IMAGING IMPROVISATION
Rada Collaborative in partnership with Anthology Film Archives is pleased to formally invite you to an evening of dance, film, and celebration of Black music culture with the premiere of our must-see film screening series "Imaging Improvisation" - exploring the poetics of improvisation within Black aesthetic expression.

A small number of free tickets will be set aside for New York City youth (18 and under) interested in attending. Please let us know if you'll be requesting one of these tickets.

PROGRAM 1: Improvisation in Hip-Hop
Thursday, May 15 @ 7:30 PM EST
Screening: Dubbed in Glamour + Breakers Live
The Bronx’s own MC Sha-Rock takes the stage in this electric 1980 performance that rewrites freestyle history. Followed by a live Q&A with Lil Rodney C of the Funky 4 + 1!

[?]  Anthology Film Archives – 32 2nd Ave, NYC

PROGRAM 2: Dancing For the Screen: Blondell Cummings' “Moving Pictures”
Wednesday, June 19 @ 7:30 PM EST
Screening: The Ladies and Me + First Tape
Witness Blondell Cummings’s groundbreaking choreography for the screen, where gesture meets cinema in a bold portrait of Black domestic life and longing.

[?]  Anthology Film Archives – 32 2nd Ave, NYC

Guest-programmed by Daniella Brito, Curatorial Fellow at RADA Collaborative,
a self-sustaining network of BIPOC artists, founded by filmmakers Michèle
Stephenson and Joe Brewster, that uses cinema, visual art, and compelling
visual storytelling to build narrative agency for creators of color. For more info
about RADA Collaborative visit: https://radastudio.org/rada-collaborative/