BLIND DATE

Directed by

Howard Silver

United States

Two star dancers in NY City Ballet, Sara Mearns and Sterling Hyltin have been paired in an experimental program with 2 "downtown' experimental choreographers, virtuosic Jodi Melnick and former Merce Cunningham dancer, Rashaun Mitchell.

Outside of ballet, Sara and Sterling have had no exposure to experimental dance apart from seeing 1 Cunningham work. They've met very sporadically over the course of months because of NYCB schedules and now have very little time to put together a performance.

Started almost 10 years ago, this project presented an amazing opportunity to document 4 incredible dancers, their process and struggles as they attempted to bring together their talents to create a performance. With 1 choreographer and 1 ballet dancer resistance to the project grows as their deadline looms.

Unexpectedly at the end of the process, a lasting and evolving set of relationships that have grown and produced –and continues to produce –several works among them.