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DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE LINEUP FOR\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n THE 50TH DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL, FEBRUARY 11-14<\/b><\/p>\n This year\u2019s program will highlight the festival\u2019s 50-year history while looking to the future\u00a0<\/b>of dance films and the festival\u2019s next 50 years.<\/b><\/p>\n New York, NY (January 10, 2022) \u2013 Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center announced today the complete lineup for the 50th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival, running February 11-14, 2022. The 50th Dance on Camera Festival will be presented in person at the Walter Reade Theater at Film at Lincoln Center, marking the festival\u2019s return to fully in-person programming. The longest-running dance film festival in the world received submissions from more than 37 countries, and it will feature nine ticketed programs and over 32 films during the four-day festival.<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cThis year\u2019s Dance on Camera Festival not only honors the festival\u2019s half-century history, but also looks forward to the vast artistic potential of the festival\u2019s future,\u201d said Co-Curator Liz Wolff. \u201cThis year we\u2019ll spotlight emerging artists from around the globe.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n The festival opens with the World Premiere of Turkish filmmaker Ebru \u015eeremetli\u2019s thought-provoking and dynamic feature The Moment Remains. \u201cI am very honored to have my film serve as the opening feature presentation to Dance on Camera\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration. The idea of sharing this work in-person with such a global and diverse audience is thrilling,\u201d said \u015eeremetli. \u201cAs an emerging filmmaker myself, it is even more special knowing my work is associated with a festival that is both historically rich and dedicated to supporting artists of the future.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n The four-day festival will continue with a plethora of programs that include both short and feature-length films that will take audiences on a journey around the globe. Festivalgoers will experience perspectives from the coastal landscapes of France to the Australian plains to the bustling cities of Korea to the varied terrains of North America. \u201cIt\u2019s a delight to be able to share the countless unique and inspiring stories, such as Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra and Folds of Wind, locally with our audiences in New York,\u201d notes Co-Curator Nolini Barretto. \u201cWe look forward to also being able to share these diverse stories in-person in New York City.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Reflecting on the rich history of dance films, Dance on Camera Festival will close with a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Cabaret. Bob Fosse\u2019s film adaptation of the Broadway stage musical not only set a precedent for the future of dance films, but also won eight Academy Awards. \u201cWe are excited to present Fosse’s groundbreaking film, Cabaret, which is as powerful today as its release fifty years ago in 1972,\u201d notes Dance Films Association President Ron Honsa. \u201cWe couldn’t think of a more fitting tribute to celebrate Dance on Camera’s 50th anniversary than Cabaret\u2014a rare film and a milestone in the explosive growth of dance films. It continues to inspire filmmakers, dancers and audiences to this day.\u201d Cabaret will be screened during the final night of the festival on 35mm film.<\/b><\/p>\n In addition to looking back on the past and anticipating the future, Dance on Camera 50 will also bring forth works about the contemporary cultural and social moment. Curatorial Advisor and Co-producer Michael Trusnovec noted, \u201cIt was imperative to the curation team that the festival reflects and helps audiences digest the current state of affairs in our society. With films like Jennifer Archibald and Andrew Cashin\u2019s WeAIghT and Reed Luplau\u2019s Places, Please, we hope to represent the profound impact that social movements, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, and the implications the pandemic have had on the arts and communities around the world.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n The interactive competition #mydancefilm returns to the 50th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival and showcases submissions from filmmakers worldwide. It will be available to the public for free in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Amphitheater at Lincoln Center on Sunday, February 13 at 5:00 PM as part of the festival\u2019s Free Public Programming. To be considered for inclusion, participants can post their dance films with the hashtags #mydancefilm50 and #docf50 to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, tagging @dancefilms when they post. Vimeo or YouTube links are also accepted. Once posted on social media, participants should email a video file to cisco@dancefilms.org with #mydancefilm50 in the subject heading. All submissions are due Wednesday, January 12th by 11:59 PM EST. Additional details can be found at dancefilms.org.