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DanceDigital has one commission of £2500 available!! deadline soon!

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on February 23, 2012 at 4:11pm

DanceDigital invites proposals for a Commission for our BIG Street Dance event – bringing dance to the streets of Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedford.  DanceDigital is keen to work with artists to develop a project that links up our communities through digital communications in a series of linked participatory performances. 

 DanceDigital has one commission of £2500 available.

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SUBMISSION FORM FOR DANCEDIGITAL COMMISSION

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SPONSORS NEEDED FOR DANCE PERFORMANCE & FILM PRESENTATIONS

Posted by Mina Rios on August 29, 2009 at 8:00pm
In an effort to promote public interest in dance performance in the city of San Diego, Mina Communications will be producing an ongoing series of dance films with live dance pre-shows. To make these events possible, financial support from sponsors is necessary. Anyone who is interested in helping to generate sponsors will receive a commission for their efforts.Sponsors who support this campaign will receive ample media exposure through PR and the Advocacy Advertising campaign that will be produced to promote the events and professional dance performance in San Diego. To learn more visit: http://www.minacommunications.com/id18.htm
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EMPAC announces winners of 2009 DANCE MOViES COMMISSION!

Posted by Hélène Lesterlin on August 3, 2009 at 6:49pm
Hello all dance-tech colleagues!I am pleased to share with you the news on the most recent recipients of EMPAC's commissioning program for dance on screen works.This is the third group of works in our DANCE MOViES Commission - the first four works are currently touring, the next four works will premier in November 2009, and now these new FIVE works are slated for premiers in the fall of 2010!Congratulations to the artists!Best,Helene--Hélène Lesterlin (Curator, Dance, EMPAC)inquiries: 518.276.3918 / lesteh@rpi.edu (do not publish)THE EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE DANCE MOViES COMMISSIONS 2009-2010Troy, NY—In one work, three street kids in the streets of Rio seem to juggle air; in another, a dancer and an incandescent hoop rotate in a black void; and in another, multiple video screens installed side by side layer film samples and a dancer’s gestures to create counterpoints of movement and image.EMPAC – the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - announces the 5 recipients of the EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010. Chosen out of 69 project proposals by an international panel of dance-film practitioners, curators and producers, the projects range in format, style and emotional tone: from three-channel video installation to studio-based video shoots to urban interventions.The projects will receive awards ranging from $10,000 to $23,000 and will premiere in the fall of 2010 at EMPAC.The DANCE MOViES Commission is a program launched by EMPAC to support the creation of new works in which dance meets the technologies of the moving image. As the first major commissioning program for dance film established in the US in 2007, it is having a significant national and international impact, making the creation of new works possible. The first four DANCE MOViES Commissions were premiered at EMPAC’s opening celebration in October 2008 and are currently touring to international festivals. The next four projects are in production and will premiere this coming November.EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Recipients(in alphabetical order of titles, with a brief description of the projects and panelists’ comments)Anatomy of Melancholy, Mexico, 10 minutesDirector: Nuria FragosoTwo contrasting spaces – one light and open, the other constrained and dark – form the built environment for dancers moving against expectation. Visual metaphors about spaces and intentions.“A collaborative group of young Mexican artists presents a very clear and concrete proposal, with an extremely strong aesthetic sense centered upon the body in space.”HOOP, Canada, 4 minutesDirector: Marites Carino, Choreographer/Performer: Rebecca Halls, Composer: Anthony Tan, D.O.P.: Donald RobitailleA woman floats in a black void, swinging through shafts of light, keeping in perpetual motion an incandescent and familiar circular childhood toy.“A compact, visually dynamic, playful, movement portrait, chosen for the clarity of its intent and the crispness of its imagery.”(This project was also awarded the BravoFACT! commission in Canada)MO-SO, USA, 12 minutes - looping video installationDirector: Kasumi, Composer: Fang Man, Dancer: Chan U HongA three-channel video installation for film samples and dancer. Fragmentary and symbolically charged images serve as a basis for improvisation by the dancer. The footage of the dancer is then fed back into the polyphonic narrative, musical and choreographic structure.“This three-channel video expands the definition of a dance screen project. The panel appreciated the way it captures a sense of the movement chaos that surrounds us in contemporary culture.”Q, USA, 12 minutesDirector/Choreographer: Rajendra SerberIn this exploration of urban isolation, three men trace their solitary paths through empty streets at night. When the strangers try to pass each other by, they become locked in anonymous antagonism.“A movement-based study, Q grows from improvisation and choreography in real time, drawing on the choreography of editing.”The closer one gets, the less one sees, Brazil, 12 minutesVideomaker: Valeria Valenzuela, Choreographer: Lilyen Vass, Production: Aura FilmsIntervention in the everyday lives of three jugglers/beggars, who get together at the traffic lights on a street crossing in the city of Rio de Janeiro, transforms the objective action of their juggling into the abstract vocabulary of contemporary dance.“Working with young street jugglers in Rio and transforming their utilitarian movement into contemporary dance, this team provides a transparent proposal, a track record with documentary style filmmaking, and an intriguing concept.”The selection panel comprised Magne Antonsen (Norway), Kelly Hargraves (USA), Nayse Lopez (Brazil), Elizabeth Zimmer (USA), and Hélène Lesterlin, Curator for Dance at EMPAC. Bios of the panelist available at http://www.empac.rpi.edu/commissions/DMC/2009/index.htmlThe Commission is supported by EMPAC’s Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and the Performing Arts. It is open to artists based in North and South America who are making video, film and installation work.Statistics for DMC 2009-2010Selected from 69 applications, of which 28 were short-listed, the 5 funded projects represent the third round of awards given out through the EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission. In this year’s pool, 51 of initial proposals came from the US, 7 from Canada, 4 from Argentina, 3 from Brazil, and 2 from Mexico.For more information on DANCE MOViES Commission, as well as the list of shortlisted projects visit: http://empac.rpi.edu/commissions/DMC/
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EMPAC announces winners of 2008 DANCE MOViES COMMISSION!

