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This week’s Featured Videodance: ‘Passion Pants’
Catch the video ‘Passion Pants’
from Moscow’s 2007 Video Art Festival PUSTO
http://www.youtube.com/user/FilmingDance4web 
Choreographer and Dancers: Dina Khusejn, Olga Dukhovnaya
Video Art: Konstantin Telepalov
FilmingDance4web: Movement Media’s NEW Video Dance Channel
I Tube, You Tube, We all Tube for YouTube!
For our final Kinetic Cinema on Wednesday December 9th, dance filmmaker Jody Oberfelder will present a humorous and provocative survey of the global impact of YouTube and how dance artists can best use this platform to showcase and further their art.
Makers and marketers alike have been fascinated with how to make videos massively popular and ‘go viral’ on the web since the birth of YouTube. For her Kinetic Cinema program, Oberfelder will explore this phenomenon and hypothesize how dancers can make their videos be seen by thousands or even millions of viewers. In her survey, Oberfelder will present an array of stunning clips ranging from hilarious “fail’ videos, bloopers, video-blogging, and a few dance-centric films, to explore content that captures our attention– what gets the most hits and why?
In conjunction with this Kinetic Cinema screening, Movement Media has posted a challenge to our audience and readers to create a viral video of your own (see our previous post: Viral Videos on YouTube!!). The person whose video receives the most hits on YouTube by December 9th will have their video screened at Kinetic Cinema and receive a special prize.
In addition to YouTube, Movement Media and Oberfelder will discuss how dancers and video artists can enhance the reach of their work by submitting their videos to blogs (such as MovetheFrame.com), screenings (such as Kinetic Cinema), and online festivals (such as the UMove Videodance Festival).
About Jody Oberfelder’s Dance for Camera: Artistic Works
Jody’s dance films have been shown in New York City at HBO Studios, Dance Theater Workshop’s “Captured” series, Tribeca’s VisionFest, and at the Walter Reid Theater in the Dance on Camera Festival; elsewhere in the U.S. at the American Dance Festival’s “Dancing for the Camera,” Dance Camera West, and at the San Diego-Tijuana DANCEonFILM Festival 2009; as well as abroad at Cinedans (Audience Choice Award), EDIT2009 in Budapest, Milano Doc Festival, the Zodiac Center in Helsinki, and OUTVIDEO in Russia. This spring Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects mounts HEADS or TALES, an eccentric retrospective celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects, to be premiered at the Abrons Arts Center (Henry Street Settlement) March 11-13, 2010.
About Kinetic Cinema
Kinetic Cinema is a co-presentation of The Tank and Pentacle’s Movement Media project, and happens on the second Wednesday of each month. Kinetic Cinema explores the intersection of dance and the moving image. For each screening Anna Brady Nuse, Pentacle’s director of Movement Media, invites a different guest artist from the fields of dance and media arts to share a selection of films and videos that have inspired them. These could be works for screen that feature dance, are kinetic-based, or have been influential on their work in some way. The guest curators come from a range of backgrounds as performers, choreographers, critics, video artists, and film-makers.
For more info on Pentacle’s Movement Media Project and news about Kinetic Cinema, please visit our blog: Move the Frame and our website: http://pentacle.org/movement_media.asp
I Tube, You Tube, We all Tube for YouTube
Curated by Jody Oberfelder
Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 7:30pm
Tickets: $10
Reservations: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/91392
The Tank
354 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036
212.563.6269
Directions
*A co-presentation of Pentacle’s Movement Media and The Tank
Viral Video Contest on YouTube!!
As an experiment in exploring what makes a video go viral on YouTube, Movement Media is offering a Viral Video Contest.
Do you think you have what it takes to create a ‘video response’ to a popular dance video?
We challenge dance artists to try their hand at going viral on YouTube!
In case you’re not aware of the phenomenon of viral videos, this is an excellent opportunity to learn more.
Often, people who create ‘video responses’ attract THOUSANDS of viewers, and Movement Media wants to see how many ‘hits’ you can get with your video by participating in this contest!
