Opening Night! World Premiere! Director Greg Vander Veer and former ABT principal Dennis Nahat in person!

Note: This event is currently standby only. A standby line will form at the box office one hour prior to showtime.

Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter tells the inspiring and largely unknown story of Martha Hill, a visionary who fought against great odds to make dance a legitimate form art form in America.

Screening with: Homegoings: A Dance (Christine Turner, 5m)

Closing Night! World Premiere!

Director Kate Geis and featured dancers in person!

Paul Taylor is one of the dance world's most elusive and admired choreographers. For over 50 years, he has only provided glimpses into his creative process, until now…

New York Premiere!
Intro and Q&A with editor Matt Killip!

This beautifully choreographed compilation film invites us on a meditative stroll through a not-so-distant past, following the footsteps of the protagonist of Robert Walser’s short story “The Walk.”

Screening with: Crosswalk (RJ Muna, 4m) + Dervishes (RJ Muna, 4m)

New York Premiere!

Elements of backstage romance between lead dancers Gillian Murphy and Qi Huang are woven into Ethan Stiefel and Johan Kobborg’s re-staging of Giselle for the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

World Premiere!

Subject JoAnna Mendl Shaw and dancers in person!

Choreographer JoAnna Mendl Shaw and her Equus Projects travel to the Swedish countryside to create a remarkable piece that combines dancers, horses and autistic young adults in a unique collaboration.

Screening with: Carry It On… (Sharon Leahy, 19m)

New York Premiere!

Performed in three stunning English cathedrals, this bold collaboration blends Circa’s exhilarating brand of contemporary circus with the exquisite sound of I Fagiolini’s choral singing.

Screening with: Widow (Jil Guyon, 12m)

U.S. Premiere! Director Fabrice Herrault, former Paris Opera Ballet star Isabelle Guérin, and dance historian Helene Ciolkovitch in person!

Note: This event is currently standby only. A standby line will form at the box office one hour prior to showtime.

This impressionistic tribute to ballet idol Rudolf Nureyev contains rare archival footage from the 60s and 70s, revealing an artist at the peak of his powers and possessed by the spirit of dance.

Screening with: Oublier Le Temps (Boroka Nagy, 5m) + Lost In Motion II (Ben Shirinian, 4m)

New York Premiere!

Director Tatyana Bronstein in person!

A moving portrait of Larissa Ponomarenko, prima ballerina of the Boston Ballet, who hangs up her pointe shoes to pursue new avenues of self-expression.

Screening with: ME: Story Of a Performance (Jopsu Ramu, 8m)

New York Premiere!

Director Mary Jane Doherty and subject Mayara Piñeiro in person!

This quietly riveting film takes an in-depth look at the training and home life of a high school class at Cuba's famous National Ballet School, with surprising revelations.

Screening with: Tizzy (Ysaye McKeever, 3m)

Director Jackie Paré in person!

The story of a dance genre in crisis told through the prism of Derick Grant, an African American choreographer struggling to bring his hip, rousing tap show to Broadway.

Screening with Tap Tap Tap (Kenneth Sherman, 8m)

New York Premiere!

Director Keri Pickett and figure skaters Roy Blakey (“Uncle Roy”) and Richard “Mr. Debonair” Dwyer in person!

Through rare archival footage and interviews, The Fabulous Ice Age tells the story of America’s love of ice skating and the big spectaculars that dominated live entertainment for decades.

Director Kersti Grunditz in person!

Note: Due to a technical problem during the Dance and Community program, a screening of the short Gimp – The Documentary has been added to this program.

The man behind the careers of superstars Michael Jackson and Madonna, and the inventor of some of their defining dance moves, Vincent Paterson has remained the dance world's best kept secret… until now.

Screening with: It’s a Feeling: Dancing with Jeff Selby (Diana Quinones Rivera, 9m) and Gimp – The Documentary (Richard Move, 14m)

Choreographer and dance professor Hari Krishnan in person!

Malavika Sarukkai, a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer, is our guide for an exploration of this ancient classical form which she re-imagines and re-invigorates in the process.

Screening with: PAS (Charli Brissey & Courtney Harris, 3m)

The short form is gaining ground as the ideal platform for exploring the relationship between dance and film. These filmmakers dare to push the envelope in original ways.

Filmmakers and choreographers including Michele Fletcher, Dan Wagoner, Richard Move, Heidi Latsky, Antoine Renouard, Ríonach Ní Néill, and Joe Lee in person!

These films share common traits and demonstrate a youthful optimism, not to mention a spirit of commitment that seems to be sprouting in many parts of the globe.

Free event!

Complimentary tickets will be available at the box office on a first-come, first-served basis starting one hour prior to the event. Limit one ticket per person, subject to availability.

Join us for a roundtable discussion on the ways in which dance and film can be incorporated into higher education curriculum in an academic setting where dance and film already exist independently.

Free event!

Complimentary tickets will be available at the box office on a first-come, first-served basis starting one hour prior to the event. Limit one ticket per person, subject to availability.

Award-winning British photographer Sebastian Rich will talk about turning his lens to the world if dance after 30 years of filming and photographing the world’s most violent wars and conflicts.

Free event!

Complimentary tickets will be available at the box office on a first-come, first-served basis starting one hour prior to the event. Limit one ticket per person, subject to availability.

For a third year, high school students throughout the five boroughs submitted short dance films to compete for a chance to be screened on Closing Night of Dance on Camera.

Note: This event is currently standby only. A standby line will form at the box office one hour prior to showtime.

Ice Theatre of NY returns to Dance on Camera with a look at the modern movement of artistic ice ensembles, featuring excerpts and a discussion with ice legends like Dick Button, Dorothy Hamill and Jojo Starbuck.

Special 3D Panel Discussion with Bill T. Jones, Jedediah Wheeler, NHK, and SONY following the screening.

See the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company as never before in this state-of-the-art 3D filming of their groundbreaking 2012 work “Story/Time,” inspired by John Cage’s landmark work “Indeterminacy.”

Afterparty at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker St.) with dancers in person. Free with RSVP!

Dance on Camera presents a program of unseen footage from YAK FILMS, an international production team that uses street-based, multimedia filmmaking to share the talents of young dancers around the world.