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Friday, October 22, 6:30pm
New York's Showbiz Cafe
19 West 21st Street
Presented by Loikka-festivaali director Hanna Pajala-Assefa
in collaboration with Dance Films Association.


Dance on Camera
sparks
your imagination!


Hanna Pajala-Assefa, who is accepting entries until the end of October for her 2011 Festival, will present:

KOTKA (Eagle)
Eino Ruutsalo, 7', 1962
This short by the pioneer of Finnish experimental film stars Riitta Vainio with a score by Otto Donner, a central figure in Finnish popular music scene in 60's and 70's.



LIIKKEEN MIELI (Mind Embodied)
Seppo Rustanius, 7'20," 2007
Reveals the connection between modern dance in Finland and women´s gymastics.



365 DAYS
Reijo Kela, 18,'1999 (2006)
A video diary directed by Reijo Kela (b.1952), a pioneer of site-specific dance and political environmental art.

MUURAHAINEN (An Ant)
Kimmo Alakunnas, 23', 2010
"An Ant" reveals a workaholic's questionable sense of reality.

Register for Sunday, October 24thdance on camera workshop at 92nd St Y led by Alla Kovgan, Russian born filmmaker, curator, editor, and story teller who co-directed with David Hinton the award-winning film NORA.

December 19th workshop will be led by Richard Move, the multi-talented performer, choreographer, filmmaker.
Register now for these unique dance on camera workshops.

Dance on Camera Touring Events
October 23
New Jersey State Film Festival at Cape May

October 26
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

November 5-21
FEDAME in Mexico

DFA produced 44 events this year, in addition to its 38th Festival co-produced by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Movement Research, Beacon School, and Mark Morris Dancec Center with the support of the National Endowment of the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. We thank our 112 partners for their enthusiasm for this blossoming art.

For more details see Dance on Camera Festival Touring Schedule
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Deirdre Towers
DFA Festival Director
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center
and Dance Films Association, Inc.
will present the 39th internationally touring



Dance on Camera Festival
and Symposium "Dance and..."
January 28-February 1, 2011

Deadline for submissions: October 18, 2010
See entry form http://dancefilms.org/DanceOnCamerentry.php

Sponsored by DFA since 1971, co-sponsored by The Film Society of Lincoln Center since 1996, Movement Research since 2008, TenduTv since 2010, Dance On Camera Festival celebrates the immediacy, energy, and mystery of dance as combined with the intimacy of film. Susan Braun began this festival in 1971 to connect dance film producers with users and distributors, to spur dancers to collaborate with filmmakers. DFA's Festival has been a revenue source for the dance filmmakers through their touring program since 2000.

To complete your entry form, you pay $0 if you are a DFA member in good standing or $30 per title if you are not a DFA member.

Please send your entry fee and dvd (Pal or NTSC format) to:
Dance Films Association, 48 West 21st Street, #907, NY, NY 10010 USA

If you are paying by Paypal.com, please direct your fee to DFA's account:
dancefilms@msn.com. Please add a $3 service fee to your payment.

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