We have chosen a dance video that has already gone viral, so you can make your own version of the video, to put up “side-by-side” online with the original version. This means that you also have the chance to be viewed by hundreds or thousands of viewers…..possibly making your video as popular as the original video!!!
The winner of the contest will be announced and have his or her video screened at the “I Tube, You Tube, We all Tube for YouTube” Kinetic Cinema screening in NYC on December 9th. Following the screening, Movement Media will also post the winner’s video on our blog, Move the Frame to help give your video even more exposure to viewing audiences.
The video we have chosen for Contest participants to create a video response to is:
YouTube Viral Video: ‘Decale Gwada Blondinette (Vitesse Normale)‘
How to participate in the Contest:
- Make a 30 sec video response to this YouTube Viral Dance video.
- Upload your video response to YouTube, send the link and your contact information to: movementmedia@pentacle.org by December 8th 2009.
- Whom ever gets the most hits with their video response between Thanksgiving (November 26th) and Dec 8th wins the contest!
- The sooner you upload your video response to YouTube, the easier it will be to increase the number of viewers or ‘hits’.
The winner is welcome to attend the Kinetic Cinema screening on December 9th, to discuss the results of this ‘YouTube experiment’.
The winner will also get free admission to our next Kinetic Cinema screening, and a handy book: “YouTube: An Insider’s Guide to Climbing the Charts” by Alan Lastufka and Michael W. Dean.
When we post the winner’s video on our blog, Move the Frame, we will share what the winner did to help make his or her video go viral on YouTube.
Up Next at Kinetic Cinema:
I Tube, You Tube, We all Tube for YouTube
Curated by Jody Oberfelder
Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 7:30pm
Tickets: $10
The Tank 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenue)New York, NY 10036 212.563.6269 www.thetanknyc.org
Bring your friends and family to Kinetic Cinema! Enjoy the Contest winner’s video and learn from dance film maker, Jody Oberfelder, about how videos become extremely popular and “Go Viral” online.
Movement Media’s Fall Calendar and Programs
Movement Media is happy to announce:
- Kinetic Cinema Film Screenings each Month in 2009
- UMOVE Festival Screening & Launch Party on October 4th
- Workshops and Webinars on Filming Dance in 2009
- Kinetic Cinema Screenings and Workshops at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.
CALENDAR of Events in NYC
SEPTEMBER 9th (Wednesday) at 7:00 7:30pm – Kinetic Cinema
“Kill the Ego” curated by Lisa Niedermeyer – Tickets $10
Location: The TANK, 354 West 45th Street, NYC (btw 8th/9th Avenue)
Directions to The TANK.
© 2008-2009 Soundwalk, Rostarr & Label Dalbin - Photo by Ron Patane
Join us for the kick off of an exciting new season of Kinetic Cinema in which choreographer, performer, and videographer Lisa Niedermeyer curates an evening that explores a kinetic portrayal of New York City. Conceived originally as a sound collage by Stephan Crasneanscki and Doug Winningham of the new media firm Soundwalk, ‘Kill The Ego’ draws on a decade’s worth of New York City field recordings “voices of pimps and engineers, poets and dominatrixs, visionaries and children, hope and sorrow.”
© 2008-2009 Soundwalk, Rostarr & Label Dalbin - Photo by Atsushi Nishijima
Fueled by this sound, underground visual artist Rostarr experiments with gravity, momentum, torque and combinations of all three (break dancing on his canvases) as directors Jim Helton and Ron Patane bring to cinematic life Soundwalk’s original audio collage and Rostarr’s visual work, culminating in a uniquely kinetic representation of New York City.
© 2008-2009 Soundwalk, Rostarr & Label Dalbin - Photo by Atsushi Nishijima
View the Trailer
Soundwalk’s website
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SEPTEMBER 24th (Thursday) 1:00-2:00pm (EST) – Webinar on ‘How to Make a Great Dance Promo Video’
DanceBrazil - Promo reel by Reels4Artists
Videographer and founder of the production company Reels4Artists, Gerrit Vooren will present a live online seminar, or ‘webinar ‘ on how to produce a great promo video. Learn how to best frame and edit your work to help you acquire bookings, funding, and audience support. This one hour webinar will take place in real time, so that you have ample time to ask questions and get feedback from Gerrit.
