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2017 Dance on Camera Kickoff Party!

February 2, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$45
2017 DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL KICKOFF PARTY

Dance Films Presents:

DANCE ON CAMERA KICKOFF PARTY

Celebrating 45 years of the Dance on Camera Festival and the launch of the inaugural Emerging Movement Summit

Hosted by the Dance Films Association Board of Directors

Thursday February 2, 2017

7:00 – 10:00PM

NeueHouse Logo 110 E 25th Street New York, NY 10010

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$45 for the General Public

$145 for a Special Patron Party Ticket – Help us launch into the next 45 years. A Patron Ticket includes a Dance Films Association Membership. If you’re already a member, your membership can be donated to a friend, helping us to grow.

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7:00 – 9:00PM: Reception with Food, Drink, and Music, a Preview Screening of Short Films from the Dance on Camera Festival, a VR demo of Aether

9:00 – 10:00PM: Dance Party as our DJ Kicks Up the Volume

Join us for an evening celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Dance on Camera Festival, co-presented with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and the launch of the inaugural Emerging Movement Summit. Commemorating forty five continuous years of presenting surprising new talents, honoring masters, and recognizing trendsetters, we invite you to join us and become part of the ever-expanding community of dance filmmakers and dance filmgoers. Hosted by the Dance Films Association Board of Directors and special guest, celebrated choreographer and media artist Jessica Lang. Jessica collaborates with DFA this year as Emerging Movement Artist in Residence.

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About Aether
Aether is a live Motion Capture Dance Performance with live demonstration happening at Dance on Camera Festival as part of the Emerging Movement Summit. Aether is designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements: water, fire, earth and wind. The dancers’ movements are tracked and translated to 3D avatars emitting different particle systems in real time, based on the visual properties and behavior of each element. With Aether, the artists seek to create an immersive live experience through movement, interactive 3D graphics and music, crafting a cohesive narrative that juxtaposes ancestral knowledge with cutting edge technology. Aether VR takes the motion capture dance performance Aether into a more intimate experience for the user. Can someone get in touch with the universe’s basic building blocks while in the virtual space? As an audience member wears the headset, they are slowly surrounded by dancing figures who are designed and choreographed based on the four classic elements, Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire within their corresponding platonic solids. Aether VR is a virtual experience of dance, music, and the elements that create all things non-virtual. Creative team: LaJuné McMillian, Sergio Mora-Diaz, Ruudy Liu, and Kat Sullivan Composer/Musician: Darren Solomon Dancers: Alison Lehuanani DeFranco, Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, and Kat Sullivan
About Jessica Lang
Jessica Lang Head Shot Jessica Lang is a choreographer and the artistic director of Jessica Lang Dance. Lang, a recipient of a prestigious 2014 Bessie Award and the 2017 Arison Award Honoree, has created more than 90 works on companies worldwide since 1999 including American Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet (2013 Manchester Theatre Award nominee), the National Ballet of Japan and Joffrey Ballet, among many others. Additional commissions include new works for the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra, The Harris Theater and the Chicago Architecture Biennial in collaboration with architect Steven Holl, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum for its Works and Process series. For opera, Lang made her directorial debut creating Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the 2013 Glimmerglass Opera Festival. In 2016, she choreographed Aida for San Francisco Opera, which will be performed by Washington National Opera and Seattle Opera in the 2017/18 season. She was a 2015 New York City Center Fellow and a 2016 Fellow at the NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts. Her receipt of a Joyce Theater Artist Residency supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation helped launch her own company, Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) in 2011. JLD has been presented by major venues including The Kennedy Center, The Harris Theater, New York City Center, Northrop Auditorium, Winspear Opera House, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and BAM Fisher and will tour to 29 cities in the upcoming 2016/17 season. This summer, JLD will return to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for the fourth time in six years. Lang’s work has also been performed by numerous educational institutions including The Juilliard School, SUNY Purchase, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Southern Methodist University, among many others. She was a part of the founding faculty of American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and a teaching artist for the Make-a-Ballet program. Lang, a graduate of The Juilliard School under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy, is a former member of Twyla Tharp’s company, THARP! For more information about the company, visit Jessica Lang Dance at www.jessicalangdance.com. Jessica Lang Dance is a not-for-profit, 501c3 organization.  
About Dance Films Association
Dance Films Association, Inc. (DFA) 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. Currently, DFA is actively seeking to broaden its audience via new media initiatives and membership drives, to support cutting edge approaches to dance documentation, and to expand partnerships with schools, arts partners, media sites, and other institutions. Alongside the Dance on Camera Festival, DFA offers year round programming such as the Dance Film Lab, Dance Films Presents, and Capturing Motion NYC and additionally acts as a Fiscal Sponsor and offers a Production Grant. To learn more about Dance Films Association, visit www.dancefilms.org.

Details

Date:
February 2, 2017
Time:
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost:
$45
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Venue

NeueHouse
110 E 25th Street 10010 + Google Map
Website:
http://neuehouse.com/