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The first chapter in a series of portraits of outstanding dancers by Montréal-based filmmaker George Stamos, SNAP, Archie’s Story features the legendary dancing, distinct voice and spirit of NYC vogue-dance icon Archie Burnett (Grandfather of the House of Ninja). In a rare and vulnerable portrait of this pioneer, vivid imagery, humour, movement, and Archie’s narration come together to tell his remarkable story of unwavering fierceness. Playful and contemplative, SNAP explores the precarious world of professional dance as dancers uphold images of strength while facing pain and adversity. Through inventive visual collage, word play, and recent and archival footage, SNAP provides a backstage pass into Archie’s path as a pioneer in this art form.
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George Stamos is an award-winning, multi-talented Montréal-based dance and film artist whose poetic, transdisciplinary works explore themes of resilience, resistance, play, and transformation. George works seamlessly across the Surreal-Experimental, LGBTQ+ Cinema, Dance-film, Road Movie, and Documentary and contemporary dance genres, bridging the poetic, the philosophical, and the political. His film and performance works channel an intuitive, embodied storytelling, where the person is both a valued library of experience and a site of incantation, infusing the ordinary with a sense of magic.
