FREE Film Screening – Bees, Bodies & Transformation – Jamestown Dance Festival 2026

Two groundbreaking dance films. Two radically different visual worlds.

Join us for a special Jamestown Dance Festival screening of:

BEEHIVE
1985 | 15 minutes, 35 seconds | Color

Created by Frank Moore and Jim Self, this award-winning 16mm film combines dance, animation, surreal design, and absurd comedy. A bumbling drone accidentally transforms a worker bee into a Queen inside a wildly colorful hive inspired by television, science fiction, ballet, and 1980s East Village experimentation. Beehive earned Bessie Awards for Moore, Self, and performer Teri Weksler.

SHARIRA: Chandralekha’s Explorations in Dance
2003 | 30 minutes | Directed by Ein Lall

Drawing from Chandralekha’s works Shree, Raga, and Sharira, the film examines her radical exploration of the body as a field where sensuality, sexuality, spirituality, breath, and feminine energy coexist. Through stark minimalism and striking physical imagery, Chandralekha challenges the separation of body from mind and feeling from thought.

Following the films, Jim Self and Sukanya Burman will join audiences for an artist conversation about dance on camera, interdisciplinary collaboration, the body as a site of transformation, and the very different artistic worlds behind these works.

What to Expect
Dancing bees and gloriously strange 1980s visual experimentation
Sculptural bodies, geometry, breath, and meditative movement
Two distinct chapters of American and Indian contemporary dance history
A thoughtful and lively post-screening conversation
Absolutely no prior dance knowledge required

 Sunday, September 13
 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
 Sukanya Burman Dance
106 E. 2nd Street, Studio 3A, Jamestown, NY

Presented as part of the 2026 Jamestown Dance Festival.