Join Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre Artistic Director Samar Haddad King and Executive Director Zoe Rabinowitz for a screening of their dance film 3 x 13, followed by a conversation with the artists and dinner (sliding scale $7-$20).
ABOUT 3 x 13
Produced by Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre and Created by award-winning Director Eimi Imanishi and Choreographer Samar Haddad King, 3 x 13 explores the singularity of the individual and the universality of the human experience. In 12 short films with original music by Lou Tides, 12 artists from around the globe (Cuba, Egypt, France, Mali, Mexico, Palestine, South Korea, and the US) share a journey of transformation that deeply marked their lives. These personal accounts of parenthood, loss, race, exile, dreams both realized and abandoned, all find expression through a common choreography for body and camera, offering an intimate glimpse into the performers’ inner and outer worlds. The work culminates in an interactive 13th film that unites all 12 journeys in a virtual ensemble that invites audiences to chart their own course across 8 countries in 5 languages.
3 x 13 Official Trailer (English):
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/491845414
3 x 13 Official Trailer (Arabic):
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/491815946
ABOUT YSDT
Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre (YSDT) creates invigorating performance and education programs that expand access to - and promote understanding through - the arts. Founded in 2005 by Samar Haddad King in NYC, YSDT has a repertoire of 30+ original works performed across NYC, regionally, and abroad in 14 countries across four continents, including festivals such as Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (Egypt), Nuit Blanche (Belgium), Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival (Palestine), SIDance (South Korea), Spring Festival (Tunisia), Theater der Welt, Theaterformen (Germany) and Theater Spektakel (Switzerland). Since 2011, the company has worked transnationally between NYC and Palestine, and is committed to uniting diverse artists and audiences in the creative process, rooted in the belief that art should be liberating, transformative, and accessible to all. For more information, visit:www.ysdt.org.