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DFA's 38th Dance on Camera Festival
Meet The Artists
Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery
Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center Plaza
Tuesday, February 2nd, 1pm
Meet Ana Cembrero, director of CINETICA, the director of photography and composer Jorge Piquer Rodriguez and set designer Blanca Añón to ask questions and hear about the making of this Jury favorite.
TINY DANCE FILM SERIES
Frieda & Roy Furman Gallery
Walter Reade Theatre
“The Tiny Dance Film Series,” a collaboration between choreographer Peter Kyle and sound artist James Bigbee Garver, consists of very short and very small dance films screened in 4 darkened kiosks for an audience of one. The project evolved out of guerrilla performances choreographed, rehearsed, and filmed in Lower Manhattan's public spaces.
Peter and Jimmy agreed to a set of tight restrictions governing how the films were made. The addition of a soundtrack is the only post-production allowed (all of the films are done in "one take" with no picture editing after the shoot) and no artificial light is used during the shoot. The tiny format and the disorienting venue in which the films are screened provide further possibility for both filmic and physical trickery. This strict manifesto encourages the filmmakers to concentrate on what they feel is useful in dance and on film: corporeal and mechanical magic. Contact: Peter Kyle, 347-218-1820; info@tinydancefilms.com. See Tinydancefilms.com
Shorts show
Dance New Amsterdam
Frieda & Roy Furman Gallery
Walter Reade Theatre - Free
SLIP CADENCE
The following shorts will be shown on a loop in the lobby of Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway on Chambers Street and in the Frieda & Roy Furman Gallery, Walter Reade Theatre starting January 25, 2010:
CASUAL
Aitor Echeverria, Spain, 2008, 9'
The sounds of daily life comprise the symphonic score of this rhythmic short about ordinary people and their juxtaposing relationships.DE SAN VITO
Javier Rodríguez Espinosa, Spain, 2009, 6'
Three men are struck by a strange ailment. Are they drunk or enlightened?SLIP CADENCE
Corrie Befort, USA, 2009, 9'
A close relationship shifts as Alzheimer’s Disease develops in one. The film, commissioned by the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM), was created as an exhibit for an online museum www.emergentuniverse.org.SWING FLING THING
Sandra Sawatzky, Canada, 2009, 5:30
A foursome sneak onto a golf course at night and competition turns to love.
TIC TOC CHOC, THARAUD PLAYS COUPERIN
Elise Mc Leod, France, 2007, 3'
Alexandre Tharaud plays a work by François Couperin circa 1670s with a contemporary hip hop dancer and body rhythm.
Town Hall Meeting
Frieda & Roy Furman Gallery
Walter Reade Theatre
January 31, 2010, 1:15pm.
An offering to the dance and film community to meet and discuss issues and needs. This meeting is open to everyone. Led by dancer/choreographer Zach Morris, moderator of the Dance Film Lab and Board member of DFA.
Receptions
Walter Reade Theatre
Alwin Nikolais' TENT
January 29, 5-6pm
Opening reception in the lobbyJanuary 30, 6pm -7pm
celebrating the day-long celebration of Alwin NikolaisJanuary 31, 7:30-8:30pm
Honoring the Shorts Awards Program
co-sponsored by New York Women in Film and TelevisionFebruary 2, 10:30pm
following NEW YORK DANCE:States of Performance
2010 Festival events that are passed...
Mark Morris Dance Center
3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
January 25, 7pm - Free
Exhibit of photos by Nan Melville
on display at MMDC during the
Dance on Camera Festival 2010
"Spellbinding"
Alastair Macaulay
The New York Times
NRITYAGRAM: FOR THE LOVE OF DANCE World Premiere
Nan Melville, USA, 2009, 26M
This painterly portrait of an idyllic dance village near Bangalore offers a taste of the Indian dance style, Odissi. Protima Bedi institutionalized classical Indian dance through the founding of Nrityagram; a “gurukul" where students could dance and live in close proximity with their master guru. The internationally renowned Nrityagram Dance Ensemble continues to expand on Protima’s legacy; lead dancer and choreographer, Surupa Sen and Odissi Gurukul Director, Bijayini Satpathy have expanded the language of the traditional Odissi dance through the incorporation of choreographic techniques adapted from world dance. The Ensemble continues to push the boundaries of Indian dance and to perform to worldwide acclaim. See clip
Q & A with director Nan Melville and choreographer Mark Morris, founder of the Mark Morris Dance Group, to follow screening.
