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openEPAF - call for emerging performance artists

Posted by karla kracht on July 31, 2009 at 1:07am

The Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski CastleEuropean Performance Art Festival openEPAF 2009We invite emerging performance artists to submit performance art proposals.epaf-festival.blogspot.com/2009Artists who are qualified to participate in the festival will receive:materials, equipment and CCA space required for performance;board and lodging during the festival;photographic and video documentation of the performance presented during the festival;a fee of 1000 PLN and as far as possible travel costs.Performances presented at openEPAF will be selected by a jury consisting of artists and art critics.In order to participate in openEPAF, you have to submit an application containing the following:1. first name and surname, biographical note, artistic CV, address.2. short description (not longer than 120 words) of the proposed performance, including information about a duration of the performance, materials, equipment and space required.3. video material with the documentation of previous performances on DVD video, miniDV or VHS (with a description containing the title, date and place of the performance)Language of the application: English, PolishNotice: this call for proposals is addressed only to artists from performance art area.We will not accept theatrical performances.Proposals should be submitted personally or by mail to the address below;And by email (only the information specified in 1 and 2 above).EPAF 2009Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castleul. Jazdow 200-467 WarszawaPolandopenepaf [at] csw [dot] art [dot] plepaf-festival.blogspot.com

WSP Film Festival call for entries

Posted by Wayne Sables Project on April 22, 2009 at 10:30am

WSP Film Festival submission deadline extended until May 1st 2009 (postmarked).Do you have a short film? then we want to hear from you!What we need!Your film on either DVD/Mini DVA short synopsisAll credits$10 submission feeEach entrant will get a free ticket to the festivalsend to WSP Film Festival,Orchard House, Askern RdCarcroft DoncasterSouth YorkshireDN6 8DFUK.The festival will screen on May 8th at the Dearne Playhouse, Barnsley. We have 10 places available for submissions.You will receive a confirmation email once you film has been submitted and a further email detailing whether it has been selected.Festivals are a great place to get your work seen by funders, Arts organizations and other artists so don't get left behind during this difficult time.For enquiries email: admin@waynesablesproject.co.ukBest wishes and we look forward to watching your film.WSP .

Dance Festival in Edinburgh

Posted by CreationEditor on August 19, 2009 at 8:30pm

As you might know is currently the Edinburgh Festival on and so Dancebase put together an eclectic and exciting selection of performing artists and companies.More info of the upcoming shows can be found onhttp://www.dancebase.co.uk/and-then-some/View-all-products.htmlThe first show I went to see was Appel by Decalage. The performers Mickael Marso Riviere and Navala Chaudhari showed a sensual and exotic mix of bboying and capoeira accompanied by live music by Jason Kalidas using Bansuri and Tabla. As a viewer you feel like you are in a dessert with the sun rising revealing Chaudhari in an elegant contortionist position before she starts gently moving like a snake across the sand. Then Riviere comes in with a powerful solo of break dancing moves before both performers break into a well-tuned duet.More about Decalage can be found onhttp://www.companydecalage.co.uk/and excerpt of the piece:http://www.dance-tech.net/video/company-decalage-appel-atMore than a year ago I produced the 3 minutes video TRENCH with Company Chameleon while they were still in development of their final piece Rites. Thus, it was very exciting to see the full 42 minutes performance of the complete piece Rites of which Trench is a section. Rites is a breath taking dance work that demands everything from its performers Anthony Missen and Kevin Turner. Drawn from personal experiences of what it means to be a man through showing the different stages that shape us: family, friends, happy moments and extreme situations. Company Chameleon really gives the audience something they can relate to and to take away with them.More about Company Chameleon onhttp://www.companychameleon.com/and excerpt of the piecehttp://www.dance-tech.net/video/rites-introduction-by-companyThe third piece I would like to mention is The Simplicity of Grasping Air by Lindsay John. A large floor and back wall projection of slowed down water footage by Jane McInally reminds of a moving Van Gogh's painting and works well with John's Butoh movements. The notes I took along the piece say that it is too slow for my awareness which I mean in a positive way because I feel I am there in every single bit of the moment. My mind is not rushing anywhere...it is just here. I have to really look how things evolve...Another article about Lindsay John's The Simplicity of Grasping Air can be found onhttp://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/46527-the-simplicity-of-grasping-air

