Dancing in A-Yard 2023
In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing to take a chance to be mocked in the yard, start a dance class led by French choreographer Dimitri Chamblas. This class quickly becomes an intoxicating escape from their grim reality so they decide to create a dance show. In this exceptional context, the inmates engage with overwhelming sincerity, evoking their childhood, ganglife, the crimes, the prison, and their desire for transformation. Beyond damaged lives and a prison system on the edge of the abyss, DANCING IN A-YARD explores redemption and the capacity of human beings to reinvent themselves, when given a chance. And more importantly, how art and introspection can help see the light.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Manuela Dalle
- Producers
- Jean Martin
- Executive Producers
- Carine Magescas
- Cinematography
- Vincent Venturella
- Editing
- Weston Cadwell
- Composer
- Pierre Aviat
Details
- Release date
- Sep 30, 2023
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
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