Spotlight (below) on an excerpt from a work-in-progress documentary which received post-production funding from DFA in 2009. Jennifer Abod's THE PASSIONATE PURSUITS OF ANGELA BOWEN has been many years in the making, telling stories that are rich in detail about what it meant to be a...
At least two dance film festivals are happening this weekend around the globe: San Francisco Dance Film Festival in California, and LOIKKA in Helsinki, Finland. Although we can't fly you there, we can share with you RAIN, an earlier work directed by Pontus Lidberg, who's...
Dance on Camera Festival Workshop & Screening at Beacon High School by Dalienne Majors On January 26, New York City’s Beacon High School hosted a dance film workshop and screening of two films by Caswell Coggins: DESTINO and CONFINEMENT. Coggins, assisted by Beacon’s dance and video teachers and Assistant Principal,...
..but it will introduce you to the founder of Dance Films Association - Susan Braun. In the clip below, Braun is interviewed by Billie Mahoney - a legendary hoofer serving on DFA's Board of Directors at the time of the 1989 interview. Braun regales Mahoney...
No Dancing Images by Kathryn Luckstone The Museum of the Moving Image relaunched on January 15th of this year, after having closed in 2008. Located in Astoria, Queens, the museum is appropriately adjacent to the Kaufman Studios and the Frank Sinatra Performing Arts High School. The newly renovated space, designed by architect...
Below is a clip from Devdas, an epic Bollywood melodrama based on a beloved Hindi novel, which has won many awards - and admirers worldwide - since 2002. The film is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and stars Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, and Aishwarya Rai in the leading roles. Devdas is being...
Finding Stillness in Parkour An interview between Journal Editor Kathryn Luckstone and commercial photographer James Starkman on his exhibit Let Go: Moment in Movement, on view through March 17th in the Furman Gallery of the Walter Reade Theatre at Lincoln Center. Firstly, what is Parkour? Parkour is a way of moving,...
Below are excerpts from Understanding Pina: The Legacy of Pina Bausch, which will be screened in its entirety on Monday, March 7 at 7:00 pm as part of Dance Films @ the Flea. The 40-minute piece explores Bausch's dance background and offers insights into her creative legacy,...
Review: Flamenco, Flamenco Carlos Saura, 2010; Spain, 2010 by Eva Yaa Asantewaa FLAMENCO, FLAMENCO opens, and you find yourself hovering just below the vaulted ceiling of Seville's Pavilion of the Future, a remnant of the 1992 World's Fair in Spain. Staring into the structure's severe, track-like arches, you eventually feel a...
It's part of the intriguing body of films produced by Yak Films, whose work was among those screened at Judson Church last month, part of a partnership between the Movement Research Studies Project Series and DFA. Artists in the Studies Project selected 3 pieces from festival...
DANCE ON CAMERA JOURNAL January-February 2011 Volume 13, No. 7 DFA Bulletin Call for dance film submissions! Festdecurt Festival in Denia, Spain. Deadline is March 21 Submissions Call for short film submissions! Aesthetica Short Film Competition Deadline is April 31. Submissions DanceNYC hosts Mid-Season Symposium on February 26 at the 3LD Art & Technology Center. Register for the Symposium ...
DANCE ON CAMERA JOURNAL January-February 2011 Volume 14, No. 1 DFA’s 39th Annual Dance on Camera Festival Jury Prize Honorees From left: Joanna Ney, Shi Jing Xin, Rannvá Káradóttir, Mei Yin Ng, Anne Linsel & Deirdre Towers Jury Prize for Best Dance Film BOW – Rannvá Káradóttir, 2010; Faroe Islands...
Neil Sieling, the curator of the Big Screen Project, asked the filmmakers whose shorts were shown on January 27 during the Dance on Camera Festival whether he could continue to show their shorts in March. Other dance on camera shorts will be shown on the...
