- Doors at 6:30 pm
- Movie Starts at 7:00 pm
- Special Guests - Film participant Patrick Scully - will converse with Film Directory and Casket Cinema co-founder Mark Wojahn after the screening.
- Donation of $15-20 will go to pay the filmmaker.
- Please bring friends and BYOB. Admission is by donation.
During Art-A-Whirl, on Saturday May 16th at 7pm, Casket Cinema will wrap its’ 18th season with the local MN Made docupic “The Dance Is Not Over”. This film covers on the life of dancer, choreographer and storyteller Patrick Scully.
Scully is a Minnesota icon and an internationally known dancer, gay activist and publicly HIV-positive man. He has danced professionally since 1976 in Minnesota, New York, and Berlin. His work is infused with his political views on sexuality, the body, and society. In 1986 he founded Patrick’s cabaret and it was one of the premier venues in the Twin Cities for queer and diverse performers.
The film, directed by Casket Cinema co-founder Mark Wojahn premiered at MSPIFF in 2025 and was met with sold out screenings and won “Best of the Fest”.
Casket Cinema hopes this film will be a great compliment to all of the artistic shenanigans of the NE Minneapolis Art Crawl. Co-founder Mark Wojahn will speak with special guests TBD in a Q& A after the screening.
For Art-A-Whirl, Casket Cinema and Studio 145, will have the photography of Mark Wojahn & Terry McDaniel and Amy Sundby Jeanchiaphum on the Gallery walls.
Special Guests
Patrick Scully himself will be part of the Q&A, along with Mark Wojahn the director.
Location and Art-A-Whirl
We're back in the studio for this screening, and this will be part of this year's Art-A-Whirl in NE.
Casket Arts Building
681 17th Avenue NE
Studio #145
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Get all the details on our Location page.
Links
The Dance Is Not Over - Movie Website
Trailer
The Dance Is Not Over, is Wojahn’s story on the life and work of MN dancer, choreographer, and storyteller Patrick Scully. It was filmed over six years and framed around the rehearsals of Scully’s dance company as they rehearse for their sold out shows at the Guthrie theater. Filmed in beautiful 4K resolution by cinematographer Gregory Winter, the movie zooms in on secrets of Scully’s; Early years, as he finds his movement in Contact Improv, dances with Remy Charlip in New York, founds Patrick’s Cabaretin Minneapolis, battles the 90’s culture wars, and presents his homoerotic personification of Walt Whitman in “Leaves of Grass: Illuminated”.