
Dancing in A-Yard
In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing to take a chance to be mocked in the yard, start a dance class led by French choreographer Dimitri Chamblas. This class quickly becomes an intoxicating escape from their grim reality so they decide to create a dance show. In this exceptional context, the inmates engage with overwhelming sincerity, evoking their childhood, ganglife, the crimes, the prison, and their desire for transformation. Beyond damaged lives and a prison system on the edge of the abyss, DANCING IN A-YARD explores redemption and the capacity of human beings to reinvent themselves, when given a chance. And more importantly, how art and introspection can help see the light.
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- prison
- dance
- california
- rehabilitation
- los angeles, california
- criminal rehabilitation
- criminal justice
- performing arts
- incarceration
- compassionate
- the arts
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- PremiereNRMontreal International Black Film Festival 30 Sept 2023
- PremiereNRSan Francisco Dance Film Festival 2023 Winner - Best Documentary Film5 Oct 2023
- PremiereNRChagrin Documentary Film Festival7 Oct 2023
- PremiereNRNorth Dakota Human Rights Film Festival9 Nov 2023
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Dancing in A-Yard was released on 30 September 2023.
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