Posted by Hélène Lesterlin on June 20, 2008 at 8:58pm
Dear friends and colleagues,Our second round of DANCE MOViES Commissions are underway!Below is our official announcement email, if you'd like to post the info anywhere or forward it to people...The full press release, which includes the short list, is attached as well. Our website is going to be updated in the next week so don't visit it for more info yet!Best wishes,Hélène LesterlinCurator, EMPAC----THE EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2008 DANCE MOViES COMMISSIONS!EMPAC – the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - announces the four recipients of the 2008 EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission. Chosen from a short list of 28 projects by an international panel of dance-film practitioners, curators and producers, the projects range in format, style and emotional tone: from single-channel video installation to 16mm film, from the spectacular to the surreal.The projects will receive awards ranging from $7,000 to $40,000 and will be premiered in the fall of 2009 at EMPAC.EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission 2008 Recipients(in alphabetical order of titles)"Body/traces" by digital media artist Sophie Kahn and choreographer Lisa Parra (US)A single-channel video installation reanimating 3D laser scans of the body in motion, resulting in a ghostly imperfect trace of the dancer's movement at human-scale."Eyes Nose Mouth" choreographed and conceived by Noémie Lafrance, directed by Patrick Daughters (USA)A dance film in which one take follows a single figure, streaming through fast-changing and surreal environments, ceaselessly swept forward in the flux of urban time."Looking Forward - Man and Woman" directed by Roberta Marques, choreographed and performed by Michael Schumacher and Liat Waysbort (Brazil/Holland)The third film in a trilogy experimenting with the reversing of movement and time in video and dance, creating mind-binding illusions in partnering while on a Sunday walk on the beach."Sunscreen Serenade" directed and choreographed by Kriota Willberg, sound by Carmen Borgia, illustration/animation by R. Sikoryak (US)A global warming-themed Depression-era musical spectacle populated by scantily costumed hand puppets.The selection panel comprised Leonel Brum (Brazil), Lynette Kessler(USA), Christina Molander (Sweden), Laura Taler (Canada), Hélène Lesterlin, dance curator at EMPAC, and Johannes Goebel, the director of EMPAC.The DANCE MOViES Commission is a program launched by EMPAC to support the creation of new works in which dance meets the technologies of the moving image. As the first major commissioning program for dance film established in the US in 2007, it is already having a significant national and international impact. The four film projects commissioned in last year’s round will premier at EMPAC’s upcoming opening celebration in October 2008.The Commission is supported by EMPAC’s Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and the Performing Arts. It is open to artists based in North and South America who are making video, film and installation work.For more information, including the work selected for the short list , please visit www.empac.rpi.edu.
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