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 learn techniques from
dance, opening the innate capacity for intuitive and poetic movement
within us all, moving alongside our original moving images of nature.
movement is gentle and self directed.
workshops at cinema antiplastique proceed from the understanding
that there are many ways to process joy and grief, beyond talking.
“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
frequently asked questions
through the month of May we are hosting a series of pay as you wish events. Each workshop has a limited space of 4-6
participants and run three hours in total including warm up, cool down and tea. Rewilding workshops are structured with
space for free movement, largely non verbal with optional sharing at the end. Goal is slowing down, reconnecting with beauty
in ones body and on earth.
Workshops are usually $150, yet this spring, pay as you wish workshops require only a $20 deposit to register,
and to hold one’s place in our in person studio.
One can decide to contribute as one wishes following workshops at cinema antiplastique, or through this link.
Rewilding workshops are a unique blend of expanded cinema, somatic movement and healing workshops.
ReWild Movement Workshop 14 MARCH - 31 MAY 2026
In this healing movement workshop, participants learn techniques from dance
including experiential anatomy, butoh dance and movement in depth (authentic movement)
to enhance their capacity for intuitive movement, to open, unwind, rewild.
Moving alongside cinema antiplastique's original moving images of nature,
participants can experience a gentle rewilding of their beings within a nurturing space
for accessing the present in a non verbal way.
No prior movement experience is needed.
created and facilitated by Rania Lee Khalil phD, MSW, MA, artist
UPCOMING: JUNE 12-14 2026:
PALESTINE, ECOCIDE AND INTERSPECIES LIBERATION SYMPOSIUM
organized by CinA, Rania Lee Khalil and Terike Haapoja
MARCH/ APRIL continued:
Saturday March 21st 8 pm
Spring Solstice Rewild 3-6p
Spring Solstice Cinema 7p: Amazing Grace , Aretha Franklin , 1972
Sunday March 22nd 2-6 pm
Studio L Nour @ cinema antiplastique: Family Portraits
Saturday March 28 3-6pm
Rewilding for SWANA women
Sunday March 29 10 am - 1pm
Rewilding for SWANA women
Sunday, April 26 10 am (online)
Coregulating with Pets
Additional offerings are added organically, so please stay tuned here <3
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rania lee khalildfa/ doctorate of fine arts, ma, msw, ba, artist
cinema antiplastique is born from decades 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)
former professorships
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 to egypt, where she lived between the years 2007-2016. she is the mother of one daughter.
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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 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.
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 within our embodied networks.
please click here to support our scholarship fund and community programming,
we appreciate you!