cinema antiplastique is a film and movement studio which
brings video art and the movement
techniques of dancers, to the people.
we project these original moving
images in large scale for people
to move with in intuitive ways.
the aim is for folks to reconnect
with their embodied sensations,
earth and earth relations.
to regulate nervous systems,
and raise frequencies.
we understand that one way
to tap into untapped energies
including joy and hope,
softening and slowing down
is to move our bodies in ways
that are not predetermined
or prescribed.
more information/ faQ
cinema antiplastique evenings: joy in wilderness
lessons from starfish
reclamation art school
animal kin: attachment parenting through movement
celebrating aging with orcas
stevie wonder birthday party
loss of language lab
palestinian & swana mothers circle
movement for movement organizers
liberated from incarceration group
online workshopsco regulating with pets
shy dance party
events nyc housing and indigeneity
palestine and turtle island in elementary school education
film screenings reda troupe film festival, mid year holiday, 1961, mahmoud reda and farida fahmy
space is the place, 1974, sun ra
jamila the algerian, 1958, youssef chahine
sans soleil, 1983, chris marker
cinema antiplastique evenings: joy in wilderness
cinema antiplastique evenings are our weekly offerings of movement and moving image.
evening sessions run for 1 hour and 10 minutes and include our introduction to intuitive movement, movement with moving image, warm up and cool down followed by tea.
no previous experience is required. professional movers to non dancers are all welcome.
the theme for fall is joy in wilderness.
is the inventor of cinema antiplastique.
cinema antiplastique is born from twenty five years of rania’s movement practice, embodied research in movement and video, training in healing and social work which informed her later studies in postcoloniality, african movements for independence (including their systemic dismantling) and third world feminism. cinema antiplastique is the culmination of these.
phd, artistic research, dance, video, postcolonial ecologies, university of arts helsinki, finland
masters of arts, practice based research, performance, university of warwick, england
masters of social work, hunter college school of social work, new york city
postgraduate studies, live clinical, diversity fellowship, ackerman insitute for the family, nyc
bachelors of arts, dance and video, hampshire college, amherst ma
simons rock early college, great barrington, ma
teachers
atsushi takenouchi (butoh dance)
nancy stark smith (contact improvisation)
susan klein (klein technique, release technique)
alito allessi (inclusive movement improvisation)
sippio small (systems and post structural family therapy)
laurie kaplan and david kezur (systéms and narrative therapy)
annette arlander (video, phd supervisor)
taru elving and ros gray (art, ecology, and artistic research, academic phd supervisors)
teaching
new york university, bfa program, interdisciplinary visual arts (present)
parsons, the new school, mfa program in visual art, nyc
medrar for video art, cairo, egypt (present)
university of arts helsinki, finland
support our work
cinema antiplastique is an autonomous institution. our commitment to a free Palestine and more leads us to sustain our studio through ticket sales and commissions.
if you would like to make a tax deductable donation to our scholarship fund, sliding scale and community programming, we will soon have
a link to do so here,
we appreciate you!