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Congratulations to Student Dance Filmmakers

Posted by Ellen Bromberg on September 10, 2011 at 2:22am

The Departments of Modern Dance and Film & Media Arts are pleased to announce the jury selections for the Student Dance for the Camera Program for the 8th International Dance for the Camera Festival and Workshop with Katrina McPherson.

We would like to thank students from around the globe for their submissions and congratulate the selected filmmakers. This is the first year a Jury's Choice Cash Award has been offered.

JURY STATEMENT
The $200 award goes to the Workshop "Cámaras danzantes (Dancing Cameras)" taught by Silvina Szperling at Escuela Internacional Cine y TV in Cuba, in collaboration with Festival DVDanza Habana, directed by Roxana de los Ríos, during March-April 2011. With over 80 submissions from around the world the collection of student dance films made during a workshop in Havana, Cuba with Silvina Szperling from Argentina, are particularly compelling. It is to the sponsors of this workshop that we award our cash prize, as a way of supporting their efforts. By the simplest of means, these student filmmakers immediately transport us to their worlds, and a great spirit of humanity is evident in every film.

JURIED STUDENT PROGRAM – Thursday, September 15, Marriott Center for Dance
University of Utah

Panal
Tristana Castilla (Spain)
Escuela Internacional Cine y TV, Cuba
 
Volatile Three
Kayleigh Atkinson
De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
 
Whirligig
James Gould and Kristen Lucas
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, US
 
The Breath We Left
Tara Rynders
Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, US
 
Lola
Anna Potapova
Okatankino, Russia
 
Lost Horizon
Tanja London
University of Utah, US
 
Parallax Error
Anne C. Moore
California Institute of the Arts, US
 
Hare
Eugenia Silveira
Universidad de Republica, Uruguay
 
Lights Flicker in the Subterranea
David Bird and Hunter McCurry
Oberlin College, US
 
Vivir es Vivir
Luis Ernesto Donas
Escuela Internacional Cine y TV, Cuba
 
Carry on Anyways
Remy Fernandez-O’Brien and Nicole Parma
Brown University, US
 
The Wait of Gravity
Renata Sheppard
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US
 
Shadowed
Hamish Anderson
Bournemouth University, UK
 
Stranger Dances
Sabrina Cavins
University of Colorado at Boulder, US
 
Blood in the Northwest: The Burden of Skin
Mollie Wolf
University of Colorado at Boulder, US
 
Danción
Jerman Catalan (Chile)
Escuela Internacional Cine y TV, Cuba
 
Honorable Mentions (Lobby Screening)

Entre Nous
Blair Brown
Loyola Marymount University, US
 
Gray #2 Boundary
Jenilyn Brown
California State University, Long Beach, US
 
Submissions from Escuela Internacional Cine y TV – Cuba
Instructor, Silvina Szperling -Argentina
 
Ejercicio
Jerman Catalan - Chile
 
Espacio
Tristana Castilla - Spain
 
#1
Luvyen Mederos - Cuba
 
Simona
Luis Ernesto Doñas - Cuba
 
Lo Siento
Jerman Catalan
 
Yogurt
Felipe López – Colombia

Jury members included Marta Renzi, Choreographer and Dance Filmmaker from New York, Robert Schaller, Filmmaker and Director of the Handmade Film Institute from Boulder, Colorado, Michael Trent, Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer of Toronto’s Dancemakers and the Centre for Creation, Wyn Pottratz, Graduate Student in the Department of Modern Dance pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Screendance, and Danielle Short, Graduate Student in the Department of Film & Media Arts, also pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Screendance. (For jury bios go to: www.dance.utah.edu/danceforcamerafest/StudentCompetitions.html) For more information on the entire Festival and Workshops, please go to www.dance.utah.edu/danceforcamerafest/


Ellen Bromberg
Associate Professor, Department of Modern Dance
Director, The International Dance for the Camera Festival
Director, Graduate Certificate in Screendance
University of Utah
330 S. 1500 East, Rm. 106
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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Dance Office – 801/581-7327
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e.bromberg@utah.edu

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Don't Miss Katrina McPherson's First US Dance for Camera Residency

Posted by Ellen Bromberg on August 10, 2011 at 7:57am

 