Based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the Mark Morris Dance Center fulfills the
mission of the Mark Morris Dance Group to serve as a cultural resource to engage and enrich the community. At the heart of the Mark Morris Dance Center are seven column-free studios with wood-sprung floors and spacious dressing rooms with lockers and showers. Primarily used by the Company and School, the seven studios, which range in size from 430 square-feet to 3600 square-feet, are available for rent to non-profit dance companies at deeply discounted rates. The School reflects the spirit of the Mark Morris Dance Group in its celebration of dance and music and offers a diverse range of classes for all ages, striving to be a center of creative activity for children, community residents and professional dancers. For directions, please see www.mmdg.org/directions.A special thanks to New City Video and Staging, Inc for the projector and to Mark Morris Dance Center for hosting this event.
Movement Research program
Judson Memorial Church
Meeting Hall 55 Washington Square South, West 4th St., NYC
January 26, 2010, 7pm - Free
HeJin Jang
A shorts program curated by current Movement Research Artists-in-Residence Renée Archibald, HeJin Jang, Mariangela Lopez, Martín Lanz Landázuri and Jillian Peña. This collaboration with DFA, now in its second year, was initiated by Mathew Heggem.This year's curators put together an evening of videos that inspire them, and have created new works in conversation with works found in the DFA archive and elsewhere. Mariangela Lopez and Renée Archibald look to the beginnings of film to find original dance films that explore themes and techniques still of interest today. They will share 5 short excerpts as an entry point for the evening. Martín Lanz Landázuri has selected the contemporary film ANDA'S FILM, produced during I Like to Move It Move It, the project from Linz 2009. HeJin Jang directs and performs in one segment entitled: Talk and Un-talk to the film "Hard Told (2008)"- Embodying Silence through Media Mutism. Jillian Peña shows a new work entitled Merce by Merce by Paik by Pena by Pessagno.
A special thanks to Penny Ward for her projector. A reception, co-sponsored by New York/Film and Video Council, will follow the screening.
THE HAITIAN FOOTAGE: MAYA DEREN UNEDITED
Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue, NYC
January 26, 7:30pm
Presented as part of I GET LOST, a Danspace Project Platform. A little more than a decade ago, artist Ralph Lemon was inspired by DIVINE HORSEMEN, a film containing extraordinary footage of Haitian Vodoun practitioners being possessed (or ‘mounted’ – hence the film’s title) by deities (Loa) during sacred music/dance rituals. The footage was shot by filmmaker Maya Deren, one of the most influential independent filmmakers to emerge during the 1940s and 50s. It was only after Deren’s untimely death that her husband, Teiji Ito, edited the film by inaccurately joining certain music to dances/rituals. The authenticity of the film for Deren experts, Vodoun practitioners, and anthropologists has long been questioned. For Lemon, a major artistic research project ensued. In conjunction with Lemon’s platform, entitled I GET LOST, at Danspace Project , a 33-minute video excerpt from Deren’s unedited footage will be presented. This will be followed by a discussion with Lemon and other speakers to-be-announced.
In light of the current emergency in Haiti, all proceeds from this show will be donated to the American Red Cross's HAITI RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND.
Screening of ONE STEP AT A TIME
Beacon School
227 W 61st Street, NYC
January 28, 2pm - Free
ONE STEP AT A TIME
Beacon School, a NYC public school with a stellar film and dance department, a stellar documentary created by a High School film team based in Oklahoma, preceded by
WHERE THE DANCE IS
Marta Renzi, USA, 2009, 16'
In May of 2009, choreographer Doug Elkins worked with 8 students from Beacon High School in New York City. This documentary follows the process of their rehearsals, as the kids gain confidence, build a community - and are entertained by the humor and hyperactive wit of their teacher.
ONE STEP AT A TIME
Clifton Raphael, USA, 2008, 60'
The Jenks High School Film and TV Department created with the support of Jenks Public Schools a documentary portrait of their regional ballet company, Tulsa Ballet. By following a season of Tulsa Ballet, "One Step at a Time" explores the process of artistic creation--through personal profiles of and interviews with dancers and choreographers.