<\/b><\/p>\n Tickets for the 50th Dance on Camera Festival go on sale Friday, January 28th at noon, and are $15; $12 for students, seniors (62+), and persons with disabilities; and $10 for Film at Lincoln Center members. Save with the discounted All-Access Pass for $79 and the discounted Student All-Access Pass for $25. For additional information regarding the festival, please visit Film at Lincoln Center at filmlinc.org, Dance Films Association at dancefilms.org, and follow us on social media @filmlinc and @dancefilms.<\/b><\/p>\n PROGRAMMING AND FILM DESCRIPTIONS<\/b><\/p>\n In-person screenings will take place in Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, and all free<\/b><\/p>\n public programs will take place in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Amphitheater at Lincoln Center.<\/b><\/p>\n Friday, February 11<\/b><\/p>\n OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM<\/b><\/p>\n 7:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n The Moment Remains<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Ebru \u015eeremetli, 2021, Turkey, 110m<\/b><\/p>\n Turkish with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Ebru \u015eeremetli\u2019s feature depicts the choreography of a dance based on feelings of “unease, anxiety, uncertainty, and obscurity.\u201d It is about being stuck between the memory of migration and a misty view of the future, as well as the struggle of a group of dancers to collectively create, despite the prevailing darkness.<\/b><\/p>\n The story begins with a dancer\u2019s return to her homeland in the 2000s after having worked with various choreographers abroad. The film brings together the various layers of artistic representation and politics around the contrasting images of light and the surrounding darkness. Fragmentation of memory through violence silences attempts at coming to terms with the past. On the other hand, the streets reflect the sounds of agents of history. The Moment Remains is an attempt at discovering what movement may represent in the spiral of unresolved political murders, disappearing political prisoners, violence, war, and exile.<\/b><\/p>\n Preceded by<\/b><\/p>\n Inside Out<\/b><\/p>\n Jeff Kuperman, Rick Kuperman, 2021, USA, 3m<\/b><\/p>\n A couple faces an accidental trauma on a nondescript Sunday morning, which mirrors the world’s seemingly stable but deeply precarious natural balance.<\/b><\/p>\n Saturday, February 12<\/b><\/p>\n GLOBAL SHORTS PROGRAM<\/b><\/p>\n 3:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n Eileen<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Sue Healey, 2021, Australia, 4m<\/b><\/p>\n Eileen Kramer is 107 years old, possibly the oldest performer and choreographer working today. In 1940s Sydney, she was a member of the dance troupe headed by Gertrud Bodenwieser, an influential European choreographer of German Expressionism who fled the war in Europe and settled in Australia. Bodenwieser played a significant role in shaping early Australian modern dance, and her legacy lives on in the work of Eileen Kramer. This film is a collaboration between Australian choreographer\/filmmaker Sue Healey and Berlin musicians David Orlowsky (clarinet) and David Bergm\u00fcller (lute) for their 2021 album Alter Ego (Warner Classics).<\/b><\/p>\n Mah\u00e5lang<\/b><\/p>\n Elliot deBruyn, Nathaniel Brown, Caili Quan, 2021, USA, 18m<\/b><\/p>\n Chamorro with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Chamorro Filipino choreographer and dancer Caili Quan pays tribute to the family and culture of Guam that sparked her love of music and inspired her dream of dancing. In contemporary dances set to music from the Pacific, Quan explores her own heritage through memories and conversations with her family. Each dance is inspired by a different facet of Guam\u2019s culture: oral storytelling, matrilineal roots, the warrior spirit, and the deep importance of family. Through every story and gesture there is a common thread of mah\u00e5lang, a Chamorro word encompassing the longing for, and missing of, something, someone, or some place. Weaving a narrative of how collective memory and storytelling preserve where we come from, Mah\u00e5lang is a love letter to Guam.<\/b><\/p>\n You Who Never Arrived<\/b><\/p>\n U.S. Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Marius Olteanu, 2021, Romania, 15m<\/b><\/p>\n German, Hungarian, and Romanian with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n The journey of three men\u2014part dance into the unknown, part quest for meaning\u2014animates this film based on Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. \u201cMost experiences are unsayable; they happen in a space that no word has ever entered,\u201d wrote Rilke. And still, there are words that connect people over time, shaping their lives and inextricably linking them together.<\/b><\/p>\n Pallae: Womanhood Story (\ube68\ub798)<\/b><\/p>\n Park Sohyun, 2021, South Korea, 26m<\/b><\/p>\n Korean with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cHave you ever waited for someone?