Carolyn Carlson - the awakening mind

0000: The great choreographer gives us unprecedented access to her work, her work in progress and her personal archives.

Carolyn Carlson is now at a critical juncture in her professional life. Damian Pettigrew has managed to film her on a daily basis for the past six years. Today is an opportunity to make a film that retraces her life and work.
Carefully selected archival footage covering the last forty years reveals the influence her life has had on the imaginative and complex pieces she has created.
With a mix of intimate rehearsal sequences and numerous breathtaking dance sequences, the film offers a critical perspective on an extraordinary career to better reveal a woman with a thousand faces.