Review: Flamenco, Flamenco Carlos Saura, 2010; Spain, 2010 by Eva Yaa Asantewaa FLAMENCO, FLAMENCO opens, and you find yourself hovering just below the vaulted ceiling of Seville's Pavilion of the Future, a remnant of the 1992 World's Fair in Spain. Staring into the structure's severe, track-like arches, you eventually feel a...
It's part of the intriguing body of films produced by Yak Films, whose work was among those screened at Judson Church last month, part of a partnership between the Movement Research Studies Project Series and DFA. Artists in the Studies Project selected 3 pieces from festival...
DANCE ON CAMERA JOURNAL January-February 2011 Volume 13, No. 7 DFA Bulletin Call for dance film submissions! Festdecurt Festival in Denia, Spain. Deadline is March 21 Submissions Call for short film submissions! Aesthetica Short Film Competition Deadline is April 31. Submissions DanceNYC hosts Mid-Season Symposium on February 26 at the 3LD Art & Technology Center. Register for the Symposium ...
DANCE ON CAMERA JOURNAL January-February 2011 Volume 14, No. 1 DFA’s 39th Annual Dance on Camera Festival Jury Prize Honorees From left: Joanna Ney, Shi Jing Xin, Rannvá Káradóttir, Mei Yin Ng, Anne Linsel & Deirdre Towers Jury Prize for Best Dance Film BOW – Rannvá Káradóttir, 2010; Faroe Islands...
Neil Sieling, the curator of the Big Screen Project, asked the filmmakers whose shorts were shown on January 27 during the Dance on Camera Festival whether he could continue to show their shorts in March. Other dance on camera shorts will be shown on the...
DFA's 39th Dance on Camera Festival 2011 JURY PRIZE HONOREES BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM THE LAST TIGHTROPE DANCER IN ARMENIA "This captivating documentary reminds us how a body balancing in space and defying gravity is a magical act. A moving and melancholic film that shows the struggles of...
Many attendees at the recent Dance on Camera Festival were delighted to meet one of DFA's newest members: articulate, vivacious, accessible Patricia Ward Kelly - Gene Kelly's widow. Yes, THAT Gene Kelly! Because 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of that American treasure,...
