31ST ANNUAL CUCALORUS FILM FESTIVAL
presents
Dance-a-lorus
Thalian Main
THU · NOVEMBER 20 · 2025 · 6:45 PM
An experimental dance and cinema experience.
From The Roots The Heart Blooms
Shea-Ra Nichi / Will Fell
"From the Roots the Heart Blooms" is a vibrant solo dance performance celebrating love's enduring spirit. Rooted in African diasporic heritage, this poignant piece blossoms into dynamic choreography, stunning visuals, and soulful Afrobeat music.
Aniya Raises: Common Ground
Aniya Wingate / John Fiege
Common Grounds intertwines choreography and Raising Aniya documentary footage, reflecting on displacement, Black resilience, and movement’s transformative role in preserving memory, grief, and imagining renewal.
Ugly Bugs
Kim Henry / Theatre for All / Gina Gambony
The Ugly Bugs are the misfits and they have something to say. Representing marginalized communities worldwide, the Bugs share their important perspective with humor and panache.
SKIN
Mirla Criste / D'mitri Capri
An investigation into navigating this fraught moment in the history of our country, while living in our individual skins.
Crunchy Granola Suite
Linda Ann Webb / Patrick Ogelvie
The joy of the dance and the artillery it equips you with to find a path forward through
the minefields that plague our sensibilities.
Essence of Being
Sue Meier / Patrick Ogelvie
Are you steadfast or do you struggle with your identity? Are you unable to find a safe place? Let's take a look at who we are.
Come Join
Tracey Varga / Patrick Ogelvie
Exploring how we, as a world , can be wrong and hold aspirations of hope, finding solace and embrace where we feel welcome and not alone.
at peace with perception and imperfection
Madison Stancill / Jackson & Co. / Lexi Collinsworth
A reflection on visibility, pressure, and perfection, not just as a dancer but as a woman learning to let go of others’ opinions and perceptions.
SOMA TECHNE
Wells Jackson / Jackson & Co.
SOMA TECHNE reveals dance as the somatic expression of creativity, raw, unrepeatable, and consuming. We bring energy to the stage and ourselves for your entertainment.
