The Dance Film Association (DFA) is inviting all members of DFA and Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) to submit films for their upcoming Dance Film Lab.* The next moderated screening is 7:30pm April 25, 2012 at Dance New Amsterdam Studio 5, 280 Broadway (entrance at 53 Chambers St.) New York, NY 10007 .

To submit:  Please e-mail brighid (at) dancefilms.org with DFL Screening in the subject line and include the following:

1) Artist(s) name
2) Contact E-mail
3) Title
4) Length
5) State of development (raw footage, rough-cut, final edits, etc.)
6) One sentence description

For futher questions please visit their website or call 212. 727. 0764

*Only DFA and DNA members may submit to screen their work. Screenings selected on a first come first served basis. Each Moderated Screening will include 4 works. All screeners must be on DVD and can not exceed 10 minutes.

Dance New Amsterdam Theater
February 20, 2012 7:30 pm
$10 for DFA or DNA Members; $25 for Non-Members

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280 Broadway (entrance on 35 Chambers), New York, NY, United States, 10007

RSVP to brighid@dancefilms.org with Dance Film Lab in the subject line to reserve your place.

Screening excerpts of the key films that every filmmaker should know.  Focusing both on dance film and “traditional” films, this masterclass gives attendees an overview of development of film techniques, aesthetics and idioms, and discussion of concepts and the development of the cinematic form.

Instructor: Alla Kovgan
Alla Kovgan is a Boston-based filmmaker, born in Moscow (Russia). Her films and films that she co-directed have been presented worldwide including at the Sundance, Rotterdam, Toronto, Melbourne, Durban, Oberhausen, Clemont-Ferrand, MOMA, Louvre, Centre Pompidou, PBS (US), ZDF (Germany) and numerous others. Alla’s most recent film NORA (2008), her collaboration with the British filmmaker David Hinton, is an art film – a poetic biography of the Zimbabwean choreographer Nora Chipaumire. NORA has been an official selection of over 80 festivals, received 23 awards and will be broadcast on PBS in 2010. The two latest documentaries, which Alla co-directed and edited, an Emmy-nominated “Traces of the Trade” (2007) and “My perestroika” (2009) premiered at Sundance and on P.O.V. (PBS). Since 1999, Alla has been involved into interdisciplinary collaborations – creating intermedia performances (with KINODANCE Company), dance films and documentaries about dance such as “Movement (R)evolution Africa” (with Joan Frosch). Alla’s projects have been supported by Open Society Institute, LEF Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, Bank of America Celebrity Series, among others. Since 2000, she has taught and curated dance film and avant-garde cinema worldwide as the Programmer of St. Petersburg Dance Film Festival KINODANCE (Russia) and as a co-Curator of Balagan Film Series (Boston). In 2009, Alla was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship and a Brother Thomas Fellowship for artists working at a high level of excellence and creativity.

Camera Operation and Shooting Strategies with Amy Greenfield & Jeremiah Story

Amy Greenfield

DNA (Dance New Amsterdam)
280 Broadway, Studio 6 (entrance on Chambers)
New York, NY 10007
212.625.8369

October 12, 2011
7:30-10:00pm

Topics will include: basic understanding of camera operation, shooting strategies, and concrete concepts and methods to enable artists to have a more formalized approach to their filming process.

$10 for Dance Films Association or DNA Members; $25 fee for Non-Members.

RSVP to brighid@dancefilms.org with Dance Film Lab in the subject line to reserve your place.

For more information visit the Dance Films Association website

Next Dance Film Lab events:

November 7- Dance Film Lab Screening

November 19 & 20- Moviehouse presents: Curated Screening of works by Dance Film Lab Participants

SNOW still by Tori Sparks

I know that we are all still in rapture from the Presidential  inauguration today, but if you want to start doing some community service, get out to the Dance Film Lab tonight at Dance Theater Workshop (219 West 19th Street, btw 7th & 8th Aves). This is a free event, and you will provide several dance film-makers with very valuable insight and feedback on their works-in-process. Zach Morris is a most gracious moderator and the conversation is always positive and lively!

Details:

Dance Film Lab

8pm, FREE

Dance Theater Workshop

219 West 19th Street (btw 7th & 8th Aves)

NYC 10011

photo: Kerry Welsh

Calling all dance film-makers:

To close out this year’s Dance On Camera Festival, the Dance Films Association is holding a Town Hall Meeting for the Dance on Camera Community on Saturday January 17th from 4-7pm taking place in the Gallery at Walter Reade Theater (Lincoln Center Plaza on 65th Street btw Broadway and Amsterdam).

The meeting will begin with a half hour panel discussion led by Marlon Barrios-Solano dedicated to new on-line platforms for screendance with representatives from Kaltura and TenduTV. Following this, you are invited to participate in an open discussion about dance film issues that are important to you (moderated by Zach Morris from the Dance Film Lab). After the meeting, you are invited to continue the conversation informally over coffee/tea at the nearby Le Pain Quotidien at 60 West 65th Street.

In conjunction with this event, I have collaborated with DFA to produce an artist survey of the field.  If you are unable to attend, we would still like to get your input to help us improve our services and programs for you. Whether you are currently making dance for screen, or thinking about doing so, we want to hear from you about what your needs and interests are. Please take a moment to participate in this brief online survey.

Take this survey

Thank you for your participation, your feedback is very important to us. We look forward to compiling the results and will share them with you here in the early spring.

-Anna Brady Nuse

Details:

The Dance Film Lab is moderated and organized by Zach Morris (Third
Rail Projects), produced and run with the assistance of Kathleen Green,
and in cooperation with the Dance Films Association. Hosted by Dance
Theater Workshop, this salon brings dance filmmakers together to
present raw footage, drafts, works-in-progress and newly finished films
to their peers for constructive feedback, to share information, and
address technical, practical and artistic challenges. The lab is free
and open to the public, though reservations are necessary.

For our upcoming September 2nd Dance Film Lab, where we’ll be screening the work of Leah Kelley Xylona and Anna Brady Nuse.

Dance Film Lab, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 8-10pm
at Dance Theater Workshop (DTW)
219 West 19th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Phone: (212) 691-6500 Click Here for DTW’s website.
Please contact Zach Morris to RSVP.
 
 (please note: Zach will out of town August 24th to the morning of September 2nd.  During this time he will not be responding to emails, so if you email him, simply consider your RSVP confirmed).

Photo credit: Production still from the set of Fünf ‘n’ Twist, directed by Anna Brady Nuse (Tika pictured as the Matron). photo by Susanna Christians.

“Fünf ‘n’ Twist” by Anna Brady Nuse, photo: M. Saijo

Join us for a special Friday night Dance Film Lab as we celebrate our first meeting in our new home at Dance Theater Workshop! Please contact Zach Morris to RSVP.  If you are interested in presenting material at this lab, we have room for one more artist to show work.

Meeting Details
Dance Film Lab
Friday, January 25, 8-10pm
at Dance Theater Workshop (DTW)
219 West 19th Street
(between 7th and 8th Aves)
Phone: (212) 691-6500
Click Here for DTW’s website
 
The Dance Film Lab is moderated and organized by Zach Morris (Third Rail Projects), produced and run with the assistance of Kathleen Green, and in cooperation with the Dance Films Association. Hosted by Dance Theater Workshop, this salon brings dance filmmakers together to present raw footage, drafts, works-in-progress and newly finished films to their peers for constructive feedback, to share information, and address technical, practical and artistic challenges. The lab is free and open to the public, though reservations are necessary.

Contact Zach Morris for more information and to RSVP.

www.thirdrailprojects.com/DanceFilmLab

First off, for anybody who is seeking feedback on their work, or interested in watching and discussing videodance with a great group of folks, you should head to Williamsburg this Tuesday for the next Dance Film Lab:

Dance Film Lab
Tues. October 9, 2007, 8pm at the South 4th Bar and Cafe in Brooklyn.
South 4th Bar and Café is located at 90 South 4th Street at Berry St, Williamsburg; (718) 218.7478; Subway: L at Bedford Ave. ; J, M, Z at Marcy Ave.

This salon series offers screenings and discussion of dance films
and videos as still works-in-progress. Dance filmmakers join together
to present raw footage, drafts, works-in- progress and newly finished
films to their peers for constructive feedback, share information, and
address technical, practical and artistic challenges. Free and open to
public. For a review of the first Lab in October, ‘06, click here
Reservations are necessary.
To attend and/or present at the Lab, contact Zachary Morris: morriszachary@hotmail.com.

I’ve
been at every Dance Film Lab since it started a year ago, and I can’t
say enough about it. Zach is a fabulous moderator who creates a
supportive, inclusive, and safe atmosphere for the artists and viewers
alike. Using the Liz Lerman/Dance Exchange process of Critical Reponse
people are able to give constructive feedback that is useful to the
artists. I’ve shown a bunch of stuff (raw and finished) at these Labs
and always felt invigorated and buoyed by the exchange. This Lab will
be the first one in a public space (before it was hosted by filmmaker
Kathleen Fitzgerald in her live/work space The Bunker which, alas, is
no more…) and I’m hoping that it will be as cozy and warm as the
previous labs. Zach promises that the folks at South 4th Bar are great
and excited to have us, so come check it out!

Secondly, the deadline for the next Dance On Camera Festival has passed, however you may still be able to be part of the selection process. The Dance Films Association
has been holding a series of pre-screenings on Saturdays at Dance/NYC
in Soho as well as by appointment at their office in Chelsea. The goal
is to have each entry viewed by at least four people who evaluate them
and narrow down the selection for the programmers. Last year I
coordinated the pre-screenings and watched close to 200 titles! It’s a
fascinating process to see the range of work being made from all over
the world, and as thanks, DFA is granting pre-screeners who watch 3 hrs
a free 07-08 membership.  If you are interested in being a pre-screener contact Deirdre Towers or Latika Young at: info@dancefilms.org.

robbinschilds C.L.U.E.
@ PS 122
Photo by A.L. Steiner

The
fall performance season is well underway in New York, and I’m noticing
that videodance programs are popping up in conjunction with live
programs more and more.  Here are a few that sound interesting:

Club Midnight @ Two Boots Pioneer Theatre
new cinema by Amy Greenfield
Friday Oct. 5th & Saturday Oct. 6th @ midnight
East 3rd Street between Avenues A and B (closer to A)
CLUB
MIDNIGHT turns erotic dance around, into a female empowering expression
of desire, mystery, longing, danger, energy, strength, anguish, and
joy. The multi-talented dancers reveal themselves – body and soul – in
several interrelated films.

at Crossing The Line: FIAF Fall Festival
The Best of Hors Pistes from Centre Pompidou
Friday & Saturday, October 5 & 6 at 7pm
Tinker Auditorium , 55 East 59th Street
(Saturday’s screening includes The Cost of Living a must-see dance film by Lloyd Newson and DV8)

Video Art From France presented by Chez Bushwick
Friday, October 12, 2007 @ 8pm
Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022

robbinschilds C.L.U.E. at PS 122
December 5- Saturday, December 8 at 8:30 p.m.
Additional late show on Saturday at 10:30 p.m.
150 First Ave. at E. 9th St.

Know of any more cool dance/video/film events coming up? Give me comments!