indigenous Screen Office.
Distributed for Theatrical release by Level-Film in Canada, and Greenwich Entertainment (Free Solo) in the US.
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