Ali Kenner Brodsky makes gesturally rich and emotionally driven dance-theatre works and dance films that ask the viewer to indulge in a world of reflection, remembering, and connection. We’ll be viewing two films (between silences + to be near you) followed by Q&A and a workshop with Ali Kenner Brodsky.
to be near you. (2022) is an award-winning dance film that pushes at the boundaries of time to create a feeling of reconnecting with something, or someone, who is gone. Based on a live duet between Ali Kenner Brodsky and Jenna Pollack, to be near you. honors the memory of those we have lost, collapses distance by energizing the spaces between, and demonstrates how people can find connection through physical separation. Ali, Choreographer & Director, worked with Rich Ferri, Director of Photography; Jarret Blinkhorn, Co-Director; and Composer MorganEve Swain to bring this film to life. The creation of the film was made possible with support from the Jamestown Arts Center in Jamestown, Rhode Island; and from the SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine through a New England States Touring Grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) and a New England Dance Fund Grant also through NEFA.
Filmed on Wampanoag land, between silences (2018) is an award-winning dance film based on Ali’s live work the most depressing piece… and made in collaboration with filmmaker Rich Ferri and composer MorganEve Swain. There is a richness in isolation as trauma is relayed through the body and in conversation with her surroundings. between silences portrays her journey through grief as she investigates how to love, to lose, to grieve, and to pick up the pieces.
More about Ali Kenner Brodsky here: https://www.alikennerbrodsky.com/
WORKSHOP: Expressing Stories Through Movement
In this workshop, participants use their personal narrative as seeds for creating movement phrases. Through guided explorations and improvisations, participants will be encouraged to use their stories and personal narratives to develop their own movement vocabulary—movement organic to the individual creating it. We will utilize journaling, re-telling, and imagery as the impetus for movement phrases. We all have a story to tell...
Open to all skill levels and geared toward all interested in movement as a means of expression.
Tickets: $15 adult | $5 student | Children under 12 free
*fees not included
**This performance is funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.