Award Winning Scottish Dance Filmmaker and Author, Katrina McPherson, who will be in residence at the University ofUtah's International Dance for the Camera Festival in September. 12249506092?profile=originalShe will conduct two workshops, a weekend workshop plus screenings of her award-winning work, September 15-17th, followed by a week long intensive, September 19-24th. It is possible to register for either one or both workshops. For more information go to:

http://www.dance.utah.edu/danceforcamerafest/

or contact Ellen Bromberg, e.bromberg@utah.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Credit:Gao Yan and Song Wenjia/Beijing Dance Academy

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Kinetic Cinema is Back! Monday Sept 8th

Posted by Anna Brady Nuse on September 6, 2008 at 4:37am
I'm very pleased to announce the start of a new season of Kinetic Cinema, with the first screening happening at 8pm on Monday Sept 8th at Chez Bushwick. As you might of heard, our original presenting partner, Collective:Unconscious unexpected lost their space in Tribeca this July when their basement was flooded and they were forced out by their landlord. It is a sad and all too familiar story of endangered affordable art spaces in Manhattan. Luckily Chez Bushwick has stepped in and saved the day for this program, and their director, Jonah Bokaer has curated a fabulous selection of films drawing from Chez Bushwick's constituency of dancers and choreographers.

"Momentum" by Samuel Topiary"PRIME MOVER: Dance on Camera From Chez Bushwick" is a program of works created to represent the diversity of artists working in movement-based media. Filmmakers and choreographers featured on the program will be Charles Atlas, DD Dorvillier, Jillian Peña, Dean Moss, Samuael Topiary, and Ann Liv Young.Pentacle Movement Media presents:Kinetic Cinemain collaboration with Chez BushwickMonday September 8th, 8:00pm (and the first Monday of every month)$5 Admission (buy tix at the door)Chez Bushwick304 Boerum St., Buzzer #11Brooklyn, NY 11206.Phone: 718.418.4405URL: http://chezbushwick.net/Trains: L to Morgan AveAdmission: $5

In addition, we also wish to recognize and support Jillian Peña, a choreographer and filmmaker on this program who was hit by a car three weeks ago and sustained very serious injuries and hospitalization. The driver was unlicensed, and Jillian, like many artists in our community does not have health insurance. Her dear friend and colleague, Miguel Gutierrez has set up a paypal account to receive financial donations to alleviate the financial hardship that Jillian and her family are experiencing at this time. In addition, there will be opportunities to make donations for her at the screening. Please consider making a donation on her behalf. ANY amount, any number of times that you can give it, will be invaluable for her and for her family.To donate online, go to paypal.com and sign up for an account (takes literally about 2-3 minutes) and then go to the "Send Money" tab and make the donation to:donations4jillian@gmail.comKinetic Cinema explores the intersection of dance and the moving image both on screen and stage. Each month curator Anna Brady Nuse invites a special guest from the dance community to share the films and videos that have inspired or moved them. These could be films that feature dance, are kinetic-based, or have been influential on their work in some way. The guest curators come from a range of backgrounds as performers, choreographers, critics, and filmmakers. Past programs have included fresh new shorts from the Dance On Camera Festival, a survey of the history of mediatized movement curated by Brian McCormick, dance films from the popular to the avant-garde curated by Malinda Allen, feminist video art curated by Jonah Bokaer, explorations in experimentalism with Levi Gonzalez, and a tour of inspiringly bad dance films curated by Kriota Willberg. Next month on October 6th, dance writer and critic Elizabeth Zimmer will curate.This screening of Kinetic Cinema also marks the first event of Movement Media, a new project I am directing at Pentacle that provides screenings, consulting services, and online interactive programs for dancers about dance and media. More information will be available soon online at pentacle.org. In addition to producing Kinetic Cinema, my blog, Movement Media will soon become the home of Move the Frame. Stay tuned for more announcements!
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What's the Worst Dance Film Ever?

