Dancing in A-Yard

Dancing in A-Yard (2023)

8.0 72 min Movie
Documentary

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.

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Cast

Dimitri Chamblas Dimitri Chamblas Himself
Dr. Bidhan Ro Dr. Bidhan Ro Himself
Dimitri Gales Dimitri Gales Himself
Kenneth Webb Kenneth Webb Himself
Antonio Toy Antonio Toy Himself
Jonathan Hammond Jonathan Hammond Himself
Baleegh Brown Baleegh Brown Himself
Terry Bell Terry Bell Himself
Tyson Atlas Tyson Atlas Himself
Albert 'AJ' Beckley Albert 'AJ' Beckley Himself
Arshawn Green Arshawn Green Himself
Randolph Haliburton Randolph Haliburton Himself

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