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The Next "I Am" Screening is January 17th at Fleisher Art Memorial

“I Am” Documentary Film

Mixed-ability dancers posing in Ballet Studio Text overlay reads: Documentary Film, I AM, Premiere at the Prince Theater, Tuesday September 19th at 6PM

The film “I Am” follows the journey of 6 students from St Katherine’s Special Education School and 8 dancers from the Pennsylvania Ballet’s Second Company to create a fully realized Ballet piece choreographed by Jessica Kilpatrick. For 10 weeks Filmmaker Glenn Holsten and his crew from Freshfly productions documented this journey, a product of our ENCORE program, where people with disabilities engage with the arts in a participatory way.

The original piece was performed live at Art-Reach’s Cultural Access Awards in May, 2017. This project broke the mold of how Art-Reach creates programming and is a milestone for us and the Pennsylvania Ballet’s Community Engagement Program.

Special Thank you to Impact100 Philadelphia for supporting the our program and film.

Interested in Hosting a Screening?

Please click here to fill out the Screening Request Form and an Art-Reach Staff Member will contact you shortly.

Official Trailer:

Created FreshFly, directed by Glenn Holsten

Screening Dates:

October 17, 2-5PM at The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

Conwell Dance Theater, Conwell Hall (5th floor)
1801 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Institute on Disabilities at Temple University’s Mini Course Lecture Fall 2018 Presents Dance, Disability & Discourse.  Click here for more information on the screening and to register. 

October 18, 2-5PM at The Mandell Theater, Drexel University

Mandell Theater
3220 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

This screening is presented by Drexel University’s School of dance.  Click here for more information about the Drexel screening. 

 

 

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