“When I Dance I’m in a Whole ’Nother World”

For the hard-training young women of one New Orleans dance team, an after-school hobby becomes an unexpected path to self-confidence and positive body image.

Petra Collins, an NYC based artist/curator, took a road trip through the Deep South to explore and document the importance of dance as a means of creative expression for young girls across America. In the three-part documentary, “Making Space,” Collins focuses her lens on young dancers and their relationship to their art as a vehicle for developing personal identity.

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This film series was supported by BB Dakota. See behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot here.