As an art form, dance has been marginalized for years. Unless it’s part of a Broadway musical, dance usually enjoys only limited runs, and continues to be underfunded and undervalued in general. And although so often part of what makes a film great, dance has never enjoyed a regular or recurring nominating category as part …
With elbows and knees, thoracic thrusts at imagined objects, and bodies flopping to only momentary repose, choreographer Noé Soulier invents a new vocabulary in “Second Quartet,” the standout piece at L.A. Dance Project’s residency performance at The Wallis. LADP is now in residence at The Wallis, cause for celebration among Los Angeles’ dance fans. The …
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Attention Dancers, Choreographers, & Filmmakers! Due to overwhelming requests we have extended the submission deadline for Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival to NOVEMBER 27th! Cultural Weekly and ScreenDance Diaries are very excited to announce the launch of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival 2017! Following the success of our first year in …
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As we approach the 16th Annual Dance Camera West Film Festival (DCW) here in Los Angeles, I find myself thinking back to events, the trajectory of singular films, and the style of dance films that have premiered there over the years and about which I often write. And while dance has emerged as a mainstay …
It’s here… ScreenDance Diaries and Cultural Weekly’s first international Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival launches today! Please read below: Have you ever walked down a city street and happened upon random and seemingly unplanned movement that is, or looks like dance? It could be accidental, it might be intentional, but whatever it is, it …
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Have you ever walked down a city street and happened upon random and seemingly unplanned movement that is, or looks like dance? It could be accidental, it might be intentional, but whatever it is, it has the look and feel of dance? Perhaps it’s a street corner preacher dragging one foot and pointing as he …
Further exploring the trend in dance films mentioned in last week’s ScreenDance Diaries selection Shunpo, this week we look at another lovely short that once again features continuous movement while expertly cutting between three locations. Instead of one dancer, Rolling Frames features three couples performing a single and continuous piece of choreography that takes place …
“How is your vagina?” says my neighbour on the bench to another girl. “Crying,” she replies with a chuckle. They exchange a hi-five. One o’clock, Sunday afternoon—a room full of false eyelashes, Plexiglas high heels and full evening make-up in spite of the scorching LA daylight. I’ve trained with pole-dancers in all corners of Europe …
Sometimes, in order to really appreciate where we are at present and all that we now have globally in terms of film, television, new media, and the world of dance in general, it’s helpful to pause and just take a long, steady look back. Often when I look at dance then and now, I’m struck …
The opening night program of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion showcased four pieces from the repertory, and affirmed the company as America’s premiere dance troupe. Collectively entitled Power of Ailey, the evening featured Episodes with choreography by Ulysses S. Dove, Caught with choreography by David Parsons, Uprising with choreography by …
This week’s selection for ScreenDance Diaries is yet another dynamic and beautiful dance short by Dominique Palombo, one that doubles as an ad for the Spanish founded clothing company Zara. Shot in black and white, and once again seemingly set under the cloudy gray skies and amidst the historic and mercurial streets of Paris that Palombo favors, …
Every so often, regardless of its cinematic qualities, a short grabs me because of its sheer audacity of subject and movement. So when my good friend, producer and ocean activist Steve Reiss, with whom I frequently share views of and conversations about dance media, sent me several links – including David La Chappelle’s WAY over …
Elaboration made me want to be there moving myself amongst the group, or at second best just alone in my studio.
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