The Ware Center, Millersville University
Lancaster, 42 N. Prince St, Lancaster, PA 17603
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
The Ware Center is proud to be among a few, specially chosen cinemas to show the World Premiere of a new documentary on the Joffrey Ballet. This screening is done simultaneously with the film’s World Premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York, marking the Opening of the Dance on Camera Film Festival. This event marks the first time that a film has simulcast to other cinemas its world premiere out of a major festival.
JOFFREY: MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE takes a look at the Joffrey Ballet, the groundbreaking cultural treasure known as the first truly American dance company. This is first film to chronicle the legendary Joffrey Ballet from its humble beginnings touring the country in a borrowed station wagon to becoming one of the world’s most exciting and prominent ballet companies. Narrated by Tony® and Emmy® Award winner Mandy Patinkin and directed by Bob Hercules (Bill T. Jones: A Good Man), the film documents how the Joffrey revolutionized American ballet by daringly combining modern dance with traditional ballet technique, combining art with social statement and setting ballets to pop and rock music scores. The film features rare excerpts from many seminal Joffrey works including Astarte, Trinity and Billboards. The film runs 90 minutes and has not been rated.
