African-American choreographer/dancer Ron Brown is one of the rising stars of American Modern Dance. This program documents his return to Performance Space 122 in New York City in 2000, the theater where he launched his career, where he performed 2 solos especially for Charles Dennis' feature length documentary film Homecoming - A Celebration of 20 Years of Dance at P.S. 122. Featured in this program is Forgiveness, a collaboration with poet G. Winston...

George Stroumboulopoulos sits down with the founders of Canadian companies and business success stories. Incisive conversations with the sharpest minds in business writing, Malcolm Gladwell and David Chilton, make this a must for marketing, entrepreneurial and business courses! Featuring interviews with Nouriel Roubini, Harry Dent, David Chilton, Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen Bronfman, Michael Budman (Roots), Jim Balsillie (RIM), Suze Orman, Heather Reisman...

Narciso Yepes was one of the finest classical guitarists, second only to Andres Segovia. In this 1976 interview for Spanish Television, Yepes performs a Bach piece he transcribed from the Baroque lute. He also achieved distinction as a composer, and following the interview, we hear two Catalan songs that he composed for an album. His many travels took him to world capitals where he perfomed in concert to acclaim. Yepes perfected the ten-string guitar...

Argentine novelist and screenwriter, Manuel Puig, talks with host Joaquín Soler Serrano in this 1977 interview for Spanish television about his conflicted youth on the dry pampas of his hometown, General Villegas, his escape into movies and unsuccessful attempts at screenwriting while studying in Rome. Finding at last his authentic voice and characters from that machismo culture, he incorporated elements of cinema and popular culture in his novels,...

Known for compact writing and for leading a quiet life, Kay Ryan has taken on a very public role as the nation's poet laureate. For more than 30 years, she has taught remedial English in Marin County, California. Her poems are often praised for their wit and wisdom.

Choreographer/Dancer Stefa Zawerucha and Lighting Designer David Fritz's collaborative work, Fractured Light, is a magical exploration of the relationship between movement and light. Six lighting designers share their reflections on audiotape about working with light while Zawerucha moves zephyr like though Fritz's sublime lighting patterns. Andy Ross's musical sound score completes this stunningly visual and dramatic work. This program also features...

Choreographer David Rousséve has "a remarkable flair for fusing storytelling, characterization and a deftly explosive movement style into deeply affecting statements of personal and social conscience" - The Washington Post. This program features an excerpt from his solo, The Ten Year Chat, which celebrates a decade of his work and fuses early, recent and new work to create a sublimely self-effacing performing terrain that explodes issues of race,...

New York's premiere, post-punk, feminist, dancing divas Anne Iobst & Lucy Sexton in excerpts from Open Season. Wickedly satiric, high camp fun. Recorded in 1996 and 2000 at Performance Space 122 in New York City. Plus excerpts from a revealing interview with Lucy Sexton.

In part one of this video series, Puremovement blends hip hop movement with traditional African culture. Rennie Harris, artistic director, discusses his influences, inspirations, and technique. Watch dancers perform excerpts of Gestures, Endangered Species, and P-Funk. Performed in 1998 at Performance Space 122.

In this 1977 interview for Spanish television, Argentine novelist, essayist and physicist, Ernesto Sábato, converses with host Joaquin Soler Serrano on a wide range of subjects including science and literature, surrealism and the baroque, the dual nature of man, politics and social justice, and language and the value of regionalism over nationalism. Encouraged by the host, Sábato comments on Jorge Luís Borges, other Argentine writers, and the famous...