Dance Films Association

Looking for funds Looking for funds for your next dance film in either development, production, or post-production? Please submit this application. https://dancefilms.submittable.com///production-grant-2021

DFA Production Grant Submissions Open Today! Submit your application in the link below. Grant Application Window closes March 31, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. ET and notifications will be sent on May 1.

DFA’s Production Grant Submission Period Opens February 17th. Looking for funds for your next dance film in either development, production, or post-production? Please submit this application. Once we receive all the submissions, our selection panel will meet to determine the grant awardees. Notifications will be sent on May 1. Grant Application Window opens February 17, 2021 and closes March 31, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. ET.... https://dancefilms.submittable.com///production-grant-2021

YOU'RE INVITED! TOMORROW This Dance Film Lab, led by DFA curator Liz Wolff, will explore this filmmaking endeavor capturing the Works & Process production of six pioneering bubble residencies that took place in summer and fall of 2020 in the Hudson Valley. The residencies culminated in live, in-process outdoor performances at Kaatsbaan Summer Festival and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This incredible journey will premiere as a four-part docudrama, ISOLATION TO CREATION streaming nationwide on January 27, and February 3, 10, and 17, at 8pm ET, for free on the ALL ARTS app, allarts.org , and also air in the New York metro area on the ALL ARTS TV channel. https://gibneydance.secure.force.com/ticket/

Reserve your spot below! A new guest will be joining this wonderful panel with DFA Curator, Liz Wolff! Julie Rooney was the Editor of Isolation to Creation, a docudrama premiering on WNET’s ALL ARTS on January 27th 2021. Join Dance Films Association for a conversation with filmmaker Nic Petry, of Dancing Camera, Duke Dang, General Manager, Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim and Julie Rooney, Editor of Isolation to Creation.... In this Dance Film Lab, led by DFA curator, Liz Wolff, we will explore this filmmaking endeavor capturing the Works & Process production of seven pioneering bubble residencies that took place in summer and fall of 2020 in the Hudson Valley. The residencies culminated in live, in-process outdoor performances at Kaatsbaan Summer Festival and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This incredible journey will premiere as a four-part docudrama, Isolation to Creation, on WNET’s ALL ARTS on January 27th 2021.

Y’all please join us for this free event next week. Inspiring work during a pandemic!

We are so excited to virtually watch our beloved Board member and Curatorial Advisor for Dance on Camera Festival 2020 take the stage again this Saturday at 5pm EST! Michael Trusnovec is one of seven acclaimed dancers who will be live-streamed the Joyce Theater performing Molissa Fenley’s State of Darkness this weekend from October 24 - November 1. Tix available in link! https://www.joyce.org/stateofdarkness For more than two decades Michael was adored as a Principal Dan...cer with Paul Taylor Dance Company, where he also served as Associate Rehearsal Director and he is now the Director of Worldwide Licensing for Taylor’s dances. This weekend will also feature 2020 Juilliard grad Jared Brown; Lloyd Knight of Martha Graham Dance Company; Sara Mearns of the New York City Ballet; Shamel Pitts, former Batsheva Dance Company member; Annique Roberts of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE; and Cassandra Trenary of American Ballet Theatre. State of Darkness features original lighting design by David Moodey, and costume design by Marc Happel. Don’t miss this historical event when concert dance and the camera intersect! Photo by Mohamed Sadek

THIS FRIDAY!! We’re watching Trey McIntyre's streaming platform FLTPK which premieres a new work this Friday, October 23rd. Read below for all the details! Streaming starting Friday (10/23), watch choreographer and filmmaker Trey McIntyre’s newest work, ‘Hysterical’. Created for his new dance streaming platform, FLTPK, you can become a patron of this platform for as little as $1 per film. With two world premiere dance films each month, money raised through this medium dir...ectly benefits the artists involved. Learn more about this newest venture from Trey, at www.FLTPK.com. Now through 10/23, receive a FREE patch when you sign up at the $9 level or higher. Film: ‘Hysterical' Film and Design: Trey McIntyre Dancer: Joshua Junker of Royal Ballet Music: Jim Dooley #fltpk #dancefilm #royalballet #artinthetimeofcovid

Don’t miss this year’s edition of @sfdancefilmfest, featuring 75 international dance films of every variety! All programming streams on Marquee TV for the duration of the October 18-25 festival. #SFDFF #SFDFF2020 #screendance #danceonfilm #danceoncamera @SFDanceFilmFest

The show will be live streamed free on Friday, August 28 at 9pm EDT http://www.baredanceco.com/coviddanceexperiment

Let's help dance studios! DFA Vice President Shawn T Bible speaks about helping dance studios and the "For the Love of Dance Challenge" - please take a look and consider making a donation. Thanks for the challenge, Dance Magazine!

THE VOTES ARE IN Voting results from our audience for BEST OF FEST are in for all 3 categories for the 2020 Dance on Camera Festival Congratulations!!!... BEST FEATURE Uprooted - The Journey of Jazz Dance Directed by Khadifa Wong BEST SHORT (20-40 minutes) SHIFT by Claire Marshall Directed by Claire Marshall and Kevin Holloway BEST SHORT (under 20 minutes) Bend Directed by Susan Misner The 48th Annual Dance on Camera Festival was presented by Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center

Dance Films Association was nominated by Dance Magazine to participate in the For the Love of Dance Challenge to help support dance studio owners nationwide. Please watch this video and follow the link to learn how you can win prizes by donating, and share in the effort to save our dance studios. https://www.apollaperformance.com//for-the-love-of-dance-c @dancemagazine

