Archive for the ‘artists’ Category
Weekly Webdance: July 13
This week’s webdance is brought to you by Spike Jonze and The Pharcyde.
Got it figured out? See Spike Jonze’s one-page treatment below:
I love being able to see the broad strokes in which he designs the video (“eating chips, wearing a clown suit, hobleing [sic] on crutches, speedo”), as well as the commitment to specificity and detail needed to learn an entire song in reverse.
Weekly Webdance: May 26
In ”enchantress,” Turkish filmmaker Volkan Ergen creates a mysterious, otherworldly landscape, submerging us as voyeurs in a secret ritual. Watch for magical duplicity, fractured movements, layered apparitions, and shifting focus. Enjoy!
http://www.vimeo.com/9844659Weekly Webdance: May 18
Today’s video is from SALTS, a collaborative platform for Icelandic artist Ingi Jensson and German choreographer Heike Salze. strönd/strand is one of several site-specific dance films that were presented earlier this month as the installation project bekkur/bænk. I love this dance for its play with textures and detail–the grass and Saga Sigurðardóttir’s hair seem to do as much dancing as the dancers themselves.
http://www.vimeo.com/10586620Follow the rest of the project on http://www.salts.nl/
Cinedance Filmmaker Defeats Censorship On YouTube
“YouTube is no prude when it comes to art — when it actually takes the time to appreciate the work. After censorship watchdogs gave the video hosting giant a public undressing for its removal of videos by artist Amy Greenfield that contained nudity, the company made amends.” Los Angeles Times , 2/26/10
Still from Club Midnight
In February when YouTube removed Greenfield’s videos, including sections from “Club Midnight/Against Censorship” she was outraged at such censorship of art, placing it mistakenly in the category of “pornography”. The absence of any way to appeal directly to YouTube impelled Greenfield to contact the National Coalition Against Censorship. Supporting her work, and agreeing that the issue is very important for filmmakers, the NCAC, with the leading internet civil rights organization, Electronic Frontier Foundation, went up against the internet giant to help bring to light the issue of YouTube/Google’s censorship of nudity. With an outpouring of press and public support on the internet, You Tube, in an unprecedented and potentially ground-breaking decision, restored Greenfield’s films to their site, unrestricted, recognizing her use of nudity as art.
Come out April 3rd to celebrate Greenfield’s victory for all artists that explore nudity in their work.
NewFilmmakers Spring Fest presents
Amy Greenfield’s CLUB MIDNIGHT/AGAINST CENSORSHIP
80 Minutes, 35mm, 16mm. and Video?
Saturday, April 3, 2010 8:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue at 2nd Street
Admission: $6.00
Contact: Robert Haller, 212-505-5010, extension 12, robert@antholoogyfilmarchives.net
Greenfield’s light-struck dancers in award-winning Club Midnight/Against Censorship, at NewFilmmakers Spring Fest in 35mm., Cinemascope and double projection – with Greenfield and Svetlana Mintcheva of the National Coalition Against Censorship present to discuss video/dance, nudity, censorship and the internet with the audience.
Join us tonight at Mark Morris Dance Center: NRITYAGRAM: FOR THE LOVE OF DANCE World Premiere
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble of India
At Dance on Camera Festival:
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble of India
The documentary Nrityagram: ‘For the Love of Dance’ tells the story of the Nrityagram Dance Village, and the Dance Ensemble that has made it world famous.
NRITYAGRAM: FOR THE LOVE OF DANCE World Premiere
Nan Melville, USA, 2009, 26M
This painterly portrait of an idyllic dance village near Bangalore offers a taste of the Indian dance style, Odissi.
Protima Bedi institutionalized classical Indian dance through the founding of Nrityagram; a “gurukul” where students could dance and live in close proximity with their master guru.
The internationally renowned Nrityagram Dance Ensemble continues to expand on Protima’s legacy; lead dancer and choreographer, Surupa Sen and Odissi Gurukul Director, Bijayini Satpathy have expanded the language of the traditional Odissi dance through the incorporation of choreographic techniques adapted from world dance. The Ensemble continues to push the boundaries of Indian dance and to perform to worldwide acclaim.
Q & A with director Nan Melville and choreographer Mark Morris, founder of the Mark Morris Dance Group, to follow screening.
Based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the Mark Morris Dance Center fulfills the mission of the Mark Morris Dance Group to serve as a cultural resource to engage and enrich the community.
For directions, please see www.mmdg.org/directions.
