"Learning to siva from the heart... Tala loves watching her Aunty Sina's graceful steps in the taualuga, a traditional Samoan dance, where her hands curl like rolling waves and her feet glide across the floor like canoes. Yet when Tala tries to siva, her legs are too wobbly, her arms are too stiff, and most of all, she doesn't have the same glow as when Aunty dances. Tala tries to muster the courage to perform at her Grandma's birthday. But she freezes...

The island of Jamaica comes alive in this program featuring Jamaican Storyteller/Performer Thomas Osha Pinnock in an excerpt from his solo show, Reggae Boogie Talk Show. In this program the artist illuminates, in a heartfelt and charming manner, folk tales and myths from his homeland. Using an array of voices for the characters, inventive movement and music Pinnock brings to life the spirit of Reggae culture. Recorded in 2000 at The Kitchen in New...

"Arky Levin has reached a creative dead end. Guilty and restless after an unexpected separation from his wife, almost by chance he stumbles upon an art exhibit that will change his life. Based on a real piece of performance art, the installation that the fictional Arky Levin discovers is inexplicably powerful. Visitors to the Museum of Modern Art sit across a table from artist Marina Abramović for as short or long a period of time as they choose....

This program features extended documentation of choreographer Charles Moulton's work that was originally showcased in the film Homecoming- Celebrating 20 Years of Dance at P.S. 122. Works featured in this program include Fred (2000) and 18 People All-Star Precision Ball Passing(1984). Also included is commentary by the artist, P.S. 122 Executive Director Mark Russell, and numerous dance critics and presenters.

This program features extended documentation of choreographer Jennifer Monson's work that was originally showcased in the film Homecoming- Celebrating 20 Years of Dance at P.S. 122. Works featured in this program include Homecoming Improvisation (2000) and Finn's Shed(1991). Also included is a commentary by the artist, P.S. 122 Executive Director Mark Russell, and numerous dance critics and presenters.

This program features extended documentation of choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones' work that was originally showcased in the film Homecoming- Celebrating 20 Years of Dance at P.S. 122. Works featured in this program include Knife, Tape, Rope (1985) and Specimens (1986). Also included is a commentary by the artist, P.S. 122 Executive Director Mark Russell, and numerous dance critics and presenters.

This program presents excerpts from "Meatallaround" a dance/performance work conceived and directed by Dorvillier that reflects on the children's story of Ferdinand the Bull. 6 dancers cast as bulls, horses, matadors and St. Sebastian enact a wildly, anarchic mise-en-scene. Recorded in 1996 at Performance Space 122 in New York City. Plus excerpts from a revealing interview with the artist.

This program of the two-part series continues on choreographer/poet Claire Porter as she explores human anatomy in her full evening's piece Namely, Muscles. In this work she recites 30 plus poems that she has written as she performs movements that enact 68 major muscles of the body and then some. Poems include Psoas - The Tender Bender, Gluteus to my Ears, Long in the Head, Just the Meat, The Rotator Gang, Names on your Nerves, Tongues, And Now a...

300 lb. Lawrence Goldhuber and 110 lb. Heidi Latsky are an arresting dance couple. Former members of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company the two collaborate here with visual designer Leslie Dill and video artist Douglas Rosenberg on from Worst Case Scenario - a meditation on hate. An excerpt from this stunningly beautiful and provocative dance theater. With an excerpt from a interview with the artist. Recorded in 1999 at Performance Space 122 in...

This video presents excerpts from Greenhouse, an inter-generational dance/theater work featuring an inter-racial cast ranging in age from 10-80, choreographed and directed by Dennis that explores the evolution of man's destruction of his natural environment. Recorded in 1996 at Performance Space 122 in New York City. Plus excerpts from a revealing interview with the artist.