To close the Cypher Playground Festival, we’re hosting a social at The Wellington Event Venue.

Come enjoy two feature street dance documentaries. There will be a cash bar & light refreshments, and music by DJ Faces.

6:00pm Screening
CHECK YOUR BODY AT THE DOOR (60min)
Check Your Body at the Door (2012) is about the remarkable underground House dancing in NYC’s golden decade – the 1990s. Featuring rare dance club footage, the film follows these legendary House Dancers to clubs, their jobs and in their everyday lives.

Following the film, we’ll sit down with the legendary Archie Burnett for a talkback.

8:00pm Screening
NO DANCING ALLOWED (40-minute preview)
A 1926 ordinance made dancing a crime in New York. The city’s underground built House into a global language anyway, then watched the same law close the rooms where it was born. More here: https://earthbound.studio/about