is a unique studio which shares the intuitive movement techniques of dancers with the people. our mission is to resource individuals and communities with tools for embodied connection, renewal and emotional regulation in these times.
we project our original, gentle moving images of nature in large scale for participants to move with in self directed ways, to re-experience space, time and the beauty and wonder of our earth relations within this urban setting.
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parenting:
animal kin
attachment parenting with infants through movement
celebrating aging with orcas
re-wilding: joy in wilderness
moving away from phonespalestinian & swana mothers circlequeering time, for therapists and mental health workers with dr amelia ortega
movement for movement organizers
* individual sessions for artists with dr khalil
online workshops
shy dance party
co regulating with pets
dancing with houseplants
Algeria ‘69 Festival, 2026
cinema antiplastique studio opening!
system collapse holiday fair dec 2025
mutual aid for gaza fundraiser
stevie wonder birthday party 2026
film screenings
space is the place, sun ra, 1974
jamila the algerian, 1958, youssef chahine
sans soleil, 1983, chris marker
an evening of dance films by katherine dunham and maya deren
reda troupe film festival 2026
rania lee khalildfa/ doctorate of fine arts, ma, lmsw, ba, artist
cinema antiplastique is born from twenty five years of rania’s embodied research within dance and video, community and family healing, postcolonial ecologies, third world feminism and african movements for independence (including the systematic dismantling of these movements by their former colonial masters). cinema antiplastique connects these practical dance, artistic and theoretical backgrounds to bring them to the people, sharing tools of embodiment for personal and collective growth for the future as well as the unfinished dreams and liberation movements of the past.
phd: artistic research, dance, video, postcolonial ecologies, university of arts helsinki, finland
masters of arts: practice based research, performance, university of warwick, england
(transferred from performance studies ma, nyu)
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 of bard, great barrington, ma
teachers
(including, yet not limited to) atsushi takenouchi (butoh dance)
nancy stark smith (contact improvisation)
susan klein (klein technique, release technique)
alito allessi (inclusive movement improvisation)
josé esteban muñoz (performance studies, gradute advisor)
richard foreman (experimental theatre and performance)
sippio small (systems and post structural family therapy)
laurie kaplan and david kezur (the above and narrative therapy)
annette arlander (video, phd supervisor)
taru elving and ros gray (art, ecology and artistic research, phd supervisors)
professorships and teaching
new york university, bfa program, interdisciplinary visual arts (present)
parsons school of art and design, the new school, mfa program in visual art, nyc
medrar for video art, cairo, egypt (present)
university of arts helsinki, finland
rania has lived, taught and studied on the continents of africa, europe and turtle island (north america). she is the daughter of egyptian immigrants to the u.s., who have since returned to egypt, where rania lived between 2007-2016. she is the mother of one daughter. rania lives with her family on stolen lenapehoking land, colonially known as brooklyn, new york city.
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cinema antiplastique is an autonomous institution. our commitment to a free Palestine and more leads us to sustain our studio through ticket sales, commissions and community support. we will soon have a link here to make a tax deductable donation to our scholarship fund, sliding scale and community programming, .
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