Dance on Camera Tour

FLYING LESSON

About the Dance on Camera Tour

DFA’s annual Dance on Camera Festival in New York City sparks interest around the world to offer the same innovative programming in their community. Since 1999, DFA has acquired over a hundred partners, many of them returning to DFA year after year, primarily for the dance on camera shorts. Some of our partners, in Oklahoma, Colorado, and Poland, have made the transition from being a touring partner to running their own competitive dance film festivals. This touring program generates earned income for the filmmakers, as well as for DFA, and in turn for the dance world.

See our growing list of our touring partners and Dance on Camera Tour schedule. 

If you are interested in becoming a touring partner, please contact brighid@dancefilms.org for more information about available shorts and the curation process for feature length films.

Testimonials: Dance on Camera Tour

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The screening was off the hook successful and accomplished much of what I wanted it to do. Mostly there was a lot of social bonding. People sat around on blankets and huddled together in a way they would not normally do in dance class or academic classes. Some professors came and many curious passersby were attracted to the unusual screening. I think the dancers also liked seeing dance presented in such a public way. Most people do not know that the main dance studio was just a few yards away behind one of the dorms. Personally, I felt very proud of dance being visually present at a time when most classes have ended and people do not know that we are normally still on campus in the studio rehearsing until very late.
Andrea Woods, Duke University

The screening was wonderful. I received a lot of positive feedback from the community for bringing the festival to such an “arts starved” area of Texas. The audience loved the programs! I will be in touch next year to bring the festival to Grand Valley State University in Michigan.
Shawn Bible, Texas Tech University

Our event at Emory was a success!The visual arts audience was especially intrigued, many spoke about their delight and surprise at the entire dance for camera genre.Choreographers universally said “we want more!!!”
Blake Beckham, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

The film screening was a successful and wonderful addition to the Colorado College extraordinary dance festival. Our audience was both moved and amused and generally ‘wowed’ by how diverse the films are.
Patrizia Herminjard, Colorado College Dance Festival