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Pallae, a production choreographed by Nam Jeongho that premiered in 1993, returns to the stage. A new team of five dancers, including one dancer who had participated in a production of Pallae 15 years ago, spend a night doing their laundry and bathing together, with the washplace doubling as the backdrop stage for Pallae in 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n The Nangiarkoothu Artist<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Deepa Nair, 2020, India\/USA, 12m<\/b><\/p>\n Malayalam with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n The Nangiarkoothu Artist is a documentary dance portrait of an ethnic artist from Kerala, India. A hybrid piece, this film uses a multi-narrative approach, employing modes of traditional storytelling and a staged dance performance to create a poetic profile of Aparna Nangiar, a young exponent of classical Nangiarkoothu, who practices and teaches the 2,000-year-old Sanskrit dance\/theatre art form. Director Deepa Nair\u2019s film attempts to capture the stillness and the meditative qualities inherent in this discipline, and invites the audience to become part of an ethnic dancer\u2019s world and gain a new awareness of an art form so ancient and yet barely known to the larger world.<\/b><\/p>\n At the Wall of the Sea (Au Mur de la Mer)<\/b><\/p>\n U.S. Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, 2020, France, 4m<\/b><\/p>\n At the Wall of the Sea is a short dance film that follows the inevitably intertwined rumblings of two humans. Set against the raw landscape of coarse cliffs and green algae\u2013coated boulders on the Atlantic coast of France, the film imagines regret as a frontier borrowed from our own future. The duo stumbles, soaked and soiled, through fading remnants of Hitler\u2019s terrifying Atlantic Wall in Cap Gris-Nez. They pull and tear at one another, crudely easing one another\u2019s falls and helping each other stand once more. Featuring the striking and solemn Astrid Sweeney and Jonas Vandekerckhove, At the Wall of the Sea leaves us with one eye rinsed by sea water, and the other eye full of sand.<\/b><\/p>\n WORK IN PROGRESS SCREENING – FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMMING<\/b><\/p>\n 5:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Elinor Bunin Munroe Amphitheater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n Call Me Dancer<\/b><\/p>\n Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour, In Production, USA, 50m<\/b><\/p>\n When Manish, a hip-hop dancer, accidentally walks into a ballet class in Mumbai, his world opens up and a passion is born. The tough ballet master, Yehuda, recognizes his talent and dares him to ful\ufb01ll his dreams of dancing professionally, giving him the courage to defy family, culture, and poverty.<\/b><\/p>\n Call Me Dancer is a story of hope, heartache, and hard work. Manish and Yehuda search to uncover who and what they are. Yehuda seeks a purpose and a place to call home. Manish dreams of dancing on the world stage, but struggles to break free from the confines of his own economic and social circumstances. In the process, they change each other\u2019s lives.<\/b><\/p>\n SHORTS PROGRAM I<\/b><\/p>\n 6:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n Together One Time<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Casey Brooks, 2021, USA, 3m<\/b><\/p>\n As if we needed any more reminding that we\u2019re living through unprecedented times, our phones spew an endless barrage of hate, violence, and doom. With each waking moment, headlines remind us that women are (and have always been) targets of the ill-doings of people all around the world. Recently our attention has turned to the threefold rise in hate crimes toward Asian Americans and Southeast Asians during the pandemic; in particular, the violence directed at Asian women in the latest act of domestic terrorism in the U.S. demands a response. Wonderland Magazine has teamed up with NYC\u2019s Banji Twerk Team for a seamless and powerful one-take performance to a remix of Marlena Shaw\u2019s \u201cWoman of the Ghetto.\u201d Inspired by the Womanist theory put forth by Alice Walker, the film aims to unite every woman with the feminist movement at the intersection of race, class, and gender oppression. We aspire to honor all the women who strive for inclusion and equality.<\/b><\/p>\n Outside My Window (Face \u00e0 ma fen\u00eatre)<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Sonia Gemmiti, 2020, Canada, 7m<\/b><\/p>\n A young woman stares out her window, working up the courage to step outside. Completed before stay-at-home orders were a daily reality, first-time solo director Sonia Gemmiti presents an expressionistic exploration of her own agoraphobia and isolation. Shot in ultra-widescreen black and white by Fran\u00e7ois Gamache, with music by Jean-Michel Blais, choreography by Mair\u00e9ad Filgate, and\u2014at its heart\u2014a powerful lead performance by Eva Kolarova, Outside My Window is that rare instance of personal filmmaking that captures the larger reality of our time. Winner of the \u201cMake Your Life a Masterpiece\u201d prize at the 2021 Asolo Art Film Festival and recipient of a Special Mention at the Amarcort Film Festival, Outside My Window makes its New York debut at Dance on Camera.