Dance On Camera Festival 2007

MEET THE PRODUCER
Friday January 12, 6pm, Free
Frieda & Roy Furman Gallery in the Walter Reade Theatre
165 West 65th Street, Plaza Level

An opportunity to meet three producers and curators who have made an invaluable service to the dance film community: Judy Gladstone(Bravo!FACT/Canada), Portland Green (Captured/UK) and Hélène Lesterlin (EMPAC/US).

Judy Gladstone is the Executive Director of Bravo!FACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent), which provides grants for the production of Canadian short films and videos covering a wide range of arts disciplines.For more information on Bravo!FACT, please visit: www.bravofact.com. For information on Portland Green and the submissions for Captured 5, please visit www.portlandgreen.com

This event was prompted by the recent launch of the EMPAC DANCE MOVIES Commission. After a long dry spell in the US for financial support for experimental shorts, this announcement is to be celebrated. So the discussion was designed so that the audience as well as the producers can share their experiences in the challenges of producing dance for the camera.

The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center EMPACat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York launch of the EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission, a new program to support the creation of new works in the field of experimental dance for the screen. EMPAC is specifically targeting artists based in North and South America to encourage the development of the genre of dance film and video. The DANCE MOViES Commission will fund several projects per year with awards in the range of $8,000 - $50,000.

Deadline to submit artist proposals is February 1, 2007, with applications available on the EMPAC website: www.empac.rpi.edu.

The EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission will be conducted as a competitive open proposal process, where artists will be able to submit a project proposal. The initial proposals will be reviewed, and a small number of artists will be invited to submit a detailed proposal to an international panel. The panel will assess the quality and feasibility of the proposed project and will submit its recommendations to EMPAC. The commissions will be awarded by EMPAC after review. All selection decisions are final.

Upon awarding of the commission, the artist or collaborative team has one year to complete the project, at which point it will be premiered at EMPAC, and shown at dance film festivals around the world, credited as an EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION FORMS: www.empac.rpi.edu

Contact: Helene Lesterlin, Phone: 518.276.3918; Email: dancemovies@rpi.edu