Director Gail Freedman’s (No One Cares About Crazy People) award-winning, crowd-pleasing documentary offers a deep-dive look inside the little-known world of competitive same-gender ballroom dancing. Following an international cast of four magnetic men and women over several years, on and off the dance floor, as they journey to the quadrennial Gay Games. Immersive, intimate, and quietly radical, ballroom dancing has never felt so political — or so joyful.
Join us for a post-screening discussion with the filmmaker and Eric Rosswood (author of the brand-new book for children A Place to Dance).
A Place to Dance: How Richard Lamberty Brought Change to the Ballroom
Written by Eric Rosswood and Richard Lamberty. Illustrated by Vincent Chen.
When dancer Richard Lamberty was a child, he loved dancing—especially ballroom dancing. But he was always jealous of the moves female dancers got to do. Intrigued by the female dancers’ different steps, Richard developed the skills to dance either role in order to compete with a male partner in the Gay Games in Europe. He then came back to the United States and cofounded April Follies, the longest-running and largest queer partner dance competition in North America.
Copies of A Place to Dance: How Richard Lamberty Brought Change to the Ballroom will be available for sale after the screening courtesy of The Village Bookstore.
