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“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:

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 | Helix Conference at Penn State University
State College, Pennsylvania. Click here for information about the HELIX Conference hosted by Pennsylvania Training & Technical Assistance Network.  

Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 7 PM | WHYY local Broadcast 

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 at 7 PM | H-CAN Arts Advocacy Group
Mainline Arts Center,  746 Panmure Road Haverford, PA 19041

For more information on the film click here