<\/b><\/p>\n Forgotten Song<\/b><\/p>\n Tobin Del Cuore, Tyler Gilstrap, Samuel Lee Roberts, 2020, USA, 11m<\/b><\/p>\n Spanish with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n An eccentric character navigates a cityscape with an absurdly large mirror. In time, he is transported to a suspended alternate world where we experience his desire to achieve the impossible.<\/b><\/p>\n On Mending<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Emilie Leriche, 2021, Italy, 15m<\/b><\/p>\n A reflection on the beauty and inevitability of impermanence, On Mending is a short dance film that follows a community\u2019s attempt to process overwhelming loss. The film and its characters wind their way through a vast and barren alpine landscape, an abstract land of memory and nostalgia. At its root, On Mending is a meditation on support, community, and the action of releasing what we can no longer carry with us.<\/b><\/p>\n WeAIghT<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Jennifer Archibald, Andrew Cashin, 2020, USA, 5m<\/b><\/p>\n WeAIghT examines the emotional impact of the Black Lives Matter movement during the 2020 protests in New York City. The film features music composed by Philip Hamilton and a solo performance by dancer James Gilmer, a current company member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. \u201cI wanted to find the purest of expression that one could find at the core of revolutionary and demanding protests,\u201d said choreographer Jennifer Archibald, a Yale School of Drama instructor and recipient of a Joffrey Ballet\u2019s \u201cWinning Works\u201d commision. \u201cIt is a vulnerable image to witness. We must be emotional to understand emotions.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Once There Was III<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Nina McNeely, 2021, USA, 6m<\/b><\/p>\n Three women are bound to a shared soul, oscillating between the throes of brutality and piety. A visceral display of true sisterhood\u2014they suffer together, thrive together, and bleed together\u2014Once There Was III is a mixed-media creation combining dance with live projection-mapping on the body. It is an exploration into ancient iconography, universal archetypes and their relationship with the female form, and spirit throughout history. It is a reflection of the struggle of existence through the isolation and dystopian landscape of our current times. It was created to represent a beacon of hope and to inspire faith in the possibility of a beautiful future.<\/b><\/p>\n Porch Light<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Ned Farr, 2021, USA, 6m<\/b><\/p>\n A young woman returns to her hometown in search of the childhood she left behind, but realizes that in order to find it, she must discover the child within herself.<\/b><\/p>\n I Just Wanna Dance<\/b><\/p>\n New York City Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Amanda Beane, 2021, USA, 4m<\/b><\/p>\n When two dancers are asked to partner at an audition, each struggles with the flip sides of homophobia before finding common footing. Set in a Victorian ballroom overlooking the San Francisco skyline, the film takes us on a journey through genres of partner dancing, addressing homophobia and effeminophobia. Their routine rooted in hustle, the dancers move through the form\u2019s various influences, such as mambo and Lindy Hop, while integrating elements of contemporary hip-hop. During this duet, they develop a relationship, break through societal norms, and come to terms with platonic intimacy. Shooting with a remote head and jib, the camera sweeps through the fast-paced choreography, capturing hustle as a transcendent force of Black joy and tenderness.<\/b><\/p>\n FEATURE PROGRAM<\/b><\/p>\n 8:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Nel Minchin, Wayne Blair, 2020, Australia, 96m<\/b><\/p>\n Firestarter marks Bangarra Dance Theatre\u2019s 30th anniversary. Taking us through Bangarra\u2019s birth and spectacular growth, it tells the story of how three young Aboriginal brothers\u2014Stephen, David, and Russell Page\u2014turned the newly born Australian dance group into a First Nations cultural powerhouse. But, as Firestarter reveals, the company\u2019s international success\u2013The New York Times called Bangarra \u201ca company like no other\u201d\u2013came at a huge personal cost. As it enters its fourth decade, Stephen must lead the company alone, finding a way to channel grief and sorrow into the strength to forge ahead, with a new generation of Indigenous dancers relying on his genius to tell their stories. Through the eyes of the brothers and company alumni, Firestarter explores the loss and reclaiming of culture, the burden of intergenerational trauma, and, crucially, the power of art as a messenger for social change and healing.