Reasons for programme Dance and Theatre in times of crisis

Posted by Mariana Soares - A Portada (BCN) on August 11, 2009 at 3:59pm

Reasons for programme Dance and Theatre in times of crisis is the subject of International Dance and Theatre Fair of Huesca organised from 28th September to 2nd October in Aragón (Spain). This is the main topic that will be discussed in international conferences and workshops.The discussions will have the participation of important professionals of performing and movement arts, such as Sigrid Gareis (Tanzquarter Wien – Vienna), Jonathan Halloway (Norfolk and Norwich Festival - England), Ken Bartlett (Foundation for Community Dance – UK).The Fair of Huesca is one of the most important in Spain and in 2009 has a special focus in the international field, offering for participants 30 international contemporary dance and theatre performances, conferences, workshops about co-productions, international theatre and dance networks and about Latin American tours.More information about the programme:http://www.feriadeteatroydanza.com/en/jornadas/Programmer’s registration in*:http://www.feriadeteatroydanza.com/en/programadores/inscripcion.asp*The organisation is able to offer accommodation and meals for international programmersContact for international programmers: feria.huesca@aportada.com

transmediale Award 2010 & Vilém Flusser Theory Award 2010 - Call for Entries

Posted by body pixel on June 16, 2009 at 9:30am

transmediale Award 2010 & Vilém Flusser Theory Award 2010Call for Entrieshttp://www.transmediale.de/en/call2010-mainConditions of EntryProcedurePlease use the online application for all entries. In order to do so the applicant must first register as a site user. More than one work may submitted by the same artist, using a separate application for each work. Fields marked * are required.The evaluation by the jury requires good documentation of submitted works. Where appropriate, an explanation should be given as to which aspects of the works the jury should consider in particular. Preview video and audio material should be made available online, either within the artist's own site or embedded within a community channel. Supporting images and documents (PDF only) may be uploaded, to a maximum of 5 MB per submission.Additional supporting material may be sent by post if essential for preview purposes (i.e. DVD, CD, mini-DV tape or publications). If so, please include a print-out of your online application confirmation. Mailing costs will be borne by the entrant. Supporting material will be returned on request only and are subject to the following conditions:- submissions from Germany must have a stamped and self-addressed envelope enclosed.- submissions from abroad must have a EUR 10 bill (cash only) enclosed.Festival ParticipationThe conditions of entry are valid for both transmediale and club transmediale and entries for both festivals participate in the transmediale Award Competition at the same time. Nominated entrants will be invited to participate in the festival. It is the intention of transmediale and club transmediale to show all nominated art works - in accord with the possibilities and limitations of the respective festivals to do so.LanguageWorks submitted must be in German or English or have subtitles in either of these languages. Works in other languages must be accompanied by a text list in German or English.Once logged in you can proceed to the APPLICATION FORM.To apply with your art work or project using the online application form, you will need the following:Personal Information incl.:- Applicant Name(s)- Contact information- Birth Date, Citizenship (for potential funding)- BiographyProject Information incl.:- System Requirements- Synopsis (max. 1500 characters, incl. spaces)- Images (as jpg, tif, gif, png or bmp - max 500 kb each)- Support Documents (as pdf)Deadline: 31/07/09Contact:transmediale.10festival for art and digital cultureKlosterstrasse 6810179 BerlinGermanyPhone: +49 (0) 30 / 24 749 761Fax: +49 (0) 30 / 24 749 763info@transmediale.dewww.transmediale.de

SARMA + Workspace Brussels= Working Title Festival #2

Posted by helena febres fraylich on April 15, 2009 at 3:48pm

for those one that does not know yetSARMA (based in Belgium)Sarma is an artistic and discursive VERY INTERESTING laboratory for criticism, dramaturgy and research in the field of dance and beyond. Sarma collects and organizes discursive practices. By compiling author based or thematically related text anthologies, published online on our website. But also by curating festivals, by providing dramaturgical assistance to performers, by organizing workshops, discussions, lectures, installations and research projects. Sarma is a breeding ground for artists and theoreticians to collaborate on shared problems and premises. Sarma aims for artistic work- and presentation formats that are inspiring to all.but Sarma is more than that: www.sarma.beand they are at the present moment collaborating with Workspace Brussels: a Brussels based organisation that aims at supporting young artists in research, creation, production and presentation of their projects. They do so by providing these artists with a working space, basic equipment, advice, and a platform for communication and presentation. WSB on it's turn is supported by Kaaitheater Brussels theater and Rosas-Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker dance company , and is embedded in a wide international network of affiliated organisations.so SARMA+ Workspace Brussels= Working Title Festival #2 ( finishing 18th April)http://workspacebrussels.net

amberConference - Call for papers

Posted by body pixel on June 9, 2009 at 11:00am

The first international conference of amberConference will be held in conjunction with the amber’09 Art and Technology Festival, on 7,8 November 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The aims and scope of this conference are to create a platform of discussion and dissemination for the various themes and topics in which Social Science, Art and Technology converge.The theme for this year's event is the Cyborg, a phenomenon that has captured the attention and imagination of artistic, academic as well as scientific communities in terms of creative, theoretical, and technological output. The conference seeks previously unpublished papers of a maximum of 4500 words within the fields of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Computer Sciences and Art Papers discussing original artwork.Topics can cover (but are not limited to)Machinic/Cyborg ArtRobotics and robotic artCyborg and Performing artsAvatars (virtual worlds and virtualenvironments)Computer GamesWearable and Tactile TechnologiesArtificial intelligencePost humanismNew modes of embodimentAgencyMedicineGenetic engineering, biology, clones and hybridsReligion, tradition and eternal lifeMilitarismGenderDeadline: 1st of August 2009Click here for more details: www.amberconference.org