Have a scheduling conflict? No worries, all registrants will have access to a recorded transcript of the webinar to view and listen to anytime.
Registration is limited to 50 ppl. Please contact: movementmedia@pentacle.org to register. Workshop fee $18 USD.
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OCTOBER 4th (Sunday) 7:30 & 9:30pm – The First Annual UMOVE Online Videodance Festival Screening and Launch Party.
As the First Annual UMove Videodance Festival kicks off online, join us to celebrate the launch with a live screening and party in New York City. Featuring a selection of cutting edge digital animations, 60 sec shorts, surprising combinations of dance and technology, and low budget wonders that represent the best of Youtube. Multimedia performances will entertain and inspire, and drinks and popcorn will flow!
Tickets -$40 Donation with Reserved Seating or $5 At the Door-Very Limited Seating.
To reserve a seat with a $40 donation, please go to our donate now page on our website or contact us at movementmedia@pentacle.org.
Location: The Tank, 354 West 45th Street (btw 8th/9th Avenue) . Directions to The TANK.
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OCTOBER 22nd (Thursday) 7:00pm – Kinetic Cinema
Title: “Choreographic Portraits on Film” by Victoria Marks.
Tickets- $10 (at the door)
'Outside In on Mirror'-photo by Mark Lewis
Victoria explores ‘what moves us’ versus the specific ‘moves a dancer makes’…and the way in which this concept can be captured by the camera. For Kinetic Cinema, Victoria showcases works which capture what she terms ‘Choreographic Portraiture’, and she offers 2 separate workshops in NYC and Philadelphia to teach others how to work with the camera to capture more intimate aspects of dance on film.
Location: University Settlement, 184 Eldridge Street (at the corner of Rivington). Directions to University Settlement._____________________________________________________________________________
OCTOBER 23rd (Friday) 10:00am-2:00pm - Workshop on Filming Dance.
Victoria Marks and dancers
Choreographer and award-winning dance film-maker Victoria Marks will teach a movement-based workshop on how to capture the essence of the dancer on film.
Open to dance and film professionals and students, registration is limited to 20 ppl. Please contact: movementmedia@pentacle.org to register. Workshop fee $35.00.
Location: HT Chen Dance Center, 8 East 1st Street, (btw Bowery & 2nd Avenue). Directions to HT Chen Dance Center._____________________________________________________________________________
NOVEMBER 11th (Wednesday) 7:30pm – Kinetic Cinema
Amy Greenfield -Flesh into Night
Cinedance pioneer Amy Greenfield presents poetic and alluring dance films.
Tickets – $10 (at the door)
Location: The Tank, 354 West 45th Street (btw 8th/9th Avenue) . Directions to The TANK._____________________________________________________________________________
DECEMBER 9th (Wednesday) 7:30 pm – Kinetic Cinema
Dancer-Carlton Ward, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects
Choreographer and dance-filmmaker Jody Oberfelder presents: The Phenomenon of Viral Dance Videos.
Tickets – $10 (at the door)
Location: The Tank, 354 West 45th Street (btw 8th/9th Avenue) . Directions to The TANK._____________________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR of Events in Philadelphia
OCTOBER 21st (Wednesday) 6:00pm – Kinetic Cinema at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia
'Outside In Tango'-Photo by Mark Lewis
In conjunction with the ground-breaking Dance with Camera exhibition at the ICA, Victoria Mark’s curates a Kinetic Cinema screening in Philadelphia. “Choreographic Portraits on Film”.
FREE
Location: the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Directions to the Institute of Contemporary Art.________________________________________________________________________
OCTOBER 24th (Saturday) 10:00am-5:00pm – Workshop on Filming Dance in Philadelphia.
Dance with Camera-ICA in Philadelphia
Victoria Marks is offering her workshop on filming dance a second time in Philadelphia. Open to dance and film professionals and students, registration is limited to 20 ppl.
Please visit www.icaphila.org to register. Workshop fee $25.00.
Location: The Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Directions to Institute of Contemporary Art._____________________________________________________________________________
ABOUT MOVEMENT MEDIA
For more info on Pentacle’s Movement Media project and news about our upcoming Kinetic Cinema season, please check here regularly and visit our website: http://pentacle.org/movement_media.asp
ABOUT KINETIC CINEMA
Kinetic Cinema is a co-presentation of The Tank and Pentacle’s Movement Media project. This screening series explores the intersection of dance and the moving image. For each screening Anna Brady Nuse, Pentacle’s director of Movement Media, invites a different guest artist from the fields of dance and media arts to share a selection of films and videos that have inspired them. These could be works for screen that feature dance, are kinetic-based, or have been influential on their work in some way. The guest curators come from a range of backgrounds as performers, choreographers, critics, video artists, and film-makers.
Dance Tributes Around the World for the Dance Legend, Michael Jackson
by Dawn Paap
The world is responding to dance more than ever, as individuals from across the globe share their love of dance publicly and through video arts.
We are finding more and more people documenting their celebrations of dance icons through dance and video, and their dances continue to resonate with Internet viewers looking to connect artistically, locally, and universally to create MORE dance.
This new social movement through dance is liberating and profound. World records are being broken as more and more people come together to dance for a common goal–the celebration of dance. The growing numbers speak volumes, and as we continue to learn from dance, we will continue to grow to our full potential as artists and communities. At the end of this posting you can learn how to get involved in this new social movement and dance phenomenon and help Thrill The World by dancing with the WORLD to Michael Jackson!
Dance legends have impacted me greatly, as I see them teaching us how to connect with ourselves, others, and the world. This week we pay tribute to Michael Jackson who continues to affect the world as seen through the arts. Dancers and media artists have been making documented tributes to his legacy.
Michael Jackson-the King of Pop
Michael Jackson is remembered fondly for his impact on dance. Out of the hundreds of videodances recently created to celebrate the beloved Michael Jackson, these are some of my favorites.
As a dancer, this next videodance speaks to Michael Jackson, the man who made me want to dance freestyle and hip hop every day.
Video artists have also done their part to pay tribute to Michael, as seen in this adorable video to the song ”Don’t stop til you get enough“…
Michael Jackson dance tributes continue to hit the street, as seen in this videodance tribute to Beat It done in Stockholm.
In addition to these popular songs and dance moves, there are continuous dance tributes to Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Never before has there been more ZOMBIE walks and events, as demonstrated by the zombie networking website http://www.ThrillTheWorld.com. ‘Thrill The World’ has organized 72 dance tribute events, breaking a world record last year with 4,179 dancers participating from 10 different nations. They are hoping to reach their goal of 270,00 people to dance to Thriller in 2009 and pay tribute to Jackson’s life and dance. Thrill 2009 looks to be a big year for zombies doing the crawl of the dead!
This videodance tribute from 2008 showcases the individuals who came together as dancing zombies to celebrate Michael Jackson’s influence on the world.
Anyone can learn the dance moves to Thriller, and participate in Thrill The World 2009. There are various videos available online, such as this one.
In addition to thousands of people who are learning dance moves from online video, more and more people are learning Michael Jackson’s dance moves in dance studios around the world. Leaders in the Hip Hop genre are doing their part to perform and teach Michael Jackson’s moves to current and future generations of dancers. The following videodance tribute features Hip Hop Masters Lil’ Mama, Taeko, Feng, and The Beat Freaks.
The King of Pop was one inspirational gentleman, and will be remembered on a global scale…as evidenced by the videodances shared in this posting and the hundreds available on the Internet. I look forward to continued celebrations of Michael Jackson through dance…so whenever you can, by yourself, with a partner, or with a group–get out there and dance!
Tune in next week for more posts in tribute to Pina Bausch and Merce Cunningham.
