cinema antiplastique
cinema antiplastique is a unique film and movement studio located
in the stolen lands known as brooklyn, ny.
in our movement workshops, participants are invited to move
intuitively alongside our original videos of plant, animal and marine life.
“the purpose of the movement practice of cinema antiplastique is
to bring us to the point where our bodies move of their own nature.
the purpose of cinema antiplastique’s video art is to remind us
that we are nature.”
-rania lee khalil
frequently asked questions
soon, we will we begin the process of rewilding
through our movement and immersive video exp
workshop, ReWild. stay tuned here
for trailer and more information soon.
February will also oversee two screenings in
our haptic video series as well as our new
parent / child dance party in the coming month.
rania lee khalildfa/ doctorate of fine arts, ma, msw, ba, artist
cinema antiplastique is born from over thirty years of rania’s embodied practices in dance and video,
community healing and postcolonial ecology studies.
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 early 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 and teaching (selected)
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
rania is the daughter of egyptian immigrants to the u.s. who returned have long since returned to egypt, where she lived between the years 2007-2016. she is a mother of one daughter. she lives, dances and works in cinema antiplastique, physically located in the land presentlly known as brooklyn, new york.
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land acknowledgment
cinema antiplastique is located in stolen lands of the Lenapehoking, colonially known as the dumbo neighborhood of brooklyn, new york city. as we collectively work to address and repair these histories of crime against earth and interspecies relations, we invite indigenous peoples of this land to please reach out here re collaboration, land back efforts and events. looking forward to hearing from you.
support our work
cinema antiplastique is an autonomous institution. our commitment to a free Palestine, reparations and indigenous led earth liberation leads us to sustain our work through our
embodied networks beyond the philanthropic arts academic industrial complex.
we sustain our work through ticket sales, commissions and community support.
please click here to support our scholarship fund and community programming,
we appreciate you!