Posts Tagged ‘Katrina McPherson’
The University of Utah’s 8th International Dance for the Camera Festival and Workshop with Katrina McPherson
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.
Videodance Gift Ideas
Now that we’re over being thankful (in the States at least), and have shifted into consumer overdrive for Christma-channu-kwaan’stice, I thought I’d list some good gifts ideas for videodance fanatics (like me!). It’s hard to find gifts related to dance for the camera, so before you fruitlessly Google search, here’s a list to get you started:
Video compilations and DVD’s:
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First Run Features has taken the lead in producing high quality video compilations of recent dance for camera shorts. I loved Volume 1, and refer to it constantly. Some favorites from this collection are Pascal Magnin’s Contrecoup and Annick Vroom’s RIP. Vol. 2 looks promising too with Motion Control by the Brit team Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie, and Mitchell Rose’s hilarious Case Studies from the Groat Center for Sleep Disorders. |
Mystic Fire Videos puts out great collections of past dance film innovators. This is the place to brush up on your history. I recommend:
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Maya Deren Experimental Films The complete collection of all of Maya Deren’s shorts. A must-have for dance film aficiondos. |
Videodance-making 101
When I started making videodances in 2002 I had no idea what I was doing. I was a dancer who had seen a few great dance films by Maya Deren, and decided I had to work in that medium. When I got a video camera it was a process of experimentation and seeing other people’s work that led me to a basic understanding of how to compose movement for the camera and edit it into a videodance. Over the past few years I’ve heard more and more dancers say they want to start making videodances, but they don’t know where to begin.
