DFA's 37th annual internationally touring
Dance on Camera Festival: CALL FOR ENTRIES

DFA's Festival is the oldest dance film festival in the world that sparked a global explosion of activity. Co-sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center since 1996, DOCF celebrates the immediacy, energy, and mystery of dance as combined with the intimacy of film. DFA's 37th annual Dance On Camera Festival will be held January 7-16, 2009 at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center Plaza, 165 West 65th Street, New York City, and other venues still to be announced. The Dance On Camera Festival has toured to over 75 venues internationally. DFA's 2009 Festival overlaps with the annual conference of Association of Performing Arts Presenters, January 9-13. Plan to come to NYC to savor the wealth of dance on camera as well as meeting countless artists, agents, and presenters.

Complete dance on camera entry form

What we are looking for: We seek strong synergies of dance and film, whether it be a dance made for the camera, documentary, adaptation of a stage work or site specific creation. We also welcome animation, narratives, and works in which the kinetic energy and rhythmic design comes solely from the editor or lighting designer. Dance films can be driven from the prime perspective of dance, cinema, visual arts, or in the case of documentaries, information. Our host venue prefers to present only New York Premieres.

What we offer: Cash prize for Jury winner, Honorariums for filmmakers involved with the Festival tour which included over 30 venues in 2007
Connections to Classic Art Showcase and Ovation channels
Feedback on your work, Workshops, Meet the Artist series, Receptions,
Education through our retrospectives

Dance on Camera Festival 2008 On Tour
After its successful run of January 2-19, 2008 in ten venues in New York City, DFA's 36th annual Festival is now on tour (read more).

See tour '08 trailer

Read about the titles shown in Dance on Camera Festival 2008:

Walter Reade Theatre -14 programs introduced by 50 artists. Readmore
Bruno Walters Auditorium, NYPL, Lawyer Peter Jaszi on "Fair Use." Read mor
New York State Theatre, Special Seminar Event, Read more
Kinetic Cinema, Collective:Unconscious, Shorts, Read more
Donnell Library Center, NYPL, 3D with filmmaker Gerald Marks, Read more
BAAD, Shorts and live dance, Read more
Lincoln Center Plaza Cafe, Discussion with director Hans Beenhakker and dancer Prince Credell of SHAKE OFF
Berkeley Carroll School, Loie Fuller, Read more
Alvin Ailey Studios, Awards Ceremony Read more
Spoke The Hub, Documentary screening Read more

The Dance on Camera Festival is made possible due to the generosity of the members of Dance Films Association, The Susan Braun Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Capezio Ballet-Makers Foundation, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, the New York City Ballet, Dance/NYC, The New York Public Library, The New York Federation of Teachers, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, and The Howard Gilman Foundation, plus the in-kind support of Russian Standard Vodka, Gotham Wine and Liquors, Ariston Florist.

See full list of sponsors