cinema antiplastique
cinema antiplastique is a space for movement, moving image
and happenings for the people located in the stolen lands
known as brooklyn, ny.
we create site specific happenings which focus
on connection and healing within oneself, earth and
community.
in our unique movement workshops,
participants learn techniques to open the innate capacity
for intuitive movement, listening and inner guidance
within us all. this practice is gentle and self directed,
and done in parallel with our original moving images of nature.
“the purpose of the movement practice of cinema antiplastique is
to bring us to the point where our bodies harmoniously
move of their own nature.
the purpose of cinema antiplastique’s video art is to remind us
that we are nature.”
-rania lee khalil
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Introduction to Intuitive Movement with Cinema Antiplastique facilitated by Rania Lee Khalil, PhD / DFA, MSW, MA, BFA
Cinema Antiplastique’s intuitive movement practice draws from several forms of somatic dance and healing as well as Rania’s research as a video artist and dancer into our embodied relationship with plant, animal life and moving images.
This accessible introduction to intuitive movement incorporates decades of Rania’s of practice in Movement in Depth / Authentic Movement, Jinen (nature) Butoh, Experiential Anatomy and principles of connection with the floor, subtle internal listening from her formal studies of Contact Improvisation. Cinema Antiplastique’s intuitive movement practice is independent and can be done by people of any age and movement ability, including people with serious bodily injuries. Intuitive movement is an important practice of reconnection with oneself in life today where so much is externalized and determined by forces beyond our control. This practice is trauma and informed and culturally sensitive, integrating Rania’s work as a family therapist and social worker.
Rania Lee Khalil, PhD dance, video and postcolonial ecologies, MSW family therapy and clinical social work, MA International Performance Research, BFA dance and video is an interdisciplinary artist and writer. Her original works have been seen in places including The Judson Church, Utopia Station and The Ontological-Hysteric Theater in New York; Aomori Art Museum Japan, Al Ma’mal Contemporary Art Foundation Palestine, Zawya Cinema Egypt, Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art Finland and the 56th Venice Biennale. She is the recipient of awards including NYFA, Kone Foundation, Finland and Zebra Poetry Award, Berlin Germany.
$125, sliding scale available
2 hours
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CINEMA ANTIPLASTIQUE CALENDAR
events
2026
Saturday May 30
1-3 pm Intro to Intuitive Movement
3- 5pm cinema antiplastique picnic
in brooklyn bridge park!
JUNE 7, 12 & 13th 2026
PALESTINE, ECOCIDE AND INTERSPECIES LIBERATION SYMPOSIUM
click here for full program information
organized by Cinema Antiplastique,
Terike Haapoja and Rania Lee Khalil
SUNDAY June 7
events
2026
Saturday May 30
1-3 pm Intro to Intuitive Movement
3- 5pm cinema antiplastique picnic
in brooklyn bridge park!
JUNE 7, 12 & 13th 2026
PALESTINE, ECOCIDE AND INTERSPECIES LIBERATION SYMPOSIUM
click here for full program information
organized by Cinema Antiplastique,
Terike Haapoja and Rania Lee Khalil
SUNDAY June 7
Dabke class with Banat Al Awda
Sunday June 7, 3 - 5 pm
The start of our monthly collaboration with Banat Al Awda ,
teaching us dabke moves we didn’t even know!
Bring the kids!
suggested donation: $15
Study Session with Hadeel Assali
Sunday June 7, 5:30 pm
“National Identity and Culture” by Amilcar Cabral
Sunday June 7, 3 - 5 pm
The start of our monthly collaboration with Banat Al Awda ,
teaching us dabke moves we didn’t even know!
Bring the kids!
suggested donation: $15
Study Session with Hadeel Assali
Sunday June 7, 5:30 pm
“National Identity and Culture” by Amilcar Cabral
JUNE 21 and 22
Come celebrate Summer Solstice with
Cinema Antiplastique Films outdoors!
2 days of screenings and movement in nature
at Space Clover Arts //
Upstate Arts Weekend
Come celebrate Summer Solstice with
Cinema Antiplastique Films outdoors!
2 days of screenings and movement in nature
at Space Clover Arts //
Upstate Arts Weekend
rania lee khalildfa/ doctorate of fine arts, ma, msw, ba, artist
cinema antiplastique is the culmination of twenty five years years of rania’s creative interdisciplinary practices within dance, video, post colonial ecology and community healing over the past, as well as the result of her embodied experiences within varied countries and cultures.
rania is the daughter of egyptian immigrants to the u.s., who have long since returned to egypt, where she lived between the years 2007-2016. she is the mother of one daughter, and the grandaughter of three generations of egyptian pan african-asian feminists. inspired by her studies of the systematic dismantling of revolutions in the 1960’s and 70’s, rania created cinema antiplastique to carry on the work of our ancestors through integrated and embodied art and healing practices which resource communities and the individuals within them.
phd: artistic research. dance, video, postcolonial ecologies, university of arts helsinki, finland
masters of arts: practice based research in performance art, university of warwick, england
masters of social work: hunter college school of social work, new york city
(transferred from performance studies ma, nyu)
postgraduate studies: live clinical, diversity fellowship, ackerman insitute for the family, nyc
bachelors of arts: dance and video, hampshire college, amherst ma
simons rock college of bard, great barrington, ma
teachers
(including, yet not limited to) atsushi takenouchi (butoh dance)
susan waltner (experiential anatomy)
nancy stark smith (contact improvisation)
susan klein (klein technique, release technique)
daphne lowell (authentic movement, undergrad advisor)
josé esteban muñoz (performance studies, gradute advisor)
sippio small (systems and post structural family therapy, ackerman advisor)
laurie kaplan and david kezur (the above and narrative therapy, ackerman advisors)
richard foreman (experimental theatre and performance)
annette arlander (video, phd supervisor)
taru elving and ros gray (art, ecology and artistic research, phd supervisors)
professorships past / present
new york university, bfa program, interdisciplinary visual arts
parsons school of art and design, the new school, mfa program in visual art
university of arts helsinki, finland
jesuit institute, alexandria, egypt
faq
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land acknowledgment
return all the land , reparations now
cinema antiplastique is located in stolen lands of the Lenapehoking, colonially known as the dumbo neighborhood of brooklyn, new york city. as we work collectively to address and repair these histories of crime against the earth and interspecies relations, we invite indigenous peoples of this land to reach out here re collaboration, land back efforts and events. looking forward to hearing from you.
on the point of moving towards embodiment,
slowing down and healing, how can we sustain the contradiction ?
support our work
cinema antiplastique is an autonomous institution. our commitment to a free Palestine, reparations and indigenous led resistance / earth liberation leads us to sustain our work through ticket sales, commissions and community support.
please click here to support our scholarship fund and community programming,
we appreciate you!