<\/b><\/p>\n Preceded by<\/b><\/p>\n Folds of Wind (\u0637\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u062d )<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Samir T. Radwan, 2021, Egypt, 3m<\/b><\/p>\n The mirroring of nature to the human condition physically and emotionally is almost tangible. The desert is carved and shaped by differential weathering and the human being is moved by emotions. This affinity is portrayed by a contemporary performance in the middle of the white desert of Egypt, showcasing the complementary behavior of both the human and the desert. The four stages presented in this film can be understood as irritation, anger, flow, and acceptance, which in this work are connected with the white desert that is also in constant progression because of the wind.<\/b><\/p>\n Sunday, February 13<\/b><\/p>\n KIDS PROGRAM<\/b><\/p>\n 1:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n The Secret Theatre<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Jessica Wright, Morgann Runacre-Temple, 2020, UK, 57m<\/b><\/p>\n In a deserted city, a young boy stumbles into a theatre. He wanders through the auditorium, where rows of velvet chairs, draping curtains, and chandeliers seem to lie in lonely wait for audiences to return. The theatre may be empty, but the show will go on. In this m\u00e9lange of popular festive ballets, the worlds of the Snow Queen and the Sugar Plum Fairy collide when the theatre bursts into life. Throughout this spectacular, feature-length film, you\u2019ll be treated to an extraordinary show filled with acrobats, snowflakes, clowns, princes, and\u2014of course\u2014beautiful ballerinas. Featuring performances from the full Scottish Ballet Company, this Christmas special will be an unforgettable adventure for the entire family.<\/b><\/p>\n The Wind and The Kite<\/b><\/p>\n Robert Machoian, Keely Song, 2021, USA, 7m<\/b><\/p>\n To deepen this tale of marital strife, directors Robert Machoian and Keely Song subvert the approach of the conventional dance short, choosing at moments to focus on the faces of the dancers and at other times to remove them from the frame. Composer William Ryan Fritch’s sweeping orchestral score and the seemingly extraterrestrial landscape only serve to heighten the juxtaposition between intimacy and distance in this boundary-pushing piece.<\/b><\/p>\n PERSEVERANCE<\/b><\/p>\n 3:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n Los Perros del Barrio Colosal (The Dogs of the Colossal Neighborhood)<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Drew L. Brown, Omar Rom\u00e1n De Jes\u00fas, 2021, USA, 12m<\/b><\/p>\n Through the exaggerated mannerisms of daytime television, the six characters of Los Perros del Barrio Colosal take us on a wild romp through the challenges of creative decision-making. Diving dramatically into the adventure of an imagination yet to be physicalized, they ask us to consider the far side of the moments when our ideas threaten, with disjointed urgency, to swallow us whole. Los Perros del Barrio Colosal was co-directed by Student Academy Award\u2013winning filmmaker Drew L. Brown and Omar Rom\u00e1n De Jes\u00fas, Artistic Director of New York City\u2013based dance company Boca Tuya.<\/b><\/p>\n Firebird Rising<\/b><\/p>\n David Roseberry, 2021, USA, 18m<\/b><\/p>\n Directed by David Roseberry, Firebird Rising documents Memphis-based Collage Dance Collective\u2019s painstaking commitment to creating and presenting choreographer Kevin Thomas’s latest work amid uncertain times. In this film, an iconic classical ballet is reenvisioned to affirm the beauty and power of women from the African diaspora. Set in an enchanted jungle, Kevin Thomas’s Firebird explores moments of magic, love, and redemption through new and refreshing choreography. With social unrest, a global pandemic, and the shuttering of nearly every performing arts organization, Collage Dance\u2014composed of professional company dancers, artistic leadership, and a production crew\u2014deepened their trust and faith in one another. In the “Collage bubble,” this unified group of individual artists created a masterpiece in one of the most difficult times in modern history.<\/b><\/p>\n OMEN<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Blake McCord, Justin Clifton, Harlan Taney, 2021, USA, 27m<\/b><\/p>\n Through dance and movement, OMEN tells the story of one woman\u2019s exploration of bravery and perseverance, intimately following her as she takes risks and overcomes fears. The film tells the story of our shared interdependence, and the beauty of surrendering to the unknown. OMEN was shot in the Grand Canyon National Park by award-winning filmmakers Harlan Taney, Justin Clifton, and Blake McCord of Sandcast Media. Devised by the groundbreaking Dark Sky Aerial Company, OMEN is a 10-minute dance film with a 17-minute companion documentary created by Firewatch Media.<\/b><\/p>\n Places, Please<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Reed Luplau, 2020, USA, 20m<\/b><\/p>\n Eight artists meet in a support group to discuss how the COVID-19 shutdown has affected their lives and livelihood. Blending live-theatre and cinematic techniques, the film offers its audience an intimate look into the minds, passions, and struggles of our creators during these unprecedented times. The artists\u2019 journey is a reflection of the human experience, and Places, Please is a theatrical representation of a generation surviving in a global pandemic.