Doc Day Afternoon featuring DANCE TO THE END and O R I G I N S, followed by a discussion with Alonzo King company members and the film’s director, Drea Cooper, moderated by author Jill Nunes Jensen.

DANCE TO THE END (Sue Healey, 21 mins. Australia)

Eileen Kramer was a force of nature, an Australian dancer, choreographer, artist, and writer – born in 1914 and still making art until her death on 15 November 2024 at the age of 110. Kramer was the last connection to the legendary European choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser, whose work in Australia had a profound effect on the young Eileen—she would join the Bodenwieser Ballet in Sydney in the 1940s. Kramer traveled the world for 60 years as a dancer and writer, living in India, Pakistan, Paris, New York and West Virginia, before returning home to Sydney at the age of 99. Her 10th decade was incredibly prolific with many choreographies, three books, four films, and performances in theatre and TV.

O R I G I N S (Drea Cooper, 31 min, USA) followed by a discussion with Alonzo King company members and the film’s director Drea Cooper, moderated by author Jill Nunes Jensen.

A cinematic odyssey into the heart and mind of world-renowned choreographer Alonzo King, offering an intimate look at his creative process and his profound belief in the limitless potential of the human spirit. Through his visionary company, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, dance becomes more than movement—it is a language of wisdom and transformation. With breathtaking artistry, King and his dancers break physical, emotional, and cultural barriers, revealing how movement transcends boundaries to create a universal connection. More than a film about dance, O R I G I N S is a meditation on what it means to be human.