Highlights of Film History with Alla Kovgan Last Monday evening, February 20th, was our first Dance Film Lab, hosted at Dance New Amsterdam and led by Alla Kovgan. Here is a brief description of the master class: Screening excerpts of the key films that every filmmaker should...
3 Program Series March 2nd-4th, 2012 One of the world's leading festivals devoted to short films, Clermont-Ferrand in France is a vital showcase and a market for shorts, attracting over 100,000 visitors each year. Often referred to as the ‘Cannes’ of short film, it is now in the...
DFA members are busy and engaged from coast to coast! Dance Camera West Dance Media Film Festival, June 16-19 presents the work of 4 DFA members. Ellen Bromberg, will discuss her doc on Deborah Hay, while planning for the University of Utah's September Dance for the Camera Festival & workshop Chisa Hidaka screens...
Starting at the Beginning: Introducing Dance Film to College Students by Sharon Wyrrick When an expressive form integrates multiple mediums, it is difficult to find ways to articulate the diverse creations of its practitioners while preserving what holds it together as a genre. What is dance film? The very fact that...
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...