festival LP'09 dansa...o no. Barcelona 6th to 21rst March. Org. La Porta

Posted by helena febres fraylich on February 28, 2009 at 11:40pm

http://www.laportabcn.com/laportabcn/FestivalLP09.do?idio=en17 continuous days of programming with over 50 live arts projects that revolve around the body: performances, actions, installations, screenings, meetings and other frontier experiences that explore the notion of play, movement and theatricality.they will be there...Mauricio González, Vera Mantero, Angélica Liddell, Félix Fernández, Juan Navarro / Javier Corcobado, Alejandra Pombo, Teo Baró, Roger Bernat, Ariadna Estalella, Bea Fernández, Aimar Pérez Galí / Ricardo Santana / Guillem Mont de Palol, Cecilia Vallejos, Norberto Llopis, Silvia Sant Funk, João Costa Lima / Cecilia Colacrai, Maria Montseny / Anna Rubirola, Carla Fernández / Olatz de Andrés, Masu Fajardo, deepblue, Paula Caspão / Valentina Desideri, Vincent Dunoyer, Patricia Portela, Olga Mesa, Ivana Müller, Cuqui Jerez ,María Jerez, Juan Domínguez, Montse Penela, Aggtelek, Annika Larsson, Rubén Santiago, Alejandro Vidal, Nicola Unger, Elena Albert, Carmelo Salazar

videodance festival milan italy (solo)

Posted by Gilles Jobin on October 31, 2008 at 5:25pm

SOLO IN ACTION WINTERThe Solo dance in the video formatCALL FOR PROPOSALSSOLO IN ACTION is a committed approach to dancing that allows dancers to stretch their imagination by pushing movement and dance beyond all limits and expectations. The movement itself is what characterizes the dancer involved in his/her research, expanding the idea of a performance that is not necessarily fenced in by a fixed choreography or by a closed or blocked choreographed project, but which incorporates improvisation as an option.Unlike its summer edition, based on live performances, the winter festival focusses on Solo dance through video language, inolving both performer and video maker. The videos will be included in a collective exhibition which will run for two weeks in February 2009 at Studio28 in Milan.Requirements:• estimated video lenght: maximum fifteen minutes.• Format: DVD or MiniDV• There are not restrictions on :• themes• shooting tecniques• number of people involved in the project provided that the performer solo nature is clearly defined and remarked in the video.• The call is also open to already made videos with no time restrictions.Video material must be sent NLT by December 5th, 2008, to: Perypezye Urbane, via Moretto da Brescia 27, 20133 Milan (Italy):1. Video (DVD or Minidv)2. short written description of the project3. short written presentation of the author*Sale of the selected videos, either the entire performance or a single frame, will be considered as an option.

In Dresden for the Post Me New ID: @ Hellerau

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on October 31, 2008 at 1:00pm

I am in Dresden for the Post Me New ID Forum, an event framed within the CY NET art_08. Last night was the opening and awarding to artists with a mild protocol with the presence of the minister of culture, many other officials and of course many artists... I was impressed by the beautiful and historically meaningful building where the festival is taking place: HELLERAU

See more information in The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze, by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

Netmage 09 international live-media festival - 9th edition 22>24 January 2009 Bologna - Italy

