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Only When I Dance Screening & Conversation

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Hyde Square Task Force at this family-friendly event.

October 3, 2015, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Hyde Square Task Force Youth Community Development Center (behind the Blessed Sacrament Church), 361 Centre Street, JP

Hyde Square Task Force’s Afro-Latin dance troupe, Ritmo en Acción, in collaboration with the Boston Ballet, will host a screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary film Only When I Dance featuring Boston Ballet dancer Irlan Santos da Silva. Irlan grew up in Rio de Janiero’s most violent favela to become one of Brazil’s top ballet dancers. After the showing, a discussion will be led by Hyde Square Task Force teens,and the Boston Ballet will host a movement-maze workshop, a fun and engaging audience-friendly activity.

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