2011 Post Production Thank you to all who applied for this year's Post Production grant. We are pleased to announce the 2011 recipients! Congratulations to the following members: Christoph Dostal for BOB CURTIS: DANCING ALL COLORS Chithra Jeyaram for FOREIGN PUZZLE Daniele Wilmouth for MARCHING BANNED For previous winners and...

Solar 1 Dance Program Rescheduled due to rain New Date: SEPTEMBER 14th, 2011 Free Solar 1 Green Energy, Arts, and Education Center Stuyvesant Cove Park, 23rd Street and FDR Drive RSVP  On September 14th, Dance Films Association will host an evening of live and cinematic works focused on "Dancing in Public". As...

Deborah Jowitt on bodies in motion One of the most sought after voices in the dance community at large, Deborah Jowitt is back with her blog DanceBeat: Deborah Jowitt on bodies in motion. Departing from the Village Voice earlier this year, Jowitt is dedicated to continuing her efforts in...

Dance/USA 2011 Annual Conference The Dance/USA 2011 Annual Conference took place July 13th through July 16th in Chicago. Bringing together some of the most prominent voices within the dance community, ranging from artistic directors to executive directors and choreographers to marketing professionals, there was also a...

Dances Made to Order Unlike a prix fixe menu, Dances Made to Order allows you to make a personal selection of multiple tastes that will dictate the outcome of each month's videodance. As the name suggests, you order the dance. How does it work? Once a month...

Topanga Film Festival - Los Angeles, California July 28th- 30th, 2011 Through their dance film program, the Topanga Film Festival will screen seven dance films including the World Premiere of 2 Seconds After Laughter, written and directed by David Rousseve, and the US Premiere of the entire Vías de Vuelo, directed by...

New York Premiere! Presented by Arts World Financial Center - July 9-17 11 am-7 pm daily Sunday July 10 2pm World Financial Center Extraordinary Moves: Express Your Inner Feiffer Dancer A live "dance-in" - Release your inner Dancer while Jules Feiffer creates new cartoons joined by dancer Andrea Weber...

Coming soon, thanks to DFA partner TenduTV, is The Co(te)lette Film, a full-length work choreographed by Ann Van den Broek, recently premiered at Dance Camera West and directed by Oscar-nominated director Mike Figgis. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/15798684 w=300&h=200] Here's what the Los Angeles Times wrote: "At 55 minutes, "Co(te)lette" is...

[caption id="attachment_3351" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Christy Park, DFA Executive Director"][/caption] It’s been such a pleasure to meet so many members, partners, artists, producers, organizations and friends associated with DFA during my first month at DFA. Last night I went to the NYWIFT event at Anthology Film Archives, and Thursday...

New York Women In Film & Television's screening series celebrating NYWIFT members, is coming right up: June 28 at Anthology Film Archives, NYC. Included in the program of shorts under 20 minutes - "Where Less is More" - is I am I: A Tribute to Margaret Cho,...

[caption id="attachment_3854" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="video still from Sweet & Sour Waltz, by Or Marin, Lior Avizoor"][/caption] Upcoming:  ADF's 16th Annual Screendance Festival, directed by Doug Rosenberg as part of the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, June 24-26. The program features 2 dozen shorts - including...