<\/b><\/p>\n #MYDANCEFILM – FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMMING<\/b><\/p>\n 5:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Elinor Bunin Munroe Amphitheater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n #MyDanceFilm: Getting Your Film Out There<\/b><\/p>\n Various Artists, 60m<\/b><\/p>\n Dance filmmakers, fresh and seasoned alike, engaged the public by posting their films to social media. A selection of these bold new dance films from around the globe make up the festival\u2019s #MyDanceFilm Program.<\/b><\/p>\n AN EVENING WITH JACOB JONAS THE COMPANY<\/b><\/p>\n 6:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n Jacob Jonas The Company Screening and Conversation<\/b><\/p>\n Jacob Jonas The Company and Various Artists, 2021, USA, 70m<\/b><\/p>\n Over the last year Jacob Jonas The Company released an unprecedented 30 short dance films through their platform films.dance. All of these films were creatively directed and produced in-house. They worked with more than 400 artists across 30 countries and reached more than 7.5 million impressions online. This screening event will include a lineup curated by Jacob Jonas The Company along with a moderated conversation between the company and various artists who participated in some of these spectacular films.<\/b><\/p>\n SHORTS PROGRAM II<\/b><\/p>\n 8:15 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n Memories of the Future<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Dance Collective Arnhemse Meisjes, 2020, The Netherlands, 12m<\/b><\/p>\n Memories of the Future is a short dance film by Dance Collective Arnhemse Meisjes. This film tells the story of one and each person at the same time. We dance a powerful life path in which experiences from the past and memories from the future emerge. They come together in the present moment. This is a human story: your story. A story of your ancestors and your (grand)children. Do the future and the past run parallel in the present? Everything is allowed, because everything turns; everything comes, everything passes. Like the seasons, a cycle of life and death. We fall and get up again. We turn, until the present moment is all that remains. That’s what we can hold on to. Here, now. You, me, we.<\/b><\/p>\n Child of the screen<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Nathan Hirschaut, 2021, USA, 5m<\/b><\/p>\n Child of the screen is a short dance\/theatre film about a boy who is raised and shaped by the screen, and other mediating forces.<\/b><\/p>\n Widow’s End<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Jil Guyon, 2020, USA, 5m<\/b><\/p>\n The perils of isolation and climate instability meet in this split-screen video set against the backdrop of a volcanic red-rock quarry in southern Iceland. Caught in an extreme, inhospitable landscape, a bereaved woman finds herself enveloped in a swath of black fabric. The intensity of her stillness combines with a stark sound score to form a slowly shifting visual tableau that explores the terrain where inner and outer realities collide.<\/b><\/p>\n They Dance With Their Heads<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Thomas Corriveau, 2021, Canada, 8m<\/b><\/p>\n English and French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n The severed head of a choreographer is held captive by an eagle on a desert island. With a dazzling mastery of drawing and painting, this animated short unexpectedly takes us into the sensitive world of an artist madly in love with dance. \u201cThe film was developed from a series of workshops with fabulous dancers in Montr\u00e9al,\u201d director Thomas Corriveau explains. \u201cAs I was drawing and painting, I wanted the energy of the colored lines to fully participate in the emergence of a strong and sensitive bodily presence for the dancers.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Liminality<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Jennifer Akalina Petuch, Annali Rose, 2020, USA, 8m<\/b><\/p>\n Liminality is an underwater dance film inspired by the inevitable journey ballet dancers face when retiring from their professional careers. Co-directors Annali Rose and Jennie Akalina Petuch explore the question of \u201cWhat happens when the fairy tale is over?\u201d Looking to Swan Lake as the quintessential classical ballet, Liminality imagines what Odette may have experienced upon plunging to her watery death in the depths of the lake. There is no prescribed happily-ever-after; instead, you will witness a moment of suspended reality, disenchantment, vulnerability, self-discovery, and transformation. Here, the heroine explores the space in between life and death, coming to terms with the end of her world as she knew it, and finding the strength and courage to move into a new existence\u2014one that is full of possibilities yet to be written.<\/b><\/p>\