American Dance Festival | Dancing for the Camera

2008—13th annual ADF Dancing for the Camera:
International Festival of Film and Video Dance

Lumiere D’Ampule* (Gina T’ai/Joe Kirschling),
2007 Outstanding Student Award

The ADF is currently seeking entries for the 2008 Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance. This annual festival, directed and curated by Douglas Rosenberg, has screened to international audiences more than 250 dance films from over 20 countries. Dancing for the Camera will take place from July 11-13, 2008, on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The festival is free and open to the public.

Submissions should focus on one of the following areas:

•Choreography for the Camera—original work made specifically for video or film or re-staged for the camera.
•Documentaries—productions which include interviews or other educational elements in addition to choreography.
•Experimental and Digital Technologies—work that extends the boundaries of dance and can exist only in video, film or new technologies.
•Student Work—submissions produced while the filmmakers were students or by current students.

A panel of judges will view all entries and select works to be screened during the festival. Certificates of Distinction will also be awarded to works considered to merit special recognition.

Entry Form: Printable pdf form.

To Enter Submissions: Return the completed entry form along with a
non-refundable entry fee (one form and fee per video submission) to:

ADF – Dancing for the Camera
Box 90772
Durham, NC 27708-0772

Early Deadline: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 6pm. Entry Fee: $30
Final Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008 at 6pm. Entry Fee: $40

For more information, contact Cayte Connell at (919) 684-6402 or adf@americandancefestival.org.

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—In Review—

2007—12th annual ADF Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance

This annual festival, directed and curated by Douglas Rosenberg, has screened to international audiences more than 250 dance films from over 20 countries. The 12th annual Dancing for the Camera took place from July 6-8, 2007 on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The festival was free and open to the public.

The 2007 program included the following 20 works:

Homeward Bound (Malcolm Dixelius, Sweeden–2005), Lumiere D’Ampule* (Gina T’ai/Joe Kirschling, USA–2006), Sport: Sweat Sponge (Kathleen Hahn, USA–2006), Dances for Dzama (The Holy Body Tattoo/Animals of Distinction, Canada–2007), error code (Yohei Saito/Yoko Higashino, Japan–2006), Dancing Kathmandu (Sangita Shresthova, USA–2007), VOYAGE (Catherine Maximoff, France–2006), Give me a break** (Noa Shadur, Isreal–2007), Dances of Life(Catherine Tatge/Shane Seggar, USA–2005), our brief eternity (The Holy Body Tattoo, Canada–2006), “Who Says I Have to Dance in a Theater?”–Anna Halprin (Jacqueline Caux, France–2006), Moebius (Claudia Kappenberg, England–2007), Raven Study* (Charlotte Griffin, USA–2007) splice (Chirstinn Whyte, England–2006), Connect 4 (Nadia Oussenko, USA–2007), Glass Perpx (Steven Fajana), imPULSE (Passia Pandora, Canada–2007), Okno (Wanda Gala/Kamila Chomic, USA–2006), The Shape of Water (Huey Benjamin, Australia–2007), Byron Chief-Moon: Grey Horse Rider (Marlene Millar/Philip Szporer, Canada–2007)

* Awarded Outstanding Student Work Awards
** Awarded a Certificate of Distinction by the Jury

Raven Study* (Charlotte Griffin),
2007 Outstanding Student Award