Screen capture from Les Bosquets Les Bosquets Last year, French visual artist JR participated in the creation of Les Bosquets, an original piece for New York City Ballet. Now, the artist has announced he will premiere a film based on the ballet at next month’s Tribeca Film Festival. Les Bosquets is named for a housing project outside Paris, one […]
Documentary Ballet 422 Reveals parts of the dancemaking process even dancers didn’t know existed. Justin Peck records himself experimenting with choreography for Paz de la Jolla During a Q&A session after last night’s Tribeca Film Festival screening of Ballet 422, director Jody Lee Lipes said he’s more interested, as a filmmaker, “in having people do what they do than […]
The Tribeca Film Festival begins tomorrow, with two new (and highly promising) dance feature films in the lineup: Dancing in Jaffa follows Mad Hot Ballroom’s Pierre Dulaine as he establishes his successful Dancing Classrooms program in his hometown of Jaffa, Israel, and faces the challenges of a deeply divided culture. In Flex Is Kings, viewers […]