As part of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival (D2D), and because this is the site of our birth place, we make it a point to share as many as possible of our award winning and honorably mentioned films with our readers and supporters at Cultural Weekly. And as this year we had one filmmaker …
The day is finally here… We are thrilled to announce the winners and honorable mentions for Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round 4! 2020 being what it was, D2D as a film festival necessarily had to morph in order to meet the new realities of the world. From a global pandemic, uprisings in response to systemic …
Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round 4 Winners & Honorable Mentions Announced! Read More »
I am excited to announce the launch of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round 4! (D2D) . D2D is a live & online dance film festival dedicated to democratizing dance, doing it in public, & sharing it on film. D2D is devoted to the international genre of screen dance. We are committed to promoting …
Launching—DARE TO DANCE IN PUBLIC FILM FESTIVAL: ROUND 4! Read More »
Today we celebrate and acknowledge the last of the winning films from Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round 3, Tamar Rogoff’s remarkable short Wonder About Merri, which unanimously won the Festival Award for Most Daring Film. It’s interesting, because we started D2D: 3 in a pre-pandemic world, so one of the first things that is …
As a species, by and large, we are social creatures. And while it was likely already amongst us as early as December of last year, COVID-19 seemed to come out from nowhere, stealthily laying the groundwork for what would soon change the world as we knew it, one of the first fallouts being our ability to …
In continuing to cover the winners for Round 3 of Dare to Dance in Public (D2D), I am thrilled to have the opportunity to write about Eiko Otake, and her “Best Use of Location” award winning film, A Body on Wall Street. Eiko is no stranger to putting her body — along with her astute, singular, …
Most creatives are used to some degree of isolation… Painters, sculptors, composers, musicians, writers often work and/or practice alone. And most artists of all stripes are used to some degree of isolation and marginalization. But… this is unprecedented. And the dancers are getting restless. Major venues, festivals, and dance companies have cancelled their seasons. Gone are …
Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Six Foot Distance Dances Read More »
When we first viewed Tadhi Alawi’s beautiful film Body vs. Mouth, we were blown away. The degree to which he inherently understood the concept of embracing dance anywhere and the importance of taking dance into the heart of community is evident in every aspect of the film. From the beauty of putting dance in the …
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