Posted by Gilles Jobin on January 9, 2009 at 9:30am

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||XingpresentsNetmage 09international live-media festival - 9th edition22>24 January 2009Bologna - Italy|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||The ninth edition of the Netmage festival (Bologna, 22-24 January 2009) will present, in the historical castle of Palazzo Re Enzo, an unpredictable scenario of contemporary audiovisual research featuring live media, live cinema, concerts, performances, sound and visual installations.Netmage festival, focusing on multi-media design, electronic arts and cutting-edge style, works as a meeting point for video-makers, multi-media and visual artists, musicians and performers from Europe, South and North America and Asia. In its ongoing investigation, Netmage presents some of the latest trends in live media. Together with research on essential aspects of perception and the intersection of visual and acoustic phenomena, the festival introduces a very wide range of approaches.Featuring: Pete Swanson/John Wiese/Liz Harris (USA), Pierre Bastien (F), ATAK NIGHT: Keiichiro Shibuya (JP), Evala (JP), Growing (USA), Keiji Haino (JP), Invernomuto (I), Sunburned Hand of the Man (USA), Emeralds (USA), Németh/Lotte Schreiber (A), Andrea Dojmi/Flushing Device (I), Mudboy (USA), Black Dice (USA), The Skaters/Roland Lethem (USA/B), Pascal Battus/Kamel Maad (F), Mattin/" " [sic] Goldie (Basque Country/UK), Thomas Ankersmit/Valerio Tricoli (NL/I), Virgilio Villoresi/Dominique Vaccaro/Angstarbeiter (I), Camilla Candida Donzella (I), Bock & Vincenzi (UK).Introducing Netmage 09: "A bizarre ballad. At times ethereal, dispersive and alarmed, at others self-assured and ready to slow down only in front of the rustling of the unexpected, marching toward the invisible village where the imagination is spiced and smoked. Always think of Netmage as a liquid exhibition. In a delicate equilibrium between post-cinematographic horizons and science-fiction worlds, obsessive explorations of the rhythms of the urban landscape, mesmerism and re-enactments of myths of European avantgarde cinematography, unpredictable contours are drawn by a sonic cloud of weird-impro-psycho-noise. A cloud where artistic imagination and changing vaporous visuals are reflected: collagist and regressive, heraldic and quaint, vernacular and hybrid, or in the end cybernetic e concretist. Netmage 09 triggers artistic collaborations and possible collapses of style of contiguous worlds between the north American, Japanese, European and in particular Italian scenes, as well as a general pushing of limits. This edition also testifies to another mutation in progress: a return to the physicality of gesture and figure moved by real 'operators': human or automatic performers, with visual power and rituals that explore the relationship between the language of movement and the enigma of the image. Lower medieval imageries and crime scenes -extravagant yet crucial- through which it is unavoidable to testify to the renunciation of every central vision."Netmage festival was conceived and created by Xing, a cultural network operating in Italy and abroad, with the purpose of planning, supporting and promoting products and events characterized by an interdisciplinary approach toward the issues of contemporary culture.Artistic direction: Daniele Gasparinetti, Andrea Lissoni. Performing Arts: Silvia Fanti. International Live-Media Floor: Lino Greco, Riccardo Benassi.Netmage 09 is supported by: Regione Emilia-Romagna, POGAS Politiche Giovanili e Attività Sportive, Comune di Bologna, British Council London, Ambasciata del Regno dei Paesi Bassi Roma. In collaboration with: Transmediale Club Berlino, No Fun festival New York. In occasion of: ArteFiera. Media partners: Mousse, Edizioni Zero, Blow Up, Mouvement, Alias, Il Manifesto, Città del Capo-Radio Metropolitana, Mel Bookstore.Netmage 09venue: Palazzo Re Enzo - Piazza Nettuno Bologna - Italyheadquarters: Xing - Via Ca' Selvatica 4/d Bologna - Italyinfo: tel ++39.051.331099 info@xing.it info@netmage.itpress: pressoff@xing.itwww.netmage.it www.xing.it|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||PROGRAMThursday 22 JanMesmerizing Show (Performing Arts)8 pmBock & Vincenzi (UK) The Infinite Pleasures of the Great UnknownMegascope9 pm + 11 pmVirgilio Villoresi/Dominique Vaccaro/Angstarbeiter (I) EclissiMangrovia10.30 pmCamilla Candida Donzella (I)Pete Swanson/John Wiese/Liz Harris (USA)Emeralds (USA)Keiji Haino (JP)Friday 23 JanMesmerizing Show (Performing Arts)8 pmBock & Vincenzi (UK) The Infinite Pleasures of the Great UnknownMegascope9 pm + 11 pmVirgilio Villoresi/Dominique Vaccaro/Angstarbeiter (I) EclissiLive Media Floor10.30 pmPierre Bastien (F) Kinetic SyncopatorsThe Skaters (USA) play Le Vampire de la Cinémathèque by Roland Lethem (B)Growing (USA)ATAK NIGHT: Keiichiro Shibuya (JP), Evala (JP)Mangrovia12 pmVillage ObliviaInvernomuto (I) with Sunburned Hand of the Man (USA)Saturday 24 JanMesmerizing Show (Performing Arts)9 pmBock & Vincenzi (UK) The Infinite Pleasures of the Great UnknownMegascope9 pm + 11 pmVirgilio Villoresi/Dominique Vaccaro/Angstarbeiter (I) EclissiLive Media Floor10 pmNémeth (A) plays I.E., Domino by Lotte Schreiber (A)Andrea Dojmi/Flushing Device (I) The Distance to the SunMudboy (USA)Black Dice (USA)Mangrovia12 pmCamilla Candida Donzella (I)Pascal Battus/Kamel Maad (F) EyearMattin/" " [sic] Goldie (Basque Country/UK) Deflag Haemorrhage/Haien KontraThomas Ankersmit/Valerio Tricoli (NL/I)AAVV jam session (Mangrovia/Live Media Floor all guests plug-in)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

(barcelona-Spain) festival of dance and the moving image

Posted by helena febres fraylich on January 9, 2009 at 12:53am

the second IDN festival arrives in Barcelona showing creations from the crossroads of different genres in dance, audiovisuals and performing and visuals artsread more at www.nu2s.org/homeeng.htm

