Northrop Announces Film Series Including Oscar-Winning Movies to Complement Dance Performances

Northrop announces its 2018-19 Film Series, featuring several Oscar-winning films and diverse artistic voices from around the world.

These nine award-winning films complement astounding dance companies in Northrop's 2018-19 Dance Season and provide deeper insight and context into the dance performances. Free screenings are scheduled in conjunction with the dance performances , and each film shares thematic DNA (Hecho en Mexico) with its corresponding dance company, if not direct artistic parentage (Ceux Qui Dansent Sur La Tête, Polina, Bittersweet & Two Seconds After Laughter) with what audiences will see live in Northrop's Dance Season. Screenings start at 6:30 pm in Northrop's Best Buy Theater on the fourth floor.

The 2018-19 Film Series selections are:

Hecho en Mèxico
Wed, Sep 26, 6:30 pm
Best Buy Theater
In conjunction with Ballet Hispanico's Latina Choreographers Program
FREE and open to the public

Mexican actors, artist, poets, and musicians including Diego Luna, Kinky, Lila Down, Los Tucanes de Tijuana and local street and folk artist from all walks of life star in this documentary that showcases the diversity of contemporary Mexican cultures and their complicated relationship with the United States. Michelle Manzanales, choreographer of Con Brazos Abiertos, which will be featured in Ballet Hispanico's repertory program, has said this movie resonated with her as a "third-culture kid." In Spanish with English subtitles.

Ceux Qui Dansent Sur La Tête (Those Who Dance on the Head)
Wed, Oct 24, 6:30 pm
Best Buy Theater
In conjunction with Compagine Käfig's Pixel
FREE and open to the public

Made for French television, this film follows two young, passionate hip-hop artists who move from the countryside to the city to fulfill their ambitions of auditioning for a role in a famous choreographer's next project. Portions of this movie were filmed on location in the studio of Compagine Käfig and feature the company's dancers. Käfig's Artistic Director, Mourad Merzouki, provided choreographic consultation for the film and the finale features Merzouki's piece Boxing Boxing. In French without English subtitles.

Amadeus (Director's Cut)
Wed, Oct 31, 6:30 pm
Best Buy Theater
In conjunction with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's Mozart in Motion
FREE and open to the public

Legendary director Milos Foreman's sumptuous, epic biopic of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on Peter Shaffer's play of the same name, won 11 Oscars including Best Picture of 1985. Discover more about the composer whose music inspired Mozart in Motion, and experience this rarely screened director's cut with scenes not seen in its original theatrical release with choreography by Twyla Tharp.

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
Wed, Jan 30, 6:30 pm
Best Buy Theater
In conjunction with ATE9's calling glenn with live music by Glenn Kotche
FREE and open to the public

In his directorial debut, acclaimed celebrity photographer and filmmaker Sam Jones follows Wilco as they record and attempt to release their breakthrough album, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Intimate, gritty, and turbulent, see this now-legendary documentary on the big screen before seeing Wilco's drummer Glenn Kotche perform live with Ate9 in calling glenn.

Anna Karenina
Wed, Feb 20, 6:30 pm
Best Buy Theater
In conjunction with The Joffrey Ballet's Anna Karenina
FREE and open to the public

This 1935 film version of Tolstoy's tragic tale of passion, revenge and social status in 19th-century Imperial Russia stars Greta Garbo as Anna, Fredric Marsh as Count Vronksy and a pre-Sherlock Holmes' Basil Rathbone as Karenin. Dripping with the opulence of MGM's golden age, legendary producer David O. Selznick spared no expense. This version was considered a "neat and faithful" adaptation by critics of the day. More than 80 years later, it has achieved cult classic status as a master class in scenery chewing courtesy of Garbo and Rathbone.

Moonlight
Wed, Mar 6, 6:30 pm
Best Buy Theater
In conjunction with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater mixed repertory including Revelations
FREE and open to the public

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2017, Moonlight is the story of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood. Director Barry Jenkins' profoundly moving portrayal of the moments, people, and unknowable forces that shape their lives not only earned the film awards and accolades but also inspired a moving dance tribute created by Robert Battle, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, who also grew up in that same Florida neighborhood.

Polina
Wed, Mar 20, 6:30 pm
Best Buy Theater
In conjunction with Ballet Preljocaj's La Fresque (The Painting on the Wall)
FREE and open to the public

Based on the French graphic novel of the same name and co-directed by Angelin Preljocaj, this film follows the fictional journey of a young ballerina training to join the Bolshoi Ballet until her discovery of contemporary dance takes her down a different path. Staring Anastasia Shevtsova, who studied at the renowned Vaganova Academy and danced for the Mariinisky Ballet, it also features Oscar-winning actress Juliet Binoche who has collaborated with Akram Kahn. In French with English subtitles.

A Ballerina's Tale
Wed, Mar 27, 6:30 pm
Best Buy Theater
In conjunction with American Ballet Theatre's mixed repertory
FREE and open to the public

Misty Copeland, who made history when she was named American Ballet Theatre's first African-American female principal dancer in 2015, overcomes nearly disastrous injuries as well as stereotypes of what a ballerina should be to become one of the most recognizable and inspirational figures in the world of dance today. This documentary is a study in perseverance and grit.

Dance on Film Double Feature: Bittersweet and Two Seconds After Laughter
Wed, Apr 10, 6:30 pm
Best Buy Theater
In conjunction with David Roussève/REALITY's Halfway to Dawn
FREE and open to the public

Watch David Roussève's award-winning dance films Bittersweet and Two Seconds After Laughter and stay for a discussion with Roussève about his films as well as his recently completed feature length screenplay, Twit, and his work in general.

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