Waiting Places (AD, CC)
Season 2025 Episode 2 | 54m 26sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Five strangers, five desires, one waiting room — a place where longing and fate collide.
Five individuals inhabit a room, bound by the act of waiting — each for a different longing. Adapted from a live piece of the same name by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, this dance film explores the intersection of time, desire and connection.
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Waiting Places (AD, CC)
Season 2025 Episode 2 | 54m 26sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Five individuals inhabit a room, bound by the act of waiting — each for a different longing. Adapted from a live piece of the same name by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, this dance film explores the intersection of time, desire and connection.
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Hello?
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- What is it?
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- What is it?
- You know.
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Yes.
Okay.
Thank you.
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