DFA's 39th Dance on Camera Festival 2011 JURY PRIZE HONOREES BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM THE LAST TIGHTROPE DANCER IN ARMENIA "This captivating documentary reminds us how a body balancing in space and defying gravity is a magical act. A moving and melancholic film that shows the struggles of...
Many attendees at the recent Dance on Camera Festival were delighted to meet one of DFA's newest members: articulate, vivacious, accessible Patricia Ward Kelly - Gene Kelly's widow. Yes, THAT Gene Kelly! Because 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of that American treasure,...
"A message of love, a message of suffering, a message of sorrow." So says a blind man in Kinshasa, Congo when he hears classical music for the first time courtesy of Alain Platel's sensational production of Pitie performed by his Belgian dance-theatre company C de...
Carlos Saura, Jr, and Javier Sanchez, the producers of FLAMENCO FLAMENCO, spoke to an entranced audience at the Walter Reade Theatre last night for the sold-out US Premiere screening. They return to the Reade for the second showing today, Jan 30th, at 3:30pm. Gabriela Estrada and...
The three girls featured in ALL THE LADIES SAY (photo at left) - Aiko, Lady Champ and Baby Love - are flying in for both screenings at Walter Reade Theatre. Party to follow uptown...
1-6:30 Baryshnikov Arts Center, Studio 6B – Billy Cowie Retrospective 1:30pm Beacon School – Meet the Director Caswell Coggins 3:00pm Beacon School – Screening of DESTINO 6:30- 8 ...
Billy Cowie landed safely in New York City. Today we are loading in his amazing 3d video show at Baryshnikov Arts Center. Join us later at Big Screen Project for 2 screenings. Jan 24, 5 & 7 pm Dance on Camera/Bravo!FACT at The Big Screen Project. Read Robert Johnson's Star...
The Dance Goodbye An Interview between Editor Kathryn Luckstone and DFA fiscal sponsored filmmakers Eileen Douglas & Ron Steinman Along with Ron Steinman – her producing partner in Douglas/Steinman Productions - Eileen Douglas has been a member of Dance Films Association for well over a decade. When asked how she...
Alla Kovgan: Shoemaker by Marta Renzi How does an award-winning filmmaker share her insights and experience in only two hours? Alla Kovgan chose to outline the process of making the short film NORA - from the original decision to focus on Nora Chipaumire as subject/story, to tips on editing. Along the...
Dance on Camera Reflections by Deirdre Towers 30 years ago I started working for DFA. I had gone to Susan Braun, the founder of DFA seeking a fiscal sponsorship for a cross-cultural documentary on Argentine Tango. She granted me the fiscal umbrella but she also recruited me to write her...
Bird Watching: A Review by Elizabeth Zimmer BLACK SWAN aced its opening weekend, albeit one of the slowest box-office weekends of the year; The New York Times on December 6 reported that in the art-house category, playing at only 18 theaters, it grossed $1.4 million, a record for Fox Searchlight,...
Dance: An Expanding Practice - Journal Part III by Blakeley White-McGuire Dance on film revealed its form to me while reviewing raw footage of new choreography, which I had casually filmed during a creative residency in New York City last summer. In a moment, I was struck by the camera’s...
Bird Watching: A Review by Elizabeth Zimmer BLACK SWAN aced its opening weekend, albeit one of the slowest box-office weekends of the year; The New York Times on December 6 reported that in the art-house category, playing at only 18 theaters, it grossed $1.4 million, a record for Fox Searchlight,...
Dance on Camera Journal - September/October issue Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV (below) What is Dis? by Elena TaJo What is Dis? Dis-ability. A lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability. Incapacity. A physical or mental handicap. So how does a cripple dance? And do...
Below is the third installment of DFA’s first web-based, episodic delivery of its Dance on Camera Journal. In a previous post, you’ll find the introduction to the Sept/Oct issue, and the first of four articles written especially for it. In the next, you'll find the second installment....
