CORE Presents EnCORE Dance on Film at the Decatur Arts Festival, Friday, May 27, from 5-10 p.m.

CORE, the award-winning contemporary dance organization based in Decatur, Ga. and Houston, Texas, will present EnCORE Dance on Film, Friday, May 27 as part of the Decatur Arts Festival. The screening of 49 original dance works created for film and performed, choreographed and directed by local artists as well as their regional, national and international peers, will be offered as part of “Breaking New Ground: New Dance” at The Decatur Arts Festival 2016, co-presented by CORE and Beacon Dance Company. EnCORE Dance on Film will be held from 5-10 p.m. at CORE Studios, 139 Sycamore Street on the Decatur Square. Doors open at 4:45 p.m. The event is part of Art Walk, which opens the 2016 Decatur Arts Festival. Admission to the screenings is free, although donations are welcome. www.coredance.org, www.decaturartsfestival.com

Each film is less than 20 minutes long. Submissions were solicited earlier this year, and the films to be shown were selected by a panel of judges. From 7-8 p.m., works by artists from Atlanta and Houston, where CORE is based, will be featured, and the local artists have been invited to attend and speak about their films. Among the Atlanta films to be shown are:

• When I Whistle © 2016 by Benita Carr (Atlanta)
• Into the Streets, © 2014 film by David Gwirtzman (Atlanta)
• No Games No Fowl © 2015 film by Jennifer Tarrazi-Scully
• Afoot and Light Hearted © 2015 film by Brittany Whitmoyer
• By and In © 2014 film by Rachael Shaw

About CORE

Celebrating its 30th season in Atlanta beginning fall 2015, CORE, an award-winning contemporary dance organization, creates, performs and presents compelling and distinctive original dance works that ignite the creative spirit and foster cultural conversations. For over three decades, CORE has initiated and supported innovation, collaboration, artistic risk-taking and sustainable art-making in dance.

CORE was founded in 1980 in Houston, Texas by dancer and choreographer Sue Schroeder. Five years later, the organization added Atlanta, Ga. as a second home base, and now cultivates dance awareness and education in both cities, as well as throughout the country and around the world. CORE is organized around three initiatives: CORE Performs, CORE Presents and CORE Connects. CORE Performance Company, the professional contemporary dance company of CORE, is internationally recognized for the physical and emotional range of its Dance Artists, as well as its innovative and compelling work. CORE’s Decatur, Ga. studios host classes and events for teachers and dance students of all experience levels. www.coredance.org