Posted by Anna Brady Nuse on May 13, 2008 at 9:57pm
At the next Kinetic Cinema on June 2nd, choreographer Kriota Willberg will be presenting a hilarious program of the worst dance films in history. To help her compile her list, she is seeking input from the community. Please comment here with your top picks of the worst dance films, and come out to Kinetic Cinema to see what makes the cut!From Kriota:1. WHAT, IN YOUR OPINION, IS THE WORST DANCE FILM OF ALL TIME, EVER? It can be a full film or just an excerpt, and any style or type of dance at all, but it has to be on film.2. WHY?Please submit your answers in the comments section below by Friday May 16th.The reason I'm asking is that I'm putting together an evening of "Bad" dance film clips. As many of you know, I've been studying bad and mediocre dance for a number of years. As I put the program together, I am organizing examples of different categories of Bad (offensive, inept, confusing, etc.) from the early 1900's to the present. As an acknowledgment to the highly personal perception of bad dance, I'd love to get your input. Below is the description and particulars of the night.Thanks for your time!Best,Kriota WillbergOn June 2, Kinetic Cinema will feature dance films selected by choreographer Kriota Willberg. The theme of the evening is The Worst of the Best, a tour of inspiringly bad dance films from the early 1900's to the present. Truly awful dance is powerful art. We react strongly to it as an audience, we relate our horrible experiences to our friends and warn them away from it, we laugh, we seethe, we remember it far longer than "good" dance, and possibly longer than "great" dance. Join us for film and discussion as we chase that ethereal muse, Badness, through the work of generations of dance film artists.KINETIC CINEMAMonday June 2, 7:30pm (and the first Monday of every month)$5 Admission (buy tix at the door)@ Collective:Unconscious279 Church Street (just south of White Street)New York, NY 10013Trains: 1 to Franklin; A, C, E to Canalhttp://weird.org/films.htm212.254.5277Kinetic Cinema at Collective:Unconscious explores the intersection of dance and the moving image both on screen and stage. Each month curator Anna Brady Nuse invites a special guest from the dance community to share the films and videos that have inspired or moved them. These could be films that feature dance, are kinetic-based, or have been influential on their work in some way. The guest curators come from a range of backgrounds as performers, choreographers, critics, and filmmakers.
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Jonah Bokaer guest curates Kinetic Cinema Monday April 7th

Posted by Anna Brady Nuse on April 2, 2008 at 6:39am
On Monday April 7th, Chez Bushwick founder and dance/media phenom Jonah Bokaer will guest curate a program for Kinetic Cinema, my monthly screening series at Collective:Unconscious.For his program, Jonah will show pivotal works of movement-based video art by Nam June Paik. The theme of the evening will be the thread between between video art and post-modern dance focusing on Paik's significant contributions to both art forms. As a dance artist whose work addresses the human body in relation to contemporary technologies, Jonah will be able to offer rare insights into Paik's multi-disciplinary work that overlapped with dance, visual art, media, and technology.

NUDEDESCENDANCE by Jonah BokaerKinetic CinemaMonday April 7th, 7:30pm (and the first Monday of every month)$5 Admission (buy tix at the door)@ Collective:Unconscious279 Church Street (just south of White Street)New York, NY 10013Trains: 1 to Franklin; A, C, E to Canalhttp://weird.org/films.htm212.254.5277MORE INFO: www.movetheframe.comKinetic Cinema explores the intersection of dance and the moving image both on screen and stage. Each month curator Anna Brady Nuse invites a special guest from the dance community to share the films and videos that have inspired or moved them. These could be films that feature dance, are kinetic-based, or have been influential on their work in some way. The guest curators come from a range of backgrounds as performers, choreographers, critics, and filmmakers. Upcoming guests include Jonah Bokaer (April 7th), Levi Gonzalez (May 5th), and Kriota Willberg (June 2nd).Jonah Bokaer's work has been presented widely throughout venues in the United States and abroad, including Cornell University, Dance Theatre Workshop, Danspace Project, Dixon Place, La Mama ETC, P.S. 122, Symphony Space, The Laban Centre (London), the ISB (Bangkok), Naxos Bobine, Studio Théatre de Vitry, and La Générale (Paris), Les Subsistances (Lyon), La Compagnie (Marseille), and OT301 (Amsterdam). Bokaer was a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 2000 to 2007. In 2002, he formed Chez Bushwick with a group of artists and choreographers, to create an adventurous arts organization that has significantly impacted a new generation of dance artists, choreographers, and performers in the United States, and beyond.For more info on Kinetic Cinema and reviews of past programs, check out my videodance blog, Move the Frame
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