Festival Awards Ceremony & Champagne Gala
DFA's 36th annual Dance on Camera Festival
Alvin Ailey Studios
January 13, 2008, 6:30-8:30pm
Company XIV

Live Jazz led by Clay Jenkins and friends; classical guitar by Jared Newman

Live dance by Company XIV choreographed and performed by DFA's 2007 winner of the Young Choreographers Initiative, Austiin McCormick

Unforgettable hors d'oeuvres passed on Allure Catering video trays and Champagne from Gotham Wines

Presentation of JACK COLE: JAZZ by Annette Macdonald, Andie Hicks and Hugh Neely of Timeline Films.

Honoring Savion Glover as a Master of Timing

Celebration of the Jury Winners of Dance on Camera Festival 2008

FLYING LESSON
Phil Harder, Rosanne Chamecki, Andrea Lerner, USA, 2007; 4'37m
A sweet duet performed by Rosanne Chamecki and Andrea Lerner set largely 1 foot off the the ground all over Brooklyn. http://www.chameckilerner.org

WATER FLOWING TOGETHER
Gwendolen Cates, USA, 2007; 77m
This splendid documentary is a compelling cinematic portrait of former NYCB Principal Dancer Jock Soto. Exploring both his Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican roots, as well as his extraordinary career as one of the ballet world's most gifted and celebrated dancers, this is a candid portrayal of an artist and a man. See trailer

Honorable Mentions:

INSIDE THE CIRCLE
Marcy Garriott, USA, 2007; 102m
Capturing the raw power of a grassroots hip-hop movement, INSIDE THE
CIRCLE tells the story of two talented b-boys, Josh and Omar, former best friends who become rivals when they join competing dance crews. Omar rises tointernational renown, while Josh tangles with the law. The “B'Boy City” competitive events thrown by visionary street dancer Romeo Navarro serve as emotional milestones in their journey to adulthood. As Romeo aptly observes,“If you can hold yourself down in battle, you can hold yourself down in life.”

CAR MEN
Boris Paval Conem and Jiri Kylian, The Netherlands, 2006; 28m
Sabina Kupferberg, Gioconda Barburo, Donald Krugel, Karel Hrusko make a
playful takeoff of the famous opera into a metaphor for time, speed,
stillness, movement, youth and age, while making a salute to the slapstick
silent film era. Czech born choreographer Jirí Kylián and director Boris
Paval Conen made this black-and-white film in a coalmine in the Czech
Republic. Dutch composer Han Otten arranged Bizet’s music and added extra
music specially composed for the film. The key prop in the film is a
‘scrap car’ reminiscent of the futurist Czech Tatra of the 1930s.

with a screening of clips from the seven nominated titles:

APROP, CAR MEN, FLYING, FOLIES D'ESPAGNE, HERE AFTER,
INSIDE THE CIRCLE, and WATER FLOWING TOGETHER

This Awards Ceremony was organized with the help of Eventpremiere.com

And a special thank you to Frank Correa, our MC, Barbara Chan, Shin Jiyoon, Louise Spain, Elizabeth Zimmer, Philippe Feret, Robin Bennett, Latika Young, and Paulina Rutman for their invaluable contribution to the success of this party.

Read more about Festival 2008 Jury, Pre-screeners, and Producers