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Film Society of Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023

Since 1996, Dance Films Association has partnered with the Film Society of Lincoln Center to present the Dance on Camera Festival. The festival takes place throughout their campus in the Walter Reade Theater, Frieda & Roy Furman Gallery, and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.

Dance on Camera Festival (February 12-16) returns to the Film Society of Lincoln Center with 20 features, 36 shorts, four retrospective selections, and exciting free panels. The 44th edition of the festival marks two landmark occasions: the 60th anniversary of the founding of Dance Films Association, which co-presents the festival with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and the 20th anniversary of the partnership between the two arts organizations on this unique event.

This year’s edition presents audiences with the worlds of ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance; modern and postmodern legends and discoveries, such as the focus of the Closing Night film, Jack Walsh’s Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer; flamenco in gypsy enclaves as well as explorations into artistic expression and innovative therapy; and stories from countries where women choose to dance despite a cultural bias against it; and, in addition to spotlighting the more traditional forms of dance, the lineup also delves into the exciting world of trapeze—known as “ballet of the air”—in the Opening Night film, Tom Moore’s The Flight Fantastic.

Feelings are Facts. Image courtesy The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.

“Celebrating dance in all its many shapes and colors is this festival’s mantra,” said Joanna Ney, co-curator, with Liz Wolff, of the 44th edition. “Diversity, passion, and commitment are, as ever, the watchwords of Dance on Camera Festival. From Carmen Amaya’s legacy as seen in her progeny in Bajarí to a remote corner of Québec where a dancing school offers life lessons, to Horizons, a salute to Cuba’s love affair with ballet, the accent is on maintaining tradition as well as looking to the future.”

“Dance on Camera Festival allows for a legacy in dance to be honored and preserved, and this year we highlight this with some of the great male dancers and pioneers: Ted Shawn in The Men Who Danced, Eugene Louis “Luigi” Faccuito in a panel discussion Luigi: Hollywood, Broadway, and Beyond, and Alvin Ailey in Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance. Their accomplishments and innovation have formed generations of great dancers,” said Liz Wolff.

In-Person Appearances: legendary ballerinas Natalia Makarova (Kirov, ABT, Royal & freelance) and Merrill Ashley (NYCB for 30 years).

A tribute to the great jazz innovator Luigi (Faccuito) with the free panel discussion Luigi: Hollywood, Broadway and Beyond, followed by a screening of Vincente Minnelli’s classic American musical The Band Wagon, in which he appears with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.

Dance Education and Advocacy Through Film: A pioneering discussion following a screening of PS DANCE! and Capturing Motion NYC with dance filmmakers, educators and program leaders, moderated by Paul Galando (Dance Films Association’s Vice President and Chair of Education) with Jody Gottfried Arnhold (a Dance Films Association’s 2016 Dance in Focus Awardee for her exceptional contributions to our dance community through education, advocacy, and groundbreaking support of dance film).

Meet the Artist with Pat Birch (a Dance Films Association’s 2016 Dance in Focus Awardee for her outstanding contributions to the dance film genre): The festival welcomes the award-winning choreographer to share career insights into her work for stage, screen, and television, including being the mastermind behind the hand jive in the musical hit Grease. Ms. Birch will be honored with a 2016 Dance in Focus Awardee for her outstanding contributions to the dance film genre.

A screening of Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, followed by a Q&A with special guests.

Retrospective Highlights: Dance Films Association launches its 60th season with a series of retrospective screenings, featuring significant and compelling films from its six decades of innovative programming. Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg about the inspiring mentor and teacher, which will feature directors D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus in person; The Men Who Danced,the story of Jacob’s Pillow founder Ted Shawn and his original all-male troupe; and Lar Lubovitch at Jacob’s Pillow, featuring the choreographer and some of his signature works. These programs represent the rich history that Dance Films Association brings to this unique programming and the special anniversaries marking the potency of the dance cinema genre.

An advance screening of German Kral’s Our Last Tango, featuring Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, tango’s explosive partnership that ignited audiences for over 40 years.

Tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 12. A pre-sale to Film Society and Dance Films Association members begins Thursday, January 7. Single screening tickets are $14; $11 for students and seniors (62+); and $9 for FSLC and DFA members. See more and save with the All Access Pass or 3+ film discount package.

44TH ANNUAL DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL

FEBRUARY 12-16, 2016

Inaugurated in 1971, and co-presented with the Film Society Of Lincoln Center, our annual festival is the most anticipated and widely attended dance film event in New York City. Each year, selected artists, respected film presenters, and hundreds of film fans come together to experience the latest in groundbreaking, thought provoking, and mesmerizing dance films.

DANCE ON CAMERA KICKOFF GALA

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Join us for an evening celebrating the work of Dance Films Association’s 2016 Dance in Focus Awardees Jody Gottfried Arnhold for her exceptional contributions to our dance community through education, advocacy, and groundbreaking support of dance film, and Pat Birch for her outstanding contributions to the dance film genre and a legacy of choreography from theater to music video to film and beyond.

For more information visit www.dancefilms.org/dance-on-camera/44th-annual-dance-on-camera-festival-kickoff-gala/

DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION

Dance Films Association is dedicated to furthering the art of dance film. Connecting artists and organizations, fostering new works for new audiences, and sharing essential resources, DFA seeks to be a catalyst for innovation in and preservation of dance on camera. This membership service organization was founded in 1956 by Susan Braun.

Dance Films Association and Dance on Camera Festival receive generous support from CORE™, MINDBODY, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, The Office of the Mayor Bill De Blasio, and Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the Arnhold Foundation and Materials for the Arts.

For more information visit www.dancefilms.org and follow @dancefilms on Twitter.

FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
Founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center works to recognize established and emerging filmmakers, support important new work, and to enhance the awareness, accessibility, and understanding of the moving image. The Film Society produces the renowned New York Film Festival, a curated selection of the year’s most significant new film work, and presents or collaborates on other annual New York City festivals including Dance on Camera, Film Comment Selects, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, NewFest, New York African Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, New York Jewish Film Festival, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema and Rendez-Vous with French Cinema. In addition to publishing the award-winning Film Comment magazine, the Film Society recognizes an artist’s unique achievement in film with the prestigious Chaplin Award, whose 2015 recipient was Robert Redford. The Film Society’s state-of-the-art Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, located at Lincoln Center, provide a home for year-round programs and the New York City film community.

The Film Society receives generous, year-round support from American Airlines, The New York Times, HBO, Stella Artois, The Kobal Collection, Variety, Loews Regency Hotel, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts.

For more information, visit www.filmlinc.org and follow @filmlinc on Twitter.