Call: BALKAN DANCE PLATFORM

Posted by karla kracht on February 7, 2009 at 10:12pm

5th BALKAN DANCE PLATFORM October 1–3, 2009 / Novi Sad, SerbiaPer.Art in collaboration with the Serbian National Theatre - New Dance Forum, TkH – Centre for theory and practice of performing arts and Station – Service for contemporary dance and the regional partners of the Platform is pleased to announce the 5 edition of the Balkan Dance Platform 2009 (BDP 2009) - the only biennial event in the Balkans presenting the current tendencies in contemporary dance and choreography in the region. Per.Art will stage BDP 2009 from October 1-3, 2009 in Novi Sad, Serbia at the venues of Serbian National Theatre. BDP 2009 follows on the success of the previous events in Athens/Greece 2007, Skopje/Macedonia 2005, Bucharest/Romania 2003 and Sofia/Bulgaria in 2001.The main festival programme me of BDP 2009 will present a selection of the best dance productions in the Balkans made in the period from April 13, 2007 until the March 20, 2009. The 5th BDP will be an opportunity for choreographers and dancers from Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Albania and Montenegro to present thier work to a great number of international visitors (directors, producers, curators).The aims of BDP are:- Development of contemporary dance in the Balkans through presentation and promotion of the choreographers and dancers, groups, organizations, and institutions dealing with contemporary dance in the Region;- Stimulation of collaboration and initiation of new productions, collaborative projects, and regional networks.Members of the jury are:Ana Vujanovic – editor of TkH journal for performing arts theory and lecturer at University of Arts in Belgrade (Serbia);Andreea Capitanescu – artistic director of ArtLink (Romania);Christina Polychroniadou – director of Full House Promotion (Greece);Iskra Sukarova – artistic director contemporary dance of Lokomotiva Centre for New initiatives in Arts and Culture (Macedonia);Natasa Zavolovsek – director of Exodos (Slovenia);Tzvetelina Iossifova – director of The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate (Bulgaria).Deadline for application is March 20, 2009!(Please note: it is possible to apply with “work-in-progress”, but if selected for BDP 2009, the work is expected to be finished until May 31, 2009)Please, visit our website for ONLINE APPLICATION!Beside the main festival programme there will also be the Video Showroom Programme (video presentation of contemporary dance scene of each country in the Balkans). The video materials will include footage of the existing dance performances produced in the Balkan countries in the period from March 1, 2006 until March 20, 2009.The aim of the Video Showroom is to:- Create video archive of contemporary dance productions in the Balkans (mobile exhibition and online presentation);- Enable continuous promotion and information about contemporary dance tendencies in the Balkans;- Increase mutual acquaintance of the dance scenes in the BalkansDeadline for applications is March 20th, 2009!Please, visit our website for more info about application procedure for Video Showroom!We are looking forward to welcome you and present your work in Novi Sad during the 5th Balkan Dance Platform !More information:Regional partners of BDP are: ArtLink (Bucharest, Romania), Exodos zavod (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Full House Promotion (Athens, Greece), Lokomotiva - Centre for New Art and Culture Initiatives (Skopje, Macedonia), Per.Art (Novi Sad, Serbia) and The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate (Sofia, Bulgaria).Application procedure – the main festival programme me of BDP ‘091. Filled-out online application form2. Video of the dance performance in its full length (DVD format) sent by post to following address:UG Per.ArtP.Fah br.1521102 Novi SadSerbia3. Receipt of your application form will be confirmed after you submit your application onlinе4. Receipt of your video material (DVD) will be acknowledged by email5. Video materials (DVD's) will not be sent back to applicants6. Do not send video material by email!SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION FORM ONLINE!Deadline: March 20, 2009Contact: officebdp09@gmail.comEligible for the Balkan Dance Platform are:- Works of authors who are based and work in the region of the Balkans;- Works produced in the period from April 13, 2007 until March 20, 2009;- Dance performances but also other forms of dance projects (actions, installations, lecture performnaces, etc.) which are performed at non-theatrical venues (galleries, outdoor, lobbies …);- Works with simple technical requirements, accomplished within three hours of technical set-up;- It is possible to apply with “work-in-progress”, but if selected for BDP 2009, the work is expected to be finished until May 31, 2009 and a DVD of the finished work is to be sent.Authors belonging to the same group/ organization/ institution, may apply for the festival. Authors whose works were presented in the previous BDP editions may apply. One author may apply with several performances but only one can be selected for the main festival programme of BDP 2009Selection procedure:- Applicants will be informed about the final selection decision on March 31 , 2009;- The works for the festival are chosen by the jury which consisting of the experts in the field of contemporary dance who are proposed by regional partner organizations;- The jury will not give individual explanation to those whose work is not selected for the main festival programme of BDP 2009;- The organizers will cover shared accommodation, per diems, a small fee and will provide the venue for the performances with technical support and promotion for companies selected for the main festival programme of BDP 2009;The artists/companies or regional partnership organizations will be in charge AND/OR will assist artists/companies in covering travel expenses, medical insurance and visa costsApplication procedure – Video Showroom ProgrammeEligible to apply:- Video documentation of dance projects produced in the period from March 1, 2006 until March 20, 2009 by the authors living and working in the Balkans!(please note - it is different than the period for the main festival programme of BDP 2009!)Authors should send by post their video materials (DVD format! Full length! No trailers!), info about the dance project (concept and credits) and contacts to:UG Per.ArtP.Fah br.1521102 Novi SadSerbiaDeadline: March 20, 2009!!Contact: video.showroombdp09@gmail.comMore info about Video Showroom Programme:Please note!- Please don't send video materials by email !- There is no limit to the number of authors that will be presented in the Video Showroom!- There is no limit to the number of submitted dance projects by the author!- Video Showroom will present video documentation of dance projects not video dance art!- There is no selection process!

Call For Entries Athens Video Art Festival

Posted by Gilles Jobin on February 2, 2009 at 6:25pm

Call For EntriesIt's time for the artists of digital culture to become involved again and participate to Athens Video Art Festival, the innovative artistic affair that has been endorsed enthusiastically by artists and public.Athens Video Art Festival is the largest international festival of digital arts and new media in Greece, having gained the support of more than 3 300 artists worldwide till present. It represents video art in Greece officially and at the same time supports works from the full spectrum of digital creativity. During its course, it has gained the wide support of artists, media and public.Athens Video Art Festival celebrates the completion of five successful years and aims higher than ever. Building on its four previous impressive materializations, it is preparing its most ambitious edition yet, which will take place at "Technopolis", of the City Of Athens.To this grand celebration of digital culture, you are invited to participate, in the following categories: video art, animation, digital image, web art and installation art.The call for entries is open to foreign and Greek artists alike.Postmark deadline: 15st February 2009.Entry forms and extensive information can be found at the official website of Athens Video Art Festivalhttp://www.athensvideoartfestival.gr/eng/default.aspYou can contact Athens Video Art Festival at info@athensvideoartfestival.gr.Athens Video Art Festival is organized by the urban non profitable company Multitrab Productions.

agite y sirva calls for entries - México

Posted by Agite y Sirva Festival on December 10, 2008 at 9:38pm

Starting in PerformaticaApril 13th-24th, 2009agite y sirva calls for entries of videodance/dance for the camera/screendance pieces for its first edition in Mexico.Deadline: January 31st, 2009.We share the idea that videodance is born out of the exploration of movement on screen. We invite choreographies created for the camera, remakes for film/video of previous choreographies or performances, and animations based on movement composition.We invite short, mid and full length videodance pies produced since 2005. There isno limit to the number of pieces entered per organization or individual.For complete info please visit www.agiteysirva.com

berlin tanz im august

Posted by karla kracht on August 23, 2008 at 4:00am

Acabamos de volver de Berlin, donde hemos visto un monton de cosas bien impresionantes. El estupendo festival de danza Tanz im August no nos dejaba mucho tiempo para respirar actuaciones fuera de este mundillo..... menos mal!primero nuestros amigos de membros, que imponaban el publico de sophiensaele, (una sala muy guapa) con su danza politica y sus movimientos tan precisos.

Luego, "accumulated layout" Hiroaki Umeda nos dejaba flipando. Del momento un pequeño video del performance:

Dock11, un centro de crecion escenico con énfasis en danza es un sitio muy bonito y potente. Tienen salas de ensayo, hacen workshops de alta nivel y tienen sala de actuacion con propuestas muy inbteresantes.Vimos una recopilación curiosa de propuestas diversas que interprataban el "baile" de un adolecente americano, cuyo video cursaba extensivamente en el mundo you tube... la realisacion de la pieza era estupenda. con tecnica minima (un videoproyector, unas altavoces y un dvd player hacian todo desde iluminación hasta sonido). iniciado por la no-compania de teatro post-theater, se puede ver - y si estas en berl lo recomendamos- esta performance Napoleon D. todos los lunes el septiembre. aka la info.

FRAMEWORKS dance film screening | April 10th | Brooklyn, NY

Posted by Michael Bodel, FRAMEWORKS on March 3, 2009 at 12:35am

FRAMEWORKS is an on-going series in New York, that presents innovative works of choreography for the camera. Submission is rolling and the works are selected by panel based on creative merit and independent of production budget. The next screening will be at:Galapagos Art SpaceDUMBO, BrooklynApril 10th | 8pmTix: $10 (at the door)For more details including submission instructions and program information, please visitframeworksdance.orgThanks,Michael Bodel

moves08

Posted by CreationEditor on April 29, 2008 at 12:05pm

Moves08www.movementonscreen.org.ukThe Movement on Screen Festival (short moves08) took place in Manchester and Lancaster from 22nd to 26th April 2008. Here is my little summary of the event for anyone who – unfortunately - could not make it because you really missed something. It was simply awesome! Pascale Moyse, Festival Director of Moves08, pulled together a well-organized, interesting and elite-level string of events and although the festival was filled with high profile and international input; it still remained very personal and offered a great opportunity to network and to gain real insight into the contemporary world of video dance.Due to work commitment (I was filming TRENCH with Anthony Missen and Kevin Turner) I had to miss the first two days of the festival but joined in on Thursday and that’s where this blog starts:Thursday, 24th April 200810am – 11:25am Brigitta Hosea at RNCMForum 6Brigitta Hosea spoke about sound drawings and performance drawings and demonstrated various ways to great stunning imagery purely with her voice. She also mentioned how she uses PWM, light sensors and motors in her work and her interest in motion sensitive toys like the ones that can be found in an Argos catalogue. For example, there is a Barbie head that is able to learn a song and sing it with its lips in sync. From here on the discussion was opened up and the “Modified Toy Orchestra” by Brian Duffy from Birmingham was brought up as well as French emotional toys. More physically active gadgets like a Wii or GPS can get literally our bodies involved in an interactive way, e.g. in a project based in London a drawing was created matching the tracks tagged mobilephone carries have taken. And then we wondered how Maurice Merleau-Ponty would have viewed those new aspects of technology and knowledge of sense-data in his philosophy on perception.USEFUL:www.arduino.ccwww.tinker.itb.hosea@csm.arts.ac.uk11:45am – 1pm Alex Reuben at RNCMForum 7Alex Reuben was once a DJ who moved his passion for dance to filmmaking. His quest to find out why he loves dance and why especially certain styles of music make him dance led him to travel America and documented personal journeys of the roots of dance in “Routes”. It is a sound-led work for cinema that shows an anthropological side of music and dance and was commissioned by Capture/ English Arts Council.Reuben’s own artistic roots lie in Fine Art which is still reflected in his video work like Que Pasa bringing together painting, sound and ethnic dance. He says that as a DJ, he was able to ‘sculpt’ a room with his music and that he sees similar physical responses created by American artists like Jackson Pollock.2:30pm – 4pm Donald Glowinsky at RNCMForum 8, Keynote speakerDonald Glowinsky is based at the InfoMus Lab at Casa Paganini at University of Genova, Italy. His research focuses on activity analysis of music and dance performance to develop novel techniques and computational models for understanding non-verbal communication. The interactive software Eyesweb derives from the concept of animacy: kinematics (speed), form (shape) and dynamics (force) to give information of intention. 12 dots are sufficient enough for the human eye to recognize a human being in motion and its emotion, possibly even with as little as 3 dots (GEMEP Corpus).USEFULwww.nime.org (festival in June)Mr Gurk effect 1970www.infomus.orgwww.casapaganini.orgwww.eyesweb.org4pm – 5pm Conference Wrap Up6pm – 9pm Dance for Camera Night at Sandbar with South East DanceMy friend Christopher Perkins, a photographer and filmmaker based in Manchester wrote a blog about this particular Thursday night’s eventhttp://snapztalks.blogspot.comFriday 25th April 200810am – 4pm Eyesweb Masterclass with Donald Glowinsky at MMU CheshireThis workshop gave a hands-on experience with the Eyesweb software which has a straightforward layout resembling a mix of an email inbox and Apple Motion. The icons are kept simple: a camera represents the camera input, a TV is the connection to a monitor; this makes it very easy to achieve interactive results with little start-up help.Eyesweb is a free software and is currently utilized by about 10,000 users6:30pm – 8pm Visions d’aillieurs, screening at RNCMThis screening brought together an international selection of various video dance genres. The possibly all-over favourite was Pork by Gido Leytens from Netherlands: a guy is watching TV when a woman on the screen starts speaking, this causes him to have a fit and flashbacks of being treated like a dog explode in. This might not sound too exciting, yet, the way it was shoot, directed, edited and acted worked really well. Personally, I enjoyed Tango Finlandia by Hannu Lajunen because it used animation in an original way and the story of two guys trying to dance/wrestle was very amusing. In Andy Wood’s Three is a Crowd the audience can sense how Wood actually dances with his camera in this uncut version with the improvising, tango-dancing couple. Analog Brother by German Falk Peplinski applies stop-motion animation technique to the dancers/actors with a fantastic overall bluish grade. It throws you back to the 80’s and I couldn’t help thinking of Petshop Boys and Kraftwerk.8:15pm – 9:45pm Alex Reuben’s Now that’s what I call Modern Disco Dancing Classics Vol 1 at RNCMReuben ingeniously mixed together video works he created between 1999 and 2007; a natural flow run throw the varying imagery and proves his djing skills can also be applied to editing and vjing. It blended together hand-held documentary shoots with scripted studio shoots to motion capture animations. The Q & A afterwards offered the opportunity to get some background information about the works.Saturday 26th April 200811am – 1pm Industry Brunch at SandbarApologies if any names are misspelled!Tamsin Durie from LANWest (Live Art North West) brought to attention the various opportunities that are around in the area of Manchester:- Emgerency is an Open Performance platform happening in September/October- 3 yr funding scheme with In-Transit- LANWest collaborates together with the GreenRoom in Manchester but also with Leeds, Klucol, Carlisle, University of Lancashire, Neville in Lancaster to create a network for producing work and promotion- Panda-Arts focuses on support for stage, street theatre, live art, film, networking and business development. They offer mentoring and show-starter seminars for graduates and students.Werner Moebius and Mariella Greil are part of the Sound Networks which affiliates with the Open Source City, an autonomous village and is shaped by its members. On 3rd and 4th May 2008 a Contact Theatre is taking place.Lesley Ann Rose runs the Northern Film Maker Network which have been established since 2000; it is a dynamic creative non-profit agency helping uprising filmmakers to find funding and crews. The Northern Film Maker newsletter offers members to add in their own call-outs. The programme of events spans from opportunities with Channel 4 and Dazzle Films to networking events…and works together with the Cornerhouse (Manchester) and FACT.USEFULwww.panda-arts.org.ukwww.lanwest.orgwww.soundnetwork.org.ukinfo@northernfilmnetwork.comBrigitta Hosea contributed to the discussion on Funding & Comprising the fact that in Spain digital artists are not given any support and therefore set up Technearte in Asturias and Bilbao. This organization offers residencies for digital artists in professional companies that e.g. specialize in alarms and mobile phones and welcome the artists’ innovative creative approach.4pm – 5:30pm Outside the Box, Screening at RNCMOutside the Box screened my video A_WAY_AWAY which is a mix of live action and animation and can be view on my website www.creationeditor.co.uk. Pan Y Cebollas by Ramona Poenaru plays with the notion living on your object of desire alone; in a raw animalistic way two beautiful women “eat” a naked man laid out on a wooden table. The most inventive film was Kitchen by Francois Vogel from France; a special lens was created to for this video to give the illusion of a spinning room viewed through a fish-eye.6pm – 7pm Transcended, Screening at RNCMPhilippa Thomas’ Electric Desert brought together footage filmed form a limo in Las Vegas and shoots of a male dancer recreating Loie Fuller’s butterfly. An enigmatic visual mix intensified by music by 7Hertz. Suspension by Nicolas Provost from Belgium draws the audience into hyper-realistic psychedelic exploding clouds and I imaged it would be wonderful to see them in a looping installation or as an interactive backdrop of a performance.from 8pm Closing Night with Filmmaking Lab Screening at SandbarTo round up the festival, the screening of videos created over the duration of the festival was just the perfect way. Fantastic innovative ideas with hand-puppets, animation and live shoots accompanied by live music by Tony proved that performance can happen anywhere, anytime and anyway. My personal favourite was Mark Pilkington’s video of the ballerina in a black tutu filmed in the back of a driving car.The Closing Night also offered another great opportunity to meet more interesting people from the field of video dance and to have time to talk.To sum up: it simply was a fantastic festival which I thoroughly enjoyed and found very inspiring. It cannot be neglected how warmly we were all welcomed and how comfortable it was to be all in the same hotel around the corner. Many Thanks to Pascale Moyse for bringing us all together for an events-packed festival!NOTE: ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED INFORMATION CAME FROM MY OWN PERSONAL NOTES AND SORRY BUT I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY ARE 100% CORRECT!

An Exhilarating Evening at the Performance MIX Festival, NYC

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on March 28, 2008 at 6:00am

Tonight, I attended a very stimulating evening of performances as part of the Performance Mix Festival. Cynthia Hopkins, Karen Bernard, Layard Thompson, from New York and Nathalie Claude from Montreal delivered layered, sensitive, clever and shamanic performances with humor and sophisticated craft. Queer warriors mixed with holly madness, reflexions on mortality mixed with time/space travel. A trip! I was taken by the complexity, risk and the evocative power of their presence. It was an evening of edges and impossible stories about our human and post-human deliriums. Performances until April 5th!

Mediatised Sites Performance Festival, 19.04.08, Newcastle, UK

Posted by tamara on March 21, 2008 at 6:45pm

www.mediatisedsites.netMediatised Sites is the culmination of a six month interdisciplinary project involving artists from all over the world. Led by Tamara Ashley and Kate Craddock, these artists have been developing intimate response to their chosen geographical locale and communicating that response through online and digital media. The festival will include performances, discussions and installations created by these artists. Work in the festival will explore how technology mediates our perceptions of sites, landscapes and places, as well as virtualised relationships between each other. The day will also showcase work created by local artists in the tractors and attractors laboratory that takes place in the week preceding the festival.Day Pass: £8/£5Passes available from Dance City, www.dancecity.co.uk, 0191 261 0505

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