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“A landmark documentary...delineates how virtuosity becomes identity”
- Debra Cash, NPR/WBUR

Sally Sommer

April 2000

CYB Project & Film
April 2000
04/29/00

Screening and panel discussion with Charles Atlas for NIPAD'S "Dance Documentary Mini-Marathon" at The Kitchen in NYC.

August 1999

CYB Project & Film
Dancers
August 1999
08/01/99

Sally Sommer and Brahms "Bravo" LaFortune moderate a workshop as part of Central Park's Summer Stage series: "Breaking' It Down: Modern Dance from the streets".

May 5-6 1995

CYB Project & Film
Dancers
May 5-6 1995
05/01/95

National Students Association of Vienna presents "New York meets Vienna" Club Dance and Street Styles Performance and Party in Vienna, Austria.  Sally Sommer and dancers attend with DJ Lil' Louie Vega.

July 1995

CYB Project & Film
Dancers
July 1995
07/18/95

Sally Sommer, Archie Burnett & others screen trailer and hold demonstration plus Q & A at Harvard University's Summer School.

1994

CYB Project & Film
The Scene
Dancers
1994
06/01/94

Sally Sommer and the dancers present "Goin' Ta Work! Club Dancing in NYC" at New York Public Library's Speaking Out! series.

1990-91

CYB Project & Film
1990-91
01/01/90

Michael Schwartz and Sally Sommer begin their collaboration on the film.

1989

The Scene
Dancers
1989
01/01/89

Sally meets Willi Ninja at an event for PBS special "Everybody Dance Now."

1981

CYB Project & Film
The Scene
Dancers
1981
01/01/81

Archie Burnett invites Sally Sommer to The Loft, sparking inspiration for the film.

Dancing: Improvisation

What keeps the floor alive and dancers alert are the improvised dialogues of movement that define the vibe. Interactions arise then disappear throughout the evening.  They can be as simple as an exchange between the music and a dancer or maybe just two people dancing or as big and rambunctious as a circle of dancers in competition.  But whether the relationship lasts only a few minutes or has been in place for many years, on the floor they are based on play and improvisational inventions.

07/10/11

by Sally Sommer

House Clubs and Househeads

In a city that has instigated hostile laws to control the actual clubs, Underground clubs are defined more by what takes place inside. Underground clubs (as the name suggests) seek to stay under the radar. If someone wants to find the best club party, they have to actively seek information about when and where that might be occurring, which heightens the aura of being secretive and exclusive to a special group of people.

07/01/11

by Sally Sommer