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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.   

$150 -$300, sliding scale
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rania lee khalil & the invention of cinema antiplastique
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, as well as the result of her personal 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 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


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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.  























































 
 


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Palestine, Ecocide and 
Interspecies Liberation 
Symposium
organized by Terike Haapoja, Rania Lee Khalil
and cinema antiplastique



This symposium marks the first in a series of events to take place over years to come, where we as a group of artists, organizers, scientists, farmers, children and more come together to dream, reflect, engage and connect until Palestine is free.

We proceed from the understanding that ecocide is a key mechanism of all colonization, with interspecies liberation a viable alternative. We focus on Palestine not as exceptional or of more importance than other occupied and colonized lands, yet rather as a highly visible entry point to the tactics and violence of EuroAmerican settler colonialism in the 21st century.

Starting points include the normalization of genocide and ecocide within the stolen lands known as the United States today, as well as the role of the US project as blueprint for the occupying forces of the State of Israel.  Using examples including African revolutions and decolonization, we’ll think together on the Palestinian Right of Return.  In terms of environmental justice, we’ll think together on interspecies repatriation worldwide.

All sessions within this event are free of charge and for the people (ie. conversational, creative, non-academic). This symposium iincludes nature walks, events for children, talks and conversations, film screenings and cinema antiplastique’s intuitive movement workshops.

full program:

Sunday June 7th, 2026

3:00 PM
Dabke with Palestinian dance troupe Banat Al-Awda! Families welcome!

5:00 PM
Study Session with Hadeel Assali
Reading by Amilcar Cabral, RSVP through eventbrite to receive link to reading.

Bissau-Guinean & Cape Verdean revolutionary, theorist and poet Amilcar Cabral used his official status as an agricultural engineer and agronomist for the Portuguese government to organize peoples across the land to overthrow them.  
This Sunday June 7 at 5 pm, Hadeel Assali will lead us in a relaxed study session of Cabral's essay "National Liberation in Culture".   We'll begin the session with a short selection of Cabral's poems.  

7:30 PM
Screening: Foragers (dir. Jumana Manna), 64 min, 2022
on foraging for wild edible foods and herbs in occupied Palestine

Friday June 12th, 2026 (online)

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online film Screening: Danielle and the Sea, (dir. Rania Lee Khalil), 2013, 15 min  
israeli vegan and art washing collide in this narrative film made in the egyptian sinai
  Online Talk with Rimona Afana: “"The Invisible Victims of Israel’s Genocide–Ecocide on Gaza: Animals and Nature"
followed by conversation with and moderated by Terike Haapoja

Friday June 12th, 2026 (in person at cinema antiplastique)
7 pm
"Soil Repair": Hadeel Assali in conversation with Joy of Saboon Maazeh Farm


Saturday June 13th, 2026

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 am - 12 pm
Brooklyn Seeds: Native Plant Walk with Eman Rashid of Brooklyn Seeds in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Families welcome!

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Talk: Pasts and Futures of Jewish Antizionism with Janell Rothenberg
come check out this talk with janell, real deal jewish antizionist friend of rania
since they were teenagers in the 90‘s at Hampshire College!  
back when Eqbal Ahmad and Walid Raad were our professors

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Workshop: Integrating Interspecies Liberation through Intuitive Movement
 with Cinema Antiplastique  






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,  

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