Documentaries, Center for the Arts, Saturday. 11/14/15, 4:30PM

Bookin', 2013, USA, 17 min

Produced and Directed by John Kirkscey

Choreography and Dancing by LaShonte Anderson, Dylan G-Bowley, Rafael Ferreras, Jonathan Gaston

Music by Jonathan Kirkscey

Cinematography by Billie Worley

Edited by John Kirkscey

Jookers and ballet dancers fuse styles to a mix of hip-hop beats and cello at a famous Memphis juke joint.

photo by Joseph Mehling

Still Moving: Pilobolus at Forty, 2012, USA, 38 min

Produced and Directed by Jeffrey Ruoff

Choreography by Pilobolus

Featuring Pilobolus

Dancing by Nile Russell, Matt Del Rosario, Jun Kuribayashi, Eriko Jimbo, Winston Brown, Annika Sheaff, Christopher Whitney

Music Composed by Jon Appleton, Paul Sullivan, Battles

Music Performed by Jon Appleton, Paul Sullivan, Battles, Kronos Quartet

Cinematography by Justin Schein

Edited by Anne Alvergue

In the 1960s, Pilobolus innovated a collaborative improvisational style that transformed modern dance. This film focuses on the lifecycle of the company, its evolution, transformation, and regeneration.

Art Shorts, Center for the Arts, Saturday. 11/14/15, 7:30PM

PAINTED, 2011, Canada, 5 min

Directed by Duncan McDowall

Produced by Sach Baylin-Stern

Choreography and Dancing by Dorotea Saykaly

Music by Simon Marcheterre

Cinematography by Christophe Collette

Edited by Sebastien Delporte

Costume Design by Carla Romagnoli

This choreographic portrayal of a building's decay as a "de-crescendo" illustrates the building's retreat from the physical world, and Nature's advance.

Meaghan McHenry dancing like her old man.

Dancer Meaghan McHenry

Dance Like Your Old Man, 2006, Australia, 10 min

Directed by Gideon Obarzanek & Edwina Throsby

Produced by Chunky Move in association with Chequerboard Productions

Featuring Chunky Move

Dancing by Meaghan McHenry, Sara Black, Alexandra Dillon, Bec Reid, Penelope Bartiau & Ros Warby

Music by various artists

Cinematography by Cordelia Beresford

Editing by Simon Njoo

Six unseen fathers come to life through their dances as imitated and reflected on by their daughters.

photo by Libby Pratt

View the video.

890 Broadway, 2012, USA, 4 min

Directed by Marta Renzi

Produced by And Dancers, Inc.

Choreography by Marta Renzi

Dancing by Ching-I Chang & Jenny Tortorello

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Cinematography by Charles Caster-Dudzick

Edited by Marta Renzi

The duet of two women dressed to go out - but, who never do.

Black Train is Coming, 2011, USA, 3 min

Produced and Directed by John T. Williams

Choreography and Dancing by eNinja & Joyntz Scott

Music Composed by Rev. J.M Gates

Cinematography by James Tucker

Edited by John T. Williams

Blending an old time sermon with modern day Flex/Turf dance style, this film is based on the 1926 exhortation, "Death's Black Train is Coming," by the prolific black preacher, Rev. J.M. Gates, many of whose sermons were strong warnings of the hellish punishments that awaited sinners.

Training Session, 2010, Canada, 6 min

Directed by Christian Lalumière

Produced by Émilie Heckmann

Choreography by Hélène Blackburn

Dancing by Roxane Duchesne-Roy, Daphnée Laurendeau, Pierre Lecours, Susan Paulson & Georges-Nicolas Tremblay

Music Composed by Nicolas Bernier

Cinematography by Jonathan Decoste

Edited by Thiery Laberge

A simple workout routine is transformed into a ballet where the athletes fit together like the notes of a symphonic musical score and rhythmic repetition punctuates the resulting dance.