American Dance Festival is a celebration of dance, and features performances, workshops and community events. It takes place in June and July.
One FREE feature is Movies by Movers. These are movies with a theme of dancing. They are open to the public, and will be screened at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham.
Here’s the schedule for the summer:
ADF Movies by Movers: 8 shorts
Saturday, July 7th, 2018
2 p.m.
American Dance Festival presents eight short films and one feature film at the Nasher Museum as part of Movies By Movers, a biannual festival dedicated to the celebration of conversations between body and camera. (Films include some nudity.)
The Dérive (Tanin Torabi, Iran, 8 minutes)
Shoe Horn/Office (Ingrid Nachstern, Ireland, 10 minutes)
LUNA (Chelsea Bonosky and Justin Ervin, USA, 10 minutes)
Are You Holding Me or Am I Holding Myself? (Cesar Brodermann, Mexico/USA, 12 minutes)
Black Stains (Tiffany Rhynard, USA, 14 minutes)
No More Beautiful Dances (Anabella Lenzu, USA, 4 minutes)
Floating Chronologies (Mary Fitzgerald, USA, 7 minutes)
WRECKED PULSE (Peder Nilsson, Sweden, 8 minutes)
ADF Movies by Movers: Her Magnum Opus, Secondary Succession
Saturday, July 14th, 2018
2 p.m.
2 PM Feature Film
Her Magnum Opus (Marta Renzi, USA, 1 hour)
15-minute Intermission
3:15 PM Feature Film
Secondary Succession (Chicken bank Collective, Mexico/USA, 59 minutes).
ADF Movies by Movers: Amanda Coogan: Long Now
Sunday, July 15th, 2018
2 p.m.
American Dance Festival presents the feature film Amanda Coogan: Long Now (Paddy Cahill, Ireland, 1 hour, 3 minutes)at the Nasher Museum as part of Movies By Movers, a biannual festival dedicated to the celebration of conversations between body and camera.