While we are awaiting the results of the 2020 Best of Fest Voting, we are taking part in an initiative to give away passes for next year's festival. Dance Films Association was nominated by Dance Magazine to participate in the "For the Love of Dance Challenge" to help support dance studio owners nationwide. Please watch this video and follow the link to learn how you can win prizes by donating, and share in the effort to save our dance studios.... https://www.apollaperformance.com//for-the-love-of-dance-c

Dance on Camera Festival FREE PROGRAMS MONDAY July 20, 2020 First up: 4pm EDT - #MYDANCEFILM Selections Alphabetically: - The Black Dancing Body: COVID-Era (Draft 1) by Austin Coats ... - Fuck Corona by Duane Michals - Isolation by Aleksandra Arizanovic - Listening Tree by Darren Johnson - Nothing is Black and White by Karni Arieli - Option_delete 3.0 by Marianne M. Kim - The Outbreak by Linxin Kisa Li - Pedestrian Gestures by Sandra Portal Andreu & Sons - Re-Forming Glaciers (excerpt) by Maliina Jensen,Margaret Wilson, Alexander Montgomery-Andersen & Neil Humphrey - reset by Nicola Hepp - Solo Flight by Heidi Latsky - THREATENED>THREATENING by Emma Colton - Void by Shawn Bible The films are 2 minutes working with the theme Isolation; Francisco Graciano curated the program and invited guest artist Jacob Jonas, Jacob Jonas The Company, to make selections as well. Jonas’ film PARKED will be shown at the end of the #mydancefilm selections. A prerecorded discussion about the #mydancefilm process with the filmmakers follows the screening. Closing program: 6:30pm EDT - DANCE FILMS PRESENTS Part I, From the Dance Films Association Archives - Bittersweet by David Rousseve (2005) - Modern Daydreams: Deere John by Mitchell Rose (2000) - Wake Up Call by Pooh Kaye (1987) Part II, Dance Films Association Production Grant Honorees - Monster News Feed by Cara Hagan - Clear Creek by Ellen Smith Ahern Dance on Camera Festival is co-presented annually by Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center Watch at danceoncamerafestival.org/programandtickets All festival programs are available for 72 hours from opening time and date. Please consider making a donation to Dance Films Association!

Dance on Camera Festival ticket holders can vote for their favorite films from Programs 1 - 9. The voting button is on the program page at the bottom. Programs are available to watch for up to 72 hours from their release times. There are 3 BEST OF FEST categories. Go to danceoncamerafestival.org/programandtickets/

Sunday July 19th at Dance on Camera 48! Get tickets & watch at danceoncamerafestival.org DFA GLOBAL: Three International Shorts... DFA Global is pleased to present three short films for this international program: KIELI BI filmed in Kazakhstan, WELCOME TO A BRIGHT WHITE LIMBO filmed in Ireland, and A MONOLOGUE IN THE INTERMISSION filmed in Bulgaria bring together the very different stories of three women and their contrasting experiences dancing. Prerecorded Conversation with Cara Holmes and Oona Doherty, moderated by Alastair Macaulay Dance on Camera Festival is presented by Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center through July 20, 2020. All Programs are available for 72 hours from opening day and time.

Program 6 playing beginning at Noon EDT Sunday 7/19 Get tickets and watch at: danceoncamerafestival.org KEMP. MY BEST DANCE IS YET TO COME Director: Edoardo Gabbriellini, Italy, 2019, 64m, English with Italian subtitles, North American Premiere... Choreographer, actor, dancer, mime and burlesque performer, the English director, Lindsay Kemp was and still is an icon of contemporary dance, an eccentric experimenter and source of inspiration for many. After his death at the age of 80, the documentary traces the last period of the artist who finds asylum in the Italian city of Livorno. This is a captivating profile of a colorful, flamboyant performance artist who worked on West End and Broadway and directed Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust among other intriguing projects.

Program 8, which features our Shorts Program, will begin today, Sunday July 19th, at 4pm EDT! Get tickets and watch at danceoncamerafestival.org Program Order:... How to Sink a Paper Boat, Ireland, 14m Stages, US, 4m JoAnn, US, 22m Men, Finland, 5m Cornered (Detainee’s Lament) US, 4m Bend, US, 12m A pre-recorded conversation will follow with Susan Misner, Troy Ogilvie, Jeffery Duffy moderated by Gabri Christa. Still image from BEND directed by Susan Misner.

Program 2 of the Dance on Camera Festival opens at Noon (EDT) beginning with the World Premiere short HOW CAN FORGET by Natialia Andeadis and then moving into the U.S. premiere of the remarkable SHIFT by Claire Marshall. Get tickets and watch from danceoncamerafestival.org Note: At the end of SHIFT take time to watch the prerecorded conversation with Claire Marshall, Kevin Holloway, Richard Causer, Lucy Hood moderated by Alicia Graf Mack More deets:... SHIFT Directors: Claire Marshall, Kevin Holloway, Australia, 2019, 30m U.S. Premiere Taking an 8-minute duet situated in various locations, and repeated four times, choreographer Claire Marshall investigates how the sense of ‘story’ shifts with the consideration of location, cinematic elements, and editing. The duet explores a discordant couple stuck in a rut, looping manipulative behaviour as four stories eventually shift to become one story. HOW CAN I FORGET Director: Natalia Andreadis, UK, 2019, 9m World Premiere Joe and Connie's awkward blind date takes a fascinating turn when they discover that they share the same magical ability. You will be charmed! Image from: Shift by Claire Marshall, photo by Kevin Holloway cast: Lucy Hood and Richard Causer Dance on Camera Festival is presented annually by Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center.