Dancing in a-yard

Description

DANCING IN A-YARD - DECEMBER 8th

In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing to take a chance to be mocked in the yard, start a dance class led by French choreographer Dimitri Chamblas. This class quickly becomes an intoxicating escape from their grim reality so they decide to create a dance show. In this exceptional context, the inmates engage with overwhelming sincerity, evoking their childhood, ganglife, the crimes, the prison, and their desire for transformation. Beyond damaged lives and a prison system on the edge of the abyss, DANCING IN A-YARD explores redemption and the capacity of human beings to reinvent themselves, when given a chance. And more importantly, how art and introspection can help see the light.

Sunday December 8th @ 3:00, 2024
3:00 PM Firehouse Arts and Events Center

 

Date & Time

Sun, Dec 8, 2024 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Venue Details

Firehouse Arts and Events Center

1314 Harris Avenue
Bellingham, Washington 98225

Kuntz and Company