Tag Archive: Dance
JBFC & Caramoor Join Forces to Present Unique Film Series
Pleasantville, NY – August 1, 2019 – Get ready for The Sound of Movies! The Jacob Burns Film Center, a nonprofit and cultural arts center, and Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts (Katonah, NY), a performing arts center, have partnered to create a unique series showcasing movies that musicians love. From September 10 – [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 16: Sounds of Summer 2019
by JBFC Marketing Associate Paige Grand Pré JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. Vol. 16 of the JBFC Mixtapes comes to us from JBFC Marketing Associate Paige Grand Pré, who put together an eclectic mix that features (at least!) one song [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 14: Jazz Sessions/Blue Note Favorites
by Jazz Musician Chuck Redd On June 6, annual JBFC series Jazz Sessions celebrates the 80th anniversary of Blue Note Records with a screening of It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story, an intimate and rich telling of a friendship and a pivotal label in jazz history. JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to [...]
That’s Showbiz! Wells Fargo Private Bank Sponsors Life on the Stage Series: Conversation and Film
Pleasantville, NY – March 20, 2019 — The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center, today announced Wells Fargo Private Bank – one of the nation’s leading providers of wealth management services – will sponsor JBFC’s 2019 Life on the Stage: Conversation and Film, an annual series presented in partnership with The [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 12: Belt it Out on Broadway by Christine Pedi
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. 12 comes from Christine Pedi, a Sirius XM radio personality and host of the ON BROADWAY channel, as well as a musical theater actress and cabaret performer best known for her comic impressions. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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