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...

Body of Water: Video installation and live performance by Dawn Kramer and Stephen Buck at Pozen Center and Godine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, June 3-4, 2011 Review by Debra Cash A dappled chameleon lingers among granite boulders. A water lily’s pale face...

Postcards from Italy: Making an Effort with Interactive Art by Renata Shepard Renata Sheppard is a dancer, choreographer, and media artist currently enjoying a Fulbright Fellowship in Turin, Italy. Her Fulbright research involves a live interactive performance that will soon become a dance for the camera work...

Continuing the Conversation Erin Brannigan’s Dancefilm: Choreography and the Moving Image Book Review by Terry Sprague As we continue to piece together the puzzle that is the ever-emerging genre of dance on film and video, Erin Brannigan provides us with a foundational piece of that puzzle in her...

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...

2011 Post Production Thank you to all who applied for this year's Post Production grant. We are pleased to announce the 2011 recipients! Congratulations to the following members: Christoph Dostal for BOB CURTIS: DANCING ALL COLORS Chithra Jeyaram for FOREIGN PUZZLE Daniele Wilmouth for MARCHING BANNED For previous winners and...

Solar 1 Dance Program Rescheduled due to rain New Date: SEPTEMBER 14th, 2011 Free Solar 1 Green Energy, Arts, and Education Center Stuyvesant Cove Park, 23rd Street and FDR Drive RSVP  On September 14th, Dance Films Association will host an evening of live and cinematic works focused on "Dancing in Public". As...

Deborah Jowitt on bodies in motion One of the most sought after voices in the dance community at large, Deborah Jowitt is back with her blog DanceBeat: Deborah Jowitt on bodies in motion. Departing from the Village Voice earlier this year, Jowitt is dedicated to continuing her efforts in...

Dance/USA 2011 Annual Conference The Dance/USA 2011 Annual Conference took place July 13th through July 16th in Chicago. Bringing together some of the most prominent voices within the dance community, ranging from artistic directors to executive directors and choreographers to marketing professionals, there was also a...

Dances Made to Order Unlike a prix fixe menu, Dances Made to Order allows you to make a personal selection of multiple tastes that will dictate the outcome of each month's videodance. As the name suggests, you order the dance. How does it work? Once a month...

Topanga Film Festival - Los Angeles, California July 28th- 30th, 2011 Through their dance film program, the Topanga Film Festival will screen seven dance films including the World Premiere of 2 Seconds After Laughter, written and directed by David Rousseve, and the US Premiere of the entire Vías de Vuelo, directed by...

New York Premiere! Presented by Arts World Financial Center - July 9-17 11 am-7 pm daily Sunday July 10 2pm World Financial Center Extraordinary Moves: Express Your Inner Feiffer Dancer A live "dance-in" - Release your inner Dancer while Jules Feiffer creates new cartoons joined by dancer Andrea Weber...

Coming soon, thanks to DFA partner TenduTV, is The Co(te)lette Film, a full-length work choreographed by Ann Van den Broek, recently premiered at Dance Camera West and directed by Oscar-nominated director Mike Figgis. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/15798684 w=300&h=200] Here's what the Los Angeles Times wrote: "At 55 minutes, "Co(te)lette" is...

[caption id="attachment_3351" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Christy Park, DFA Executive Director"][/caption] It’s been such a pleasure to meet so many members, partners, artists, producers, organizations and friends associated with DFA during my first month at DFA. Last night I went to the NYWIFT event at Anthology Film Archives, and Thursday...

New York Women In Film & Television's screening series celebrating NYWIFT members, is coming right up: June 28 at Anthology Film Archives, NYC. Included in the program of shorts under 20 minutes - "Where Less is More" - is I am I: A Tribute to Margaret Cho,...

[caption id="attachment_3854" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="video still from Sweet & Sour Waltz, by Or Marin, Lior Avizoor"][/caption] Upcoming:  ADF's 16th Annual Screendance Festival, directed by Doug Rosenberg as part of the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, June 24-26. The program features 2 dozen shorts - including...