This verité-driven feature documentary immerses viewers inside one of the world’s leading ballet companies as it mounts a legacy-defining new production of Swan Lake, directed by ballet icon Karen Kain on the eve of her retirement.

This program of films for all ages includes Laura Glaess’s Rooftop Party, the world premiere of Diego Agudo Pinilla’s Dance on Paper, Ephrat Asherie’s In the MOment: A Drawing Dance, Leigh-Ann Esty and Ellie Gravitte’s A Place For Us, and Lamara Sogomonian’s Legacy.

Alexandra Nikolchev’s Breaking Form explores a creatively rich and unexamined chapter in New York City dance through the transformation of choreographer Jane Comfort from polite Southern transplant into a prolific performer celebrated worldwide. Preceded by Charlotte Griffin’s All of Us and Eiko Otake and Patrizia Herminjard’s a foreigner.

This program of shorts from around the world includes Gabriela Cavanagh and Grace McNally’s OtroLado, Karen Kaeja and Roshanak Jaberi’s Slipping, Laura Steiner’s Thick Skin, and Samantha Shay’s Romance.

Join a group of this year’s filmmakers for a far-reaching panel discussion about their processes for and challenges in making work at the crossroads of dance and film. This will be presented as part of Dance on Camera’s free public programming.

This program includes the world premiere of Jennifer Lin’s Ten Times Better, Matthäus Bussmann’s One, and Roswitha Chesher and Will Tuckett’s Then or Now.

This shorts program includes Matthew Strasburger’s Violent Textures of Nature and Flesh; Beau Han Bridge, Robert Kitsos, and Meagan Woods’s Moving Matter; Michael J. Munoz and Federica Marchese’s Smashed; Emma Martin and Hugh O’Conor’s Dolorosa; Eva Tang’s Am I Here; Cat Rider and zap mcconnell’s Devouring Stones Up Close; and the world premiere of Kimberley Cooper and Noel Bégin’s 3 Horsewomen.

Groundbreaking documentary Sea Spray intertwines dance, visual art, and environmental exploration as a group of young performers dive deep into the essence of Taiwan’s surrounding seas, translating their profound experiences into spellbinding performance art. Preceded by Janique L. Robillard and Eric Bates’s Branché and the world premiere of Vajrasara’s A State of Thirst.

As part of the festival’s free public programming, Production Grantees features recipients of Dance on Camera’s competitive production grants, including Jennifer Lin, Sabine Krayenbuhl Saunders, and Zeva Oelbaum.

A Way to B is a portrait of the flamboyant Catalan dance collective Liant la Troca, which includes some performers with physical disabilities. Fluently merging documentary and dance, this hybrid film is an ode to zest for life and love.

Dance filmmakers, fresh and seasoned alike, engaged the public by posting their films to social media. A selection of these bold new dance films from around the globe make up the festival’s #mydancefilm program.

Thirty years after the world premiere of legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham’s August Pace, the original cast members gather in a New York City studio for the first time to teach their roles to a younger generation. In this fly-on-the-wall documentary, new bonds are formed against a background of memories, stories, and laughter.

This shorts program includes Jaden Esse’s What Lies Beneath; James Kinney and Pierre Marais’s Bound By a Thread; Been Lovin’ You by Robin Dekkers, Ben Tarquin, Benjamin Freemantle, and Post:ballet; Anthony Morigerato and AM Dance Productions’s To: Everything I Love; Al Blackstone and Aidan Gibney’s At the Bathhouse; and ​​Marc Grey’s Life Hacks for Lovers.

Obsessed with Light tells the story of Loïe Fuller, a visionary artist and technological trailblazer who overcame numerous hurdles to become one of the most famous dancers of her day.