Tag Archive: Dance on Film
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 29: The Best of 2024 Soundtracks & Scores
JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 29: The Best of 2024 Soundtracks & Scores comes to us from JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno, who reflected on a full year of film by pulling together her favorite [...]
Step into Spring with a Riveting Slate of Events at the Jacob Burns Film Center
by Paige Grand Pré, JBFC Digital Marketing Associate Pleasantville, NY – Jan. 29, 2020 – The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful art house theaters in the country, announced today a variety of unique, compelling, and one-of-a-kind events, series, and screenings for spring 2020. With [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 19: Dance on Film 2019
by Choreographer Peter Pucci JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. Vol. 19 comes to us from Peter Pucci, host of Dance on Film’s annual shorts program, Dancers Dancing, who writes: “This playlist represents a mix of eclectic music from some of the [...]
Jacob Burns Film Center Releases Exciting Autumn Schedule
Pleasantville, NY – August 20, 2019 — Get ready for fall flicks and new picks at the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country. JBFC announced today a variety of diverse and compelling film series launching and returning this fall. [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 11: Dance on Film
JBFC Mixtapes is a new initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. Vol. 11 comes from Peter Pucci, choreographer and curator of Dancers Dancing, a program of dance shorts from our Dance on Film series. He writes: “This playlist represents an eclectic mix of my musical [...]
Dancers Light Up the Screen
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Happy anticipation reigns at the Burns as we await the return of Dance on Film, our annual celebration of dance, running from Nov. 1-9. This year’s program offers everything from classic ballet, to ballroom, tap and contemporary styles…in other words, something for everyone! Here are a few highlights sure [...]
Let the Dancing Begin
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel October has arrived, and at the JBFC that means it’s time for Dance on Film (Oct. 18–26), our annual celebration of what Jacques D’Ambroise calls “the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy.” This year’s program runs the gamut from traditional tango to modern dance to a [...]
In the Eye of the Beholder
By Dotty Battel, JBFC Marketing Volunteer Five nights, five special films–our dynamic annual series, FrameWorks: Art on Film, returns to the Burns April 28–May 4. And while you are here (seeing any of the films showing in our 5 theaters), head upstairs to the Jane Peck Gallery to view a selection of animations by College Purchase [...]
Another Telepathic Thing
By JBFC Managing Director Dominick Balletta Jonathan Demme’s film of Big Dance Theater’s (BDT) Another Telepathic Thing is bringing JBFC audiences an intimate look into the world of contemporary performance. The style of choreographer Annie-B Parson and director Paul Lazar is to respectfully dismantle narrative (in this case Mark Twain’s “The Mysterious Stranger“), movement, visual art, [...]
Put Your Dancing Shoes On!
By Abby Popper, JBFC Public Relations It’s that time of year again–our annual Dance on Film series opens on October 29 for a little over a week’s worth of films and shorts that run the gamut from flamenco to Fred Astaire to tap and even a Free Member Event. (And that’s only a taste of what’s in store!) I can’t [...]
JBFC Announces Ticket Price Reduction for Family Programs
All tickets $5 starting in April
Big Screen, Big Movies: A Celebration of the Cinema Epic
Now Showing through April 20
Jewish Film Festival 2025
Apr. 23–29: Tickets on Sale Now