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DFA is dedicated to furthering the art of dance film. Connecting artists and organizations, fostering new works for new audiences, and sharing essential resources, DFA seeks to be a catalyst for innovation in and preservation of dance on camera.

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Jury Award Nominees

Jury Award Nominees
*Winner to be announced at the closing night reception.
Closing Night Reception
Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery
Tuesday, January 31
8:00pm
The Nominees:

Falling is a succinct, elegant, and deftly executed short film creating a delightfully satisfying choreographic concept, capturing movement in a way that only dancefilm can.
freedom2dance is a short, but very sharp documentary exploring New York City’s Cabaret Laws. Through this [...]

Featured Film: Coup de Grace

Coup de Grace
Clara van Gool, 2010
Netherlands | 26minutes
Friday January 27, 6:00pm
Sunday January 29, 1:30om
Walter Reade Theater
Meet the Artist: Clara van Gool
Saturday January 28, 4:00pm
Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
Clara van Gool’s COUP DE GRACE is a screen adaptation of ÖLELÉS, a duet that has toured to 30 countries with dancers Jordi Cortes Molina and Damian Muñoz. [...]

Featured Film: Falling

Falling
Adriano Cirulli, 2011
UK | 5m
Monday January 30, 8:30pm
Walter Reade Theater
A study of human interaction, expressed through movement and sound, FALLING is an abstract study of human interaction, expressed entirely through movement and sound.
A man and a woman drift through an empty void, their bodies twisting and contorting as if subject to powerful forces beyond their [...]

Featured Film: Eye on Dance

Eye on Dance: Interview with Moses Pendleton and Jonathan Wolken
Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush,  1987
USA | 28m
Saturday January 28, 6:15pm
Walter Reade Theater
Dance on Camera Festival includes several major anniversary programs, including the 30th anniversary of EYE ON DANCE, the ground-breaking Public Television interview program that brought dance into your living room for so many lucky [...]

Featured Film: Re-staging Shelter

Re-staging Shelter
Bruce Berryhill & Martha Curtis, 2011
USA | 29m
Monday January 30th, 6:00pm
Tuesday January 31st, 1:30pm
Walter Reade Theater
Exclusive excerpt from Re-staging Shelter

In October 2011, the Dance on Camera Tour made it’s way to Virginia Commonwealth University. Re-staging Shelter screened alongside the following films from our 2011 Festival- There is a Place, Unsung, Slow Dance, After the Water the Clouds, From [...]

Featured Film: Wayne McGregor- Going Somewhere

Wayne McGregor- Going Somewhere
Catherine Maximoff, 2011
France | 80 minutes
Monday January 30th, 8:30pm
Walter Reade Theater
Notes on WAYNE MCGREGOR – GOING SOMEWHERE
by director Catherine Maximoff

I could say that for documentaries, I always try to have the ‘form’ stick to the content. For me, the way the film is being shot and edited should also tell about what [...]

Featured Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance

Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
Bob Hercules, 2012
USA | 90 minutes
Friday January 27th, 8:30pm- STANDBY ONLY
Saturday January 28th,  1:30pm- With live simulcast and interactive panel via Twitter hashtag #joffreymovie
Walter Reade Theater
“A Vibrant Career at the Ballet, but With a Lens and Not Toeshoes”
An article on Herbert Migdoll 
Dance on Camera is accompanied by a colorful photo exhibit in [...]

Featured Film: Bench Seat

Bench Seat
Anna Mastro, 2011
USA | 19m
Saturday January 28th, 2pm
Walter Reade Theater
Synopsis: A classic love story with a musical twist choreographed by Chris Judd and written by Neil LaBute, this film catches a young couple on the verge of either moving forward or breaking up. While the girl envisions a happy future with her boyfriend, he [...]

Featured Film: En Dedans

En Dedans
Gabrielle Lamb, 2011
USA | 10m
Saturday January 28, 4pm
Walter Reade Theater
A one-of-a-kind film collage that draws on dancers’ dream journals, choreography, structured improv and spoken text.
Gabrielle Lamb writes, “When I set out on my collaboration with the BalletX dancers, I had in mind to make a film based on the idea of dancers’ dreams. I found, almost [...]

Featured Film: Finding Billy

Finding Billy
Joe Locarro, 2012
USA | 70 minutes
Sunday January 29th, 4pm
Walter Reade Theater

Introduction by director David Fernandez and Q&A with director Joe Locarro and ‘Billys’ – David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish, Trent Kowalik to follow the screenings!
Excerpt from: “Finding Billy Elliot: The journey to become the famous boy“
When the winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actor [...]