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...
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...
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...
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association announce the 40th edition of DANCE ON CAMERA January 27-31, 2012 Opening Night World Premiere of JOFFREY: MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE will also mark the first collaboration between DFA and Emerging Pictures New York, NY, November 17, 2011...
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...
Festival of the Moving Body ♦ March 16 and 17, 2012 Submission Due: Postmark November 15, 2011 Visit The Center for Dance, Movement, and Somatic Learning for more information and submission details. The 2012 Festival of the Moving Body will be held March 16 and 17, 2012 at Stony...
November 1st, 2011 DFA Dance Film Lab November 7th, 7-9 pm Dance New Amsterdam 280 Broadway (entrance at 35 Chambers Street) Monday's event will be a moderated screening of selected works in progress, led by Zach Morris, organizer of Dance Film Lab and Co-Artistic Director of Bessie Award Winning Third...
The New York Foundation for the Arts will hold its first ever Doctor's Hours for Filmmakers on November 10th. Registration begins tomorrow, October 25th at 10:00am. Your contribution? Bring dance film to conversation! Learn more: read the description below and visit NYFA online. Starting a new...
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...
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...
EYE ON DANCE makes a return appearance Presented by Gibney Dance and Dance/NYC “Sorry I Missed Your Show” Saturday, October 15 at 4:30PM FREE "EYE ON DANCE is one of the liveliest and most intelligent programs on the arts...
October 6, 2011 Dance Film Lab Masterclass: Camera Operation & Shooting Strategies: Amy Greenfield with Jeremiah Story October 12th, 2011 7:30pm- 10:00pm Join us on October 12th, 2011 for a Master Class on Camera Operation & Shooting Strategies with Amy Greenfield, 7:30-10 pm in Studio 6 at Dance New Amsterdam,...
"Camera as _______" Loading the frame in screendance by Jeannette Ginslov This article was inspired by Aristotle’s notion of Rhetoric; the five Core Course Headings originated by Bata Passchier CEO of the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA); dance filmmaker Douglas Rosenberg’s novel idea...
New York Live Arts began its inaugural season last Friday, September 16th, 2011. One component of their diverse season (detailed in their press release) is the aptly named Live Gallery- a space presumably conceived of in the context of a traditional gallery but re-imagined due...
Legal Issues in Film with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts When: Thursday, September 22, 2011, 4 - 6:30pm Thursday, February 16, 2012, 4 - 6:30pm Where: VLA, 1 East 53rd Street, NY, NY 10022 (Auditorium) *2.5 CLE credits: 1 Professional Practice, 1 Skills and .5 Ethics (Approved for Non-Transitional...
Dance, Film, and Kinesthetic Response - A Call Toward Action by Jen Edwards Nearly a year ago, I had the opportunity to make a short video, for distribution on a large online platform. The assignment was to teach a relaxation technique through the piece. I knew that...
Eighth Annual Sans Souci Festival of Dance Camera Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema is a niche film festival dedicated to works that merge dance and cinematic art forms. (Boulder, Colorado) Atlas Institute’s Center for Media, Arts and Performance at the University of Colorado at Boulder presents the...
Dance for Camera Festival and Workshop with Katrina McPherson University of Utah Department of Modern Dance Weekend Workshop: September 15 - 17 Weeklong Intensive Workshop: September 19 - 24 Register now! Description of course by Katrina McPherson, director of Five Video Dances All sessions will start with simple warm up exercises...
The San Francisco Dance Film Festival, tentatively scheduled for March 15-18th, 2012, is now taking submissions! What they are looking for: We are looking for dance films made specifically for the camera, often referred to as “screendance.” These are stand-alone pieces independent from the stage that...
Dancing in Public September 14th, 2011 7:00pm Solar 1 Green Energy, Arts, and Education Center- Stuyvesant Cove Park Reception Refreshments provided by: Intermittent performances of Miracle Tear btw 7-8 [caption id="attachment_4763" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Miracle Tear, photo credit Alex EscalanteChoreographer/Dancer:"][/caption] Choreographer/Dancer: Rebecca Kelley Brooks is a dance artist and Alexander Technique teacher based in New York...
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Dance Conversations @ The Flea February 6 - 19, 2012 Curated by Nina Winthrop Assistant Curator: Taimi Strehlow Application Deadline: Friday September 23, 2011 Proposals are now being accepted for the 2012 season of Dance Conversations @ The Flea, a free performance, film and discussion series at The...
INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER PROJECT presents INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER CONFERENCE Buy Passes by Friday 9/2 for a Chance to Pitch to TOP INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS! Event Date: September 18 - 22, 2011 – NYC IFP’s five-day Independent Filmmaker Conference is the must-attend event for filmmakers offering the opportunity to learn the art, craft and business of filmmaking – and...
Monday, August 15th Dance Film Lab NUMBERS 13- Participants 9- End time 7- Start time 5- Studio we used at Dance New Amsterdam 2- Films screened We started the night introducing ourselves-name, what we do, and what we NEED in relation to dance film. People who would be interested in observing the rehearsal...
[caption id="attachment_4594" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Still from Invisible Sins, photo credit Thomas Palmer"][/caption] Monday, August 22nd, 2011 7:00pm DiStefano Lecture Hall, Antone Arts Center, Salve Regina University Corner of Leroy & Lawrence Aves, Newport, Rhode Island Free September 21st-25th marks the Island Moving Company's biennial Open for Dancing program in Newport, Rhode Island....
Once a month, Dance Films Association holds the Dance Film Lab hosted by Dance New Amsterdam. Tonight, starting at 7:00pm is our August event! Previously selected films will be screened, followed by a discussion moderated by Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects. Dance Film Lab is...
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DFA's Dance on Camera Festival 2012 Call for Entries! Deadline: October 1, 2011 Dance Films Association (DFA) proudly announces its call for entries for its 40th annual, internationally touring Dance on Camera Festival. Dance on Camera Festival 2012, co-produced by DFA and The Film Society of Lincoln Center, will...
About two hours north of New York City in the Catskill Mountains, Dance Films Association brings together filmmaker Joshua Higgason and dancer/choreographer Blakeley White-McGuire August 11th- 14th for a weekend of collaborative creation at the Jeffersonville Art Mill. Recently developed by the Queens Academy of...
