Filmed over ten years, LIFT shines a spotlight on the invisible story of homelessness in America through the eyes of a group of young homeless and home-insecure ballet dancers in New York City. After performing all over the world, ballet dancer Steven Melendez returns to the Bronx shelter where he grew up to give back to his community, offering a New York Theatre Ballet workshop to children. His traumatic reaction to the shelter from his childhood sends him on an unexpected journey with three kids to reckon with a past he had escaped from through ballet. As young dance students, Victor, Yolanssie and Sharia face the same chasm of home insecurity that long separated Steven from his audience and makes the arts inaccessible to so many kids who share his background. The children he mentors offer him insight into turning a hidden trauma into dance, and together they make an aristocratic art form into an expression all their own. 
South Arts announces the lineup of twenty-one Screening Partner venues and thirteen films and filmmaking teams selected for the 2024-2025 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers. The long-running South Arts program connects US-based documentary filmmakers with communities throughout the South for screenings and conversations around important stories, topics, and the art of filmmaking. Ticketing and schedule information is available through the local Screening Partner venues.

A collection of regal duets from classical ballet featuring Princess Aurora with Prince Desire, Princess Florine with The Bluebird, Cinderella with Prince Charming, and The Firebird with Prince Ivan.
The perfect 1-hour introduction to classical ballet for children and family audiences.

A collection of regal duets from classical ballet featuring Princess Aurora with Prince Desire, Princess Florine with The Bluebird, Cinderella with Prince Charming, and The Firebird with Prince Ivan.
The perfect 1-hour introduction to classical ballet for children and family audiences.