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Nepali
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The incredible story of Saraswoti and Sheetal, trafficking survivors who reclaim skills that once came at a high cost: they were slaves in Indian circuses - sold as children. Now freed, together they form Nepal's first circus. An intimate, beautiful film that harnesses the visual power of circus to give a unique perspective into the complex world of human trafficking.
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English
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This program features excerpts from Jean Erdman's dance-drama The Coach with the Six Insides based on James Joyce's Finnegans Wake and includes performances by Erdman, Anita Dangler, Van Dexter, Leonard Frey, and Gail Ryan. This OBIE award winning dance-drama is a combination of dance, mime, and Joycean stream-of-consciousness language.
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English
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Inspiring ideas, strategies and methods for adding physical dimension to performance, including interviews, live footage and workshops filmed with leading theater companies. This program shows physical theater companies creating, working, evaluating, planning, devising and discussing their philosophy and practice. It is designed to encourage students to consider and incorporate physicality into their own devised pieces.
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English
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This program contains two workshops that provide fantastic examples and guidance designed to encourage students to get more physicality and movement into their own devised pieces. The first provides clear explanations and guidance on how to incorporate the Butoh concepts of the 3D Body, ways of moving, and metamorphosis into student works. The second features multi-award winning director and choreographer Lim Steel demonstrating how to develop movement...
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English
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On this episode of Camera Three, Margaret Croyden profiles Brooklyn Academy of Music's (BAM) new repertory theater company. Harvey Lichtenstein, David Jones, Marti Maraden, Bryan Murray, and Jeremy Hines are interviewed. Actors perform excerpts from A Winter's Tale and Johnny On A Spot.
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English
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Neil Young will play three nights at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the original home of The Grand Ole Opry, performing songs from his new album, as well as six of his all-time greatest hits. All of the songs for this album were written while Neil was recuperating from a brain aneurysm that he suffered in April of this year. The film will be a compilation of these three shows - a true concert film. Performers will wear costumes evoking the rural extravagance...
11) On Broadway
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English
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For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a pure joy! As audiences prepare for the return of live theater after an unprecedented absence of 18 months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway came back from the brink. ON BROADWAY shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Interviews...
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English
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Disney and Pixar present an incredible new collection of 12 short films, featuring multiple Academy Award nominees (best short film, animated: Presto, 2008; Day & Night, 2010; La Luna, 2011) and a host of family favorites. Join the celebration of imagination with this must-own collection, packed with unforgettable animation, fantastic stories, and captivating characters.
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English
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Join Barbie 'Malibu' Roberts and Barbie 'Brooklyn' Roberts for fun, laughter, and exciting new adventures in the brand-new series Barbie It Takes Two. The series follows Barbie and Barbie as they attend a year of performing arts high school in NYC, set out to record a music demo and take odd jobs to pay for it, all while exploring the Big Apple and traveling back to Malibu often to visit family and friends. Filled with stories of friendship, family,...
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Sign Language
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This video features Angela Petrone Stratiy in a one-woman comedy show based on her research on hearing people and her perspectives on how deaf people survive in the hearing world. An internationally known performer, Angela is a native signer from a deaf family. Can be used for advanced voicing practice by interpreters.
17) Mad hot ballroom
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English
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The award-winning documentary that follows New York City fourth and fifth graders as they journey into the world of competitive ballroom dance. Winner of the Celebrate New York Award at the **Gotham Awards.** Winner of Best Documentary at the **Philadelphia Film Festival.** *"It will sweep you off your feet." - Joe Morgenstern, **The Wall Street Journal***
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Sign Language
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Trix Bruce has been profoundly deaf since 6 months and is known nationwide as both a workshop presenter and an ASL performer. Her main area of emphasis is ASL linguistics with a focus on performance. In this DVD, Trix show that ASL classifiers can do anything -- Well, almost! A variety fo stories are offered, presented entirely through the use of classifiers. You will see handshapes transformed into camping, hunting, canoeing, rafting, snowboarding,...