JOFFREY: MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE

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Synopsis

JOFFREY: MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE takes a look at the Joffrey Ballet, the groundbreaking cultural treasure known as the first truly American dance company. Narrated by Tony and Emmy Award winner Mandy Patinkin and directed by Bob Hercules (Bill T. Jones: A Good Man), the film documents how the Joffrey revolutionized American ballet by daringly combining modern dance with traditional ballet technique, combining art with social statement and setting ballets to pop and rock music scores. The film features rare excerpts from many seminal Joffrey works including Astarte, Trinity and Billboards. PRE-SCREENING INTRODUCTION + POST-SCREENING PANEL We will webcast the introduction of the film (given by director Bob Hercules) before the lights go down in NYC, and projected onto our screen Audience members will be able to see and hear the panelist in real time, and they can submit questions in real time via Twitter. Customers who have personal Twitter accounts and can access it on their smartphones can submit questions and comments directly from their seats. ALL and ONLY tweets that include the hasthag #JoffreyMovie will be received by a moderator at the panel and also appear on the Twitter feed on-screen. (example: “Loved the movie here at West End Cinema in DC. How long did you research & film? Thanks! #JoffreyMovie”). Not all questions can to be answered.