Posts Tagged ‘Low/No Budget’

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.

Alex Springer & XanBurley, USA, 2008

“The Parlor” takes its inspiration from the room in which it was filmed: a stately antiquated parlor in a country club. The two dancers play with court dancing and formal social dance, and then expand to play with the nooks and crannies of the room.

Olu Yemisi, USA, 2009

This promotional video from Olu Yemisi Dance Theater, based in Washington, DC, showcases the company performing a range of work. Excerpts from stage concerts and studio shoots are interspersed with interviews from the artistic director and several audience members.

Jody Oberfelder, USA, 2008

A playful piece filled with newspapers and cut-out letters, Snew suggests connections via language that is not yet tangible: the life that happens in between bits of information in a media saturated world.

Zachary Whittenburg, USA, 2009

This video utilizes Apple iMovie and the .3gp codec to create a once-removed documentation of a single-shot dance improvisation by Zachary Whittenburg.