Dances Made to Order
is a curated, monthly, online, dance film series.
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Re: 1-287754863 Sunscreen Serenade
Below is an exchange shared with us by DFA member filmmaker Kriota Willberg, as a result of her “highly entertaining experience of applying for copyright for my short dance film.” The short, SUNSCREEN SERENADE, was nominated for a jury prize in DOCF 2010, and continues to tour as part of our Dance on [...]
Personal notes on Wim Wenders’ film Pina…
by Alla Kovgan
When I first saw the trailer for Pina, Wim Wenders’ 3D film about Pina Bausch, I thought to myself: “Finally, somebody has created a dance film masterpiece!”
Yet, reading first reviews from the Berlin Film Festival, I worried that I might have set my expectations too high. The [...]
APPLES & ORANGES…& HORSE-RACES
by Marta Renzi
It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
Mark Twain, from Pudd’nhead Wilson
Earlier this month, as DFA prepared for its 40th anniversary Dance on Camera Festival, I was lucky enough to attend two European dance film festivals: Cinedans in Amsterdam and [...]
Endless Possibilities: Dance Through the Camera
by Jaime Kight
Dance Films Association’s Solar 1 film screening presented a program as imaginative as a child’s world of make-believe. Live performers interacted with Bjork on screen; dark angels investigated a snowy landscape; a romantic attraction escalated into a bar fight. Blending dance with film, choreographers allowed creativity to run [...]
Promising Times Ahead
by Terry Sprague
If the University of Utah’s 8th International Dance For the Camera Festival with Katrina McPherson was any indication about the ways in which screendance is evolving, we’re in for promising times ahead. Filmmaker/professor Ellen Bromberg and her students collaborated with the Departments of Modern Dance and Film & Media Arts to [...]
Katrina McPherson’s Dance for the Camera Workshop
Katrina McPherson’s Dance for the Camera Workshop held in conjunction with the 6th International Film Festival at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, September 2011. The below article represents the combined contributions from two participants in the workshop: Ally Voye in Italics, Alise Anderson in Bold
(image from [...]
Claudia Brazzale covering ground: dancing, choreographing, filming and writing
an interview by Tanja Meding
Claudia Brazzale has worked in dance, film and academia for numerous years. This interview is a view into her creative process: how one piece of work that started as a video experiment at home grew, developed, and matured over time and became richer [...]
Master Class:
Camera Operation
Shooting Strategies
Wednesday, October 12th marked our Dance Film Lab Master Class on Camera Operation and Shooting Strategies with dance filmmaker Amy Greenfield and cinematographer Jeremiah Story. The evening was split in two halves. First Amy spoke on the technical aspects of dance filmmaking. She emphasized framing options, for example following the dancer versus allowing [...]
Dance Education: What Are The Benefits? A Personal Reflection
by Jeremie Gluckman
A group of young adults are dressed in formal wear. One by one, they rise from a row of black chairs to stand and face the camera. Mechanically, the mass of students begins to dance. As a carnival song plays, their feet shuffle and their hips [...]
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