Dancing in A-Yard (2023)

Plot Summary

In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing to take a chance to be mocked in the yard, start a dance class led by French choreographer Dimitri Chamblas. This class quickly becomes an intoxicating escape from their grim reality so they decide to create a dance show. In this exceptional context, the inmates engage with overwhelming sincerity, evoking their childhood, ganglife, the crimes, the prison, and their desire for transformation. Beyond damaged lives and a prison system on the edge of the abyss, DANCING IN A-YARD explores redemption and the capacity of human beings to reinvent themselves, when given a chance. And more importantly, how art and introspection can help see the light.

Full Cast & Characters

Dimitri Chamblas

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Dr. Bidhan Ro

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Dimitri Gales

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Kenneth Webb

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Antonio Toy

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Jonathan Hammond

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Baleegh Brown

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Terry Bell

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Tyson Atlas

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Albert 'AJ' Beckley

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Arshawn Green

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Randolph Haliburton

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Director & Crew

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