PUPOSKY — The Wild Rose Theater will host a Modern Dance Film Festival Aug. 22-27, featuring five films on the big screen at the theater, 24011 Highway 89 NW. Films will be screened at 7 p.
m. each day, with refreshments and discussion to follow, a release said. Tickets are available at the door and cost $5 per night or $20 for the whole series.
Cash, check and Venmo are accepted. The lineup for the film festival is: explores life with dementia and Alzheimer's disease by combining dance, music and film with Khalil Gibran’s moving poetry. Choreographed and co-directed by Tara Lee with breathtaking cinematography from Guay and Cody Collins, "The Poet" focuses on the relationship between a father, John Welker, and his daughter, Rachel Van Buskirk, as he grapples with losing his memory.
"As his memory fades, the father struggles to hold on to what he knows through his poetry, revealing a life-affirming inner world that is both mysterious and beautiful," the release said. "Watch the dancers of Terminus Modern Ballet explore the difficult topic of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease through the mysterious and indefinable medium of dance." attendees can watch Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's breathtaking tribute to the serene and meditative beauty of water in Inspired by the Buddhist proverb, ''flowers in a mirror and the moon on water are both illusive,'' choreographer Lin Hwai-min has created a poetic exploration of the ever-changing and cyclical nature of life, the release said.
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