Event

If the Dancer Dances

Fri May 10: 7.30pm
Sat May 11: 3.30pm
Sun May 12: 4.30pm, 7.00pm
Mon May 13: 3.00pm
Tue May 14: 3.00pm
Wed May 15: 7.30pm
Thu May 16: 7.30pm

Maia Wechsler
US
2018
1h 30m

** Co-presented with Cornish College of the Arts - Dance Department! Join us on May 12th at 7pm for a panel discussion led by Cornish Dance Dept. Chair Vicki Watts, Ph.D., featuring Spectrum Dance Theater Artistic Director Donald Byrd, and UW dance graduate student Brian Lawson, a recent performer of Cunninghams work **

About
If the Dancer Dances invites viewers into the intimate world of the dance studio. Stephen Petronio, one of todays leading dance-makers, is determined to help his dancers breathe new life into RainForest (1968), an iconic work by the legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham. With help from three members of the former Cunningham company, the film follows Petronios dancers as they strive to re-stage this great work, revealing what it takes to keep a dance and a legacy alive. Timed to coincide with Cunninghams centennial, If the Dancer Dances is the first documentary on the subject of Cunninghams work since his passing in 2009.