Dancing in A-Yard

In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing to take a chance to be mocked in the yard, start a dance class led by French choreographer Dimitri Chamblas. This class quickly becomes an intoxicating escape from their grim reality so they decide to create a dance show. In this exceptional context, the inmates engage with overwhelming sincerity, evoking their childhood, ganglife, the crimes, the prison, and their desire for transformation. Beyond damaged lives and a prison system on the edge of the abyss, DANCING IN A-YARD explores redemption and the capacity of human beings to reinvent themselves, when given a chance. And more importantly, how art and introspection can help see the light.

Cast

Dimitri Chamblas Himself

Dr. Bidhan Ro Himself

Dimitri Gales Himself

Kenneth Webb Himself

Antonio Toy Himself

Jonathan Hammond Himself

Baleegh Brown Himself

Terry Bell Himself

Tyson Atlas Himself

Albert 'AJ' Beckley Himself

Arshawn Green Himself

Randolph Haliburton Himself

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