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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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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 [...]
A Flash to the Past
A Flash to the Past
by Deirdre Towers, Dance on Camera Festival Curator
In 1994, I looked out at the sparse Dance on Camera Festival (DOCF) audience at Anthology Film Archives and asked anyone whether they had any suggestions for building the festival. Margaret Williams, the brilliant British director of OUTSIDE IN, came out of the dark from [...]




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