Posts Tagged ‘dancefilm’

Moment by Katrina McPherson

The University of Utah’s Departments of Modern Dance and Film and Media Arts are offering two opportunities to work with award-winning Scottish dance filmmaker, Katrina McPherson, in her first American residencies. Set in the beautiful mountain city of Salt Lake this two-week workshop offers in-depth experience for choreographers and filmmakers in shooting and editing dance for the camera. Ms. McPherson will hold screenings, discussions, demonstrations, and will oversee the creation of screendance studies by each participant. Editing facilities and personnel will be available, as will dancers for choreographic projects.

Weekend Workshop: September 15 – 17 — Weeklong Intensive Workshop: September 19 – 24

An evening of student works will be presented on Thursday, September 15, 2011 in conjunction with the International Dance for the Camera Festival.

For more information and to register for the workshops go to the Festival website.

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!

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.

Follow the rest of the project on http://www.salts.nl/

This week’s featured video is “in the kitchen” by Alice Gosti. Although this is a single-shot, single-angle dance short, I find the use of private space in a public (at least online) performance to be quite compelling. “in the kitchen” is a great example of low-budget, spur-of-the-moment, improvisational videodance and is also one of several video posts in an ongoing webdance conversation called You’re Right Here. Visit the blog for the rest of the dialogue!

Check out more featured web dances on our YouTube Channel.

Movement Media is looking for as many dancers as possible to participate in our Artist Survey.  The survey only takes about 10 minutes to complete.

We are interested in learning about the Media Marketing needs of dancers and their interests in creating Dance for Camera.

By participating in this survey, you can help us improve services to artists, and help us share your  specific ambitions, requests, concerns, and support needs to the dance community at large.

This survey is designed for artists of all levels of experience.  Even if you have not done much pertaining to Media Marketing, Film, or Video, we ask that you participate in this survey, so we can learn more about you.

Results of this survey will be posted on our blog, Move the Frame, in January 2010 to provide artists an opportunity to ask questions, share comments, and continue a dialogue pertaining to Media Marketing and Dance for Camera.

This Survey will Help us Learn More About the Following Areas:

• Media Marketing: What do dancers need to improve self promotion through media to increase audience numbers for live performances?  We want to learn who needs assistance with improving websites, search engine marketing, online press releases, and social networking.

• Dance for Camera Production: Which artists want to produce dance for camera (films and videodances)?  Who needs education on the basics of film making to produce work?  What kind of film would you like to create?  How can we help you get started?

• Promotional Video Production: Which artists need assistance with moving through all of the stages of video production for promotional videos or for instructional dance videos?  Who needs help with planning, strategizing, editing, and distribution to guarantee that these videos are seen by large audiences?

CLICK HERE to Take Artist Survey

We thank you for your participation!