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Penn State College of Arts and Architecture
Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State
A Black male dancer strikes a pose wearing boots and spandex shorts. His arms point to the title of the film Check Your Body at the Door.

Film Screening of Check Your Body at the Door

7:00 pm Monday, February 5, 2024

132 Flex Theater, HUB-Robeson Center

FREE, registration required

This event is FREE, but you must register in advance to attend.

Registration is closed.

Check Your Body at the Door is a film about underground House dancers and dancing in New York City’s golden decade, the 1990s.

Featuring interviews and rare dance footage with legendary House dancers, the documentary reveals the virtuosity of the eclectic urban dance style. The film will be followed by a Q&A with the dancers from the film who are also part of Ephrat Asherie's work UNDERSCORED.

A $15 donation is suggested.

 

sponsored by
Shih-In Ma
Geisinger
Dick Brown and Sandy Zaremba

support provided by
Meghan R. Mason Program Endowment

co-sponsored by
Penn State Student Affairs