Posts Tagged ‘screendance’

Doug Elkins with Kaya, a student at Beacon High School, NYC Screen Grab

Tuesday, February 23 at 8:00 pm

WHERE THE DANCE IS: Doug Elkins at Beacon School.  A 16-minute documentary directed by Marta Renzi

at
Duo Theater
62 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave & Bowery in NYC

At this Audience Choice screening you’ll see five short movies and will be given a ballot to rate each film. The highest rated films will be screened at the Festival in April, 2010.

The Duo Theater screening room is a charming and intimate turn of the century theater with wide aisles for viewing comfort. Each evening’s programming will last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Here’s the info on tickets and the other films showing in the series:

https://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=&showCode=6TH4&GUID=

For news of other upcoming Renzi events:

http://martarenzi.blogspot.com

Announcing Movement Media’s YouTube Channel: FilmingDance4web Video Dance Channel

Featuring Artistic Video dances made by amazing choreographers, dancers, video artists, film directors, dance companies, and beginning film makers interested in making dance for camera.   

Join Our Videodance Community of Artists by sharing your work with us.

Choreographer, Christine Soriano. Photo by Rex Miller

Types of videos featured on Video Dance Channel: 

• Dance Installations from Museums 
• Works created for Video Art Festivals
• Dance Films featured in Dance Film Festivals
• Urban Dance Projects
• Dance Company Artists: Choreography and Movement for Camera
• Creative Stories and Video Art developed by Artists from across the Globe.  
• Flashmob Dance Videos
• Dance ‘Webisodes’
• Silly, ‘Just for fun videos’
• Videos by Emerging Artists within the Videodance Community

Movement Media helps Emerging Film Artists develop creative projects.  

Photo by Lois Greenfield

• Attend our Meet-up Groups to Practice Filming Dance (dates and locations to be announced in up-coming weeks).  
• Your videos can be featured on our channel for viewing, feedback, and discussion by artists in the videodance community.  

Your videodance may be:

• featured on our Video Dance Channel 
• chosen for our Kinetic Cinema Screenings,
• or showcased at our annual UMove Online Videodance Festival

 

Movement Media also offers services to help dance companies, choreographers and other artists develop work for film festivals, art installations, and other film projects. 

Urban Playground Quartet at the Awesome Arts Festival

• After the touring of your work, we would be happy to feature your work in Movement Media’s Kinetic Cinema Screenings or for other educational purposes. 

• If you would like to work with Movement Media on a dance film, contact us at movementmedia@pentacle.org  

The Film Society of Lincoln Center
and Dance Films Association, Inc.
proudly present

Dance on Camera Festival
January 25 – February 2, 2010

Imago-by Alwin Nikolais

Co-sponsored by The Film Society of Lincoln Center since 1996, Movement Research since 2008, TenduTv and Mark Morris Dance Center since 2010, Dance On Camera Festival (DOCF) celebrates the immediacy, energy, and mystery of dance as combined with the intimacy of film. Festival 2010 will include a tribute to Alwin Nikolais as part of a year long centennial celebration across the country in his honor.

2010 Schedule and NYC Locations of Dance on Camera Events

January 25, 7pm, Mark Morris Dance Center
3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn Read details

January 26, 7pm, Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South, NYC
event curated and co-sponsored by Movement Research Read details

January 28, 2pm, The Beacon School, 227 W 61st Street, NYC Read details

January 29-February 2, Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center Plaza
4 shows daily – see schedule

January 31, 1pm, Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery, Town Hall Meeting read details

Buy Tickets for screenings at the Walter Reade Theatre
Dance on Camera Festival 2010 Tickets:
$11 General Public
$9 Affiliate (Friends of DFA)
$8 Senior (62+)
$7 Film Society Member/ DFA Member/ Student/ Child

Three Program Sampler Pass:
$27 General Public
$21 Senior (62+)
$18 Film Society Member/ DFA Member/ Student
Admits one person to three programs in Dance On Camera.

Buy Tickets and Passes Online Now!

Tickets are also on sale at the Walter Reade Theater Box Office,
165 West 65th St. between Amsterdam Avenue & Broadway,
and at CenterCharge, 212-721-6500.

Read Festival Blog by Artistic Director

See which artists scheduled to appear

During the 2010 Dance on Camera Festival, Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery at the Walter Reade Theatre will house an installation, “The Tiny Dance Film Series” a collaboration between choreographer Peter Kyle and sound artist James Bigbee Garver that consists of very short and very small dance films screened in 4 darkened kiosks for an audience of one.

Susan Braun began this festival in 1971 to connect dance film producers with users and distributors, to spur dancers on to preserve their work on film and to be open to filmmakers wishing to make documentaries about them and/or to collaborate on screen adaptations of their choreography. For almost twenty years, DFA’s Festival was the sole showcase dedicated to dance films in the world. For the last ten years, DFA’s Festival has offered a revenue source for the dance filmmakers through their tours.

“The Dance on Camera Festival is one of those NY stealth events, prized by its devotees…where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic” John Rockwell, The New York Times

The Dance on Camera Festival 2010 is sponsored by The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Canadian Consulate General, French Cultural Service, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, American Airlines, Mark Morris Dance Center, TenduTv, Gotham Wine and Liquors, Ariston Florist, New York Women in Film and Television, and the members of DFA. See full list of sponsors

The program for the digital component of Dance on Camera Festival hosted by Tendu.TV will be announced shortly.

Join the fun!

In addition to the emerging artistry of Videodance online, there is a big initiative happening online with Media Marketing for dancers, including promotional videos, dance instructional videos, and social networking.

With such growing trends in Media Marketing, new terms seem necessary for dancers.

Reel Dancer is a term we’ve come up with at Movement Media to describe the growing trend of dance exploding on screens everywhere; the increasing need for dancers to have a strong presence online; and the importance of producing quality videos and exciting dance reels to get bookings.

Movement Media is conducting a survey to learn about dancers current Media Marketing choices.  We are specifically interested in discovering dancers needs for creating promotional materials and artistic works.  We are also interested in learning about how successful dancers have been at utilizing promotional videos, web-based video dance instruction, and creating a presence online in other ways.

In addition to the survey for artists, this posting offers an opportunity to our readers to discuss the topic of Media Marketing.   We would love to learn about your experiences and perspectives.  (Read on to see the questions listed below….)

Artist Survey of Reel Dancers

Movement Media is a project serving dancers and media artists make dance for screen and use media to market their dance work more effectively.

An Artist Survey was developed to specifically identify the needs of artists looking to develop Media Marketing, for promotional purposes, or for artistic pursuits such as Videodances and Dance Films.

To participate in our artist survey, CLICK HERE.  We will publish the results of the survey in the upcoming weeks.  Thanks for your participation!

Reel Dancers & Media Marketing

More and more dancers are creating a strong presence on the web.  The three trends in Media Marketing for dancers include:

• Promotional Videos
• Dance Instructional Videos
• Social Networking

Dance Promotional Videos

It is becoming increasingly important for dancers to have quality videos and exciting dance reels to market themselves more efficiently over the web.  But who should dancers turn to for these materials?  Should they have a friend shoot a video of them, or should they invest a lot of money and have a professional produce and edit their video?  Will the quality of the video affect their chances of getting bookings?

Many dancers are faced with this dilemma, and need help creating promo reels and developing video profiles online.   Planning one’s Media Marketing campaign is important for Reel Dancers. Once they have finished making a promo video, where do they showcase their work?  What are the best options to help them professionally?

One platform dancers are utilizing to showcase individual video profiles is Dance Plug, an online community for dancers looking to have videos of their dance brand posted for viewers.  Based in Los Angles, California, Dance Plug is responding to the need for dancers to create and showcase high quality videos.  Dance Plug offers dancers services with their ‘Lights, Camera, You!’ filming sessions.

Dance Plug is able to serve the LA community of dancers looking to create promotional videos, and Movement Media hopes that more filming services will develop to help dancers in other regions.

Dance Instructional Videos

One trend in Media Marketing is to offer dance instruction online.  Teachers can be found on YouTube, Vimeo, BlipTV, Howcast, and a variety of websites which offer dance instructional videos.  The quality of these instructional videos vary considerably.  Some videos have poor audio or visual components.  Some have poor instruction.  Some are excellent in all of these areas.

View some examples of dance instructional videos offered on these sites and give us your feedback on the quality of video and the quality of instruction.

YouTube Video Example

BlipTV Video Example

Vimeo Video Example

All of these dance teachers are using instructional videos as Media Marketing tools for self-promotion.  What do you think of the quality of these videos and the quality of the instruction?

The variety of content on different sites makes finding quality instructional videos extremely difficult.  However, more recently an organized approach to dance instruction and video content has been emerging on the web.

One of the most professional platforms we have seen offering online dance instruction is Dance Plug.  Students have an opportunity to learn dance that is exciting to watch on camera, at affordable rates.  They offer levels of instruction and monthly courses, and a series of videos to meet the needs of different types of dance students, including beginners.

• Movement Media wants to hear from teachers who are interested in distance learning dance instruction.  What do you need to get your name out there as a teacher?  What types of students will you attract?  We’re curious to learn how popular these course are, and future directions and opportunities for dance teachers.

• Movement Media is excited about the opportunities dancers have to interact with media.  Education through media is new territory for dancers.  We want to hear what you think of teaching dance moves over the web, and what improvements or suggestions people may have regarding online dance instruction.

Social Networking

Dance-Tech.net is one social networking site which helps professional dancers and other dance enthusiasts post videos and network with other dancers.  Interviews with choreographers and dance companies are one style of video found on Dance-Tech.  To learn more about dance-tech, CLICK HERE.

In addition, Dance Plug offers opportunities to teachers and ‘pluggers’ to network as dancers, and learn about news, events, and other dancers.  To read more about  Dance Plug CLICK HERE.

As dancers need to continue to utilize Media Marketing, they will also need to utilize the video platforms that will benefit them professionally.  Sites like Dance-Tech and Dance Plug will attract other dancers, and sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Howcast will help to attract a general audience of online viewers.

With the multitude of choices, it can be difficult for dancers to know which platform to use, and how.  More education and discussion regarding these Media Marketing efforts is needed to help dancers make informed choices.  Movement Media looks forward to your comments and discussion on the matter.