An intimate dance: journeys through movement and touch

A feature documentary inquiring into what contact improvisation can tell us about what it means to b

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AN INTIMATE DANCE: JOURNEYS THROUGH MOVEMENT AND TOUCH is a feature-length documentary following the lives of three people on and off the dance floor. Albert, a skeptical beginner, is drawn to the embodied presence and connection of a dance form called contact improvisation. Eugene, an all-star athlete, stretches his physical and social limitations from his wheelchair. Rythea, a professionally trained dancer, is catapulted into a journey of self-discovery and healing.

Each practices connecting with others across a point of physical contact, finding safety within the body, learning to be a witness to their own experience.

What happens when we press to the edges of our physical and emotional capacities? Can we heal ourselves?

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Thank you to the dancers who screened our film today in Belgrade, Yugoslavia!

We welcome others to host screenings!

If you gather a good sized group, as a bonus, you can sometimes persuade the filmmaker to sit in for questions after the screening via Zoom. We had a wonderful question and answer session after the screening today.

Go ahead and send a direct message to us via the Facebook page if you're interested in hosting a screening.