Reading the Body: Poetry & Dance on the Body Politic

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Oct 242024

An award-winning and compelling examination of the body politic that blends of poetry and dance. Four acclaimed dancers create original choreography based on poetry about the body politic from Bellevue Literary Review, set to music commissioned for this special event, plus ASL interpretation. WINNER: Best Experimental Short Film Poomkubar Independent Film Festival (India) WINNER: ~Outstanding Achievement Award Better Earth International Film Festival (Kolkata, India) ~Best Experimental Short Film Poomkubar Independent Film Festival (Poomkubar, India) SEMI-FINALIST: ~ARFF International Film Festival (Barcelona) HONORABLE MENTION: ~Experimental Forum Film Festival (Los Angeles) ~Arts in Healing International Film Festival (Portland) OFFICIAL SELECTION: ~Global Short Film Awards (Cannes) ~The North Film Festival (New York City) ~Cinematography & Photography Awards (London) ~Love & Hope International Film Festival (Barcelona) ~East Coast Dance Arts Festival (Ireland) ~RIFF International Dance Art & Film Festival (Norway) ~Black Lives Rising Dance/Film Festival (U.S.) Reading the Body is a collaboration of Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation. https://blreview.org/ https://thepaigefraserfoundation.org/ Dancers: Christian Warner Christian Paris Blue Samantha Barriento Paige Fraser-Hoffman BLR Poetry and Poets: 'Snow' by Paul Howe 'Ellis Island, 1951' by Vera Kroms 'Catching Pregnancy' by Lisa Mullenneaux 'Sonnet for Lidwina, Patron Saint of MS' by Alene Terzian-Zeitounian All poems originally published in Bellevue Literary Review. Music: Darryl J. Hoffman Videographer: David A. Quiroga, QL Photo Camera Assistant: Michael Goetz Editor: Mike Giglio Narrator: Lynnette Freeman ASL Interpreter: Avery Gordon Creative Directors: Paige Fraser-Hoffman Executive Producers: Danielle Ofri, Lesmah J. Fraser, and Linda C. Lombardi Copyright © 2024 Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation All rights reserved.