Film Screening: The Girls are Here (Greece, 2014)

Day and time: Saturday (March 21) · 11h00–11h45
Location: Job Lounge
Format: Talk

The Girls are Here (Greece, 2015)

Directed by Natalia Koutsougera

Runtime 00:45:00. Language: Greek sub English

This film explores ways transnational Hip Hop and competition dance styles are embodied by female street dancers in contemporary Greece. The film captures the everyday lives of two young girls who practice freestyle Hip Hop, popping, locking, waacking and house dance in Athens. Moments of their friendship and their relationship with male Hip Hop dancers and members of their crews are graphically portrayed and narrated. The camera follows them through different activities ranging from teaching, practicing, travelling, preparing and participating in hip-hop dance competitions, street shows and events. Above all, the film unravels aspects and perceptions of their femininity and gender identity in a male-dominated Hip Hop dance scene and the role that street dance plays in the production of sisterhood, female affectivity, team and street spirit.