You gotta see “Gotta Dance”
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- July
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“Gotta Dance,” Bedford-based documentarian Dori Berinstein’s funny, touching and toe-tapping award-winner, will be screened tomorrow night at Mamaroneck’s Emelin Theater. It’ll be followed by a Q&A with 
Berinstein and Chappaqua’s Betsy Walkup, a schoolteacher whose personality changed completely when she tried out for the New Jersey Nets’ first senior hip-hop dance team.
Yes, seniors doing hip-hop. But it’s more than just cute old folks shaking their booties. “Gotta Dance” extends the story to talk about self-esteem and aging, about finding value in yourself long after society’s sell-by date.
Tickets are just $15 and include a post-screening Q&A led by Marshall Fine.
Berinstein, a dynamo who was a producer of “Legally Blonde” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” is planning to bring “Gotta Dance” to Broadway, a happy development for a generation of senior actors who deserve to be seen in more than character roles.
I’ll be there. If you go—and you should—stop by and say hello.
The Emelin is at 153 Library Lane in Mamaroneck. For tickets, call, 914-698-0098. Or go to www.emelin.org.
That’s Betty, who took on the persona of Betsy, in the No. 61 jersey in the front on the right. (The jersey numbers were their ages.)
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