The Moviehouse: Showing of "In Balanchine's Classroom"

Take a glance into the world of ballet through the eyes of one of its greatest visionaries, George Balanchine. A major artistic figure of the 20th century, Balanchine revolutionized the look of classical ballet. Taking classicism as his base, he heightened, quickened, expanded, streamlined, and even inverted the fundamentals of the 400-year-old language of academic dance. This had an inestimable influence on the growth of dance in America. "In Balanchine's Classroom," a film by Connie Hochman, features interviews with Jaques D'Amboise, Merill Ashley, Gloria Govrin, Suki Schorer, Edward Villella and Heather Watts. After the film, enjoy a panel question-and-answer session featuring John Meehan, Peter Naumann and Lisa Chalmers-Naumann, and moderated by Miriam Mahdaviani, the Chair of Dance and Lecturer in Ballet and Classical Repertoire at Vassar College. Purchase tickets on The Moviehouse website. Proof of vaccination is required.