Dancing Across Borders

Name: Dancing Across Borders
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 26, 2010
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 47

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First Run Features | Release Date: March 26, 2010

Summary: Dancing Across Borders is the intimate and triumphant story of Sokvannara "Sy" Sar, who as a young man in Cambodia was dancing with a small troupe in Angkor Wat when Anne Bass, a longtime patron of dance in America, saw him perform. Bass was so taken with Sy's talent and potential that she arranged for him to come to New York and auditionDancing Across Borders is the intimate and triumphant story of Sokvannara "Sy" Sar, who as a young man in Cambodia was dancing with a small troupe in Angkor Wat when Anne Bass, a longtime patron of dance in America, saw him perform. Bass was so taken with Sy's talent and potential that she arranged for him to come to New York and audition for the prestigious School of the American Ballet. (First Run Features)

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Director: Anne Bass

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 88 min

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David Wiegand

Even filmgoers who aren't into dance will find this story captivating because, as much as anything, Sokvannara wants to please his audience, whether in the concert hall or the movie theater. The kid is a natural. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Ed Schied

Dancing lacks probing interviews to highlight the tremendous cultural change, but Sy remains an engaging focus point and there are numerous performance sequences that ably demonstrate his growing accomplishments. Read full review

S. James Snyder

An illuminating profile but a sloppy snapshot of the immigrant experience. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Dancing Across Borders, Anne Bass' uneven docu debut, traces the fortunes of Cambodian ballet dancer Sokvannara "Sy" Sar from the time Bass first discovered him performing traditional temple dances at Angkor Wat to his conquests on the world stage. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

It would have been nice to learn as much about Sar the man as about Sar the dancer. Read full review

Frank Scheck

A dramatic story, to be sure, but not exactly grippingly told by its first-time filmmaker. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Informative and flavorful, though lacking in surprise. Read full review

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