Creating Dance for the Camera
Workshop led by Zach Morris
Abrons Arts Center
Friday, December 16th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Please email brighid@dancefilms.org with subject line Workshop if you are interested in attending. Must be a high school student.
This introductory workshop seeks to highlight and address the unique technical, practical, and artistic challenges of creating dance film from a choreographer’s perspective. Staging and choreographing for the camera will be introduced through a series of focused exercises including storyboarding, elementary lighting techniques, framing/composition, and shooting strategies. Methods for approaching editing and post-production will also be addressed.
Zach Morris
Zach Morris is a choreographer, director, visual artist and Co-Artistic Director of Third Rail Projects. He is also the organizer and moderator of the NYC Dance Film Lab, a Movement Research teaching artist, and an adjunct faculty member of the Florida State University School of Dance. He has previously served as the Co-Creator and Co-Director of the Westbeth New Works Program and as the Inter/National Program Associate at Dance Theater Workshop. Zach has a BFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.