You are invited to a screening of this regional premiere event,"To Feel the Earth and Touch the Sky, Living the Legacy of American Modern Dance." When you register you will have access to stream the film from 2/28/22 to 3/6/22 and see the Q and A with film makers 3/6/22. Our partner is Newton Community Pride.

The Movie

To Feel the Earth and Touch the Sky is a film highlighting the boundary breaking figures in the evolution of American Modern Dance. Iconoclasts in their own time, they have become icons in ours.

Each one of these courageous choreographers brought their own philosophy of life into dance. Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Katherine Dunham, Anna Sokolow, The New Dance Group, José Limón, Alvin Ailey, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, David Parsons, Robert Battle and Mark Morris ignite our imagination with innovative and original uses of movement. They broke from the past and made room for the future of Modern Dance.

"The film is clearly a labor of love."

-Daniel McCusker, Head of Tufts University Dance Department

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Dance Currents is partnering with Newton Community Pride, a 501c3 organization building community for all to enjoy through free arts and culture programming, beautification projects and volunteerism. 50% of the proceeds from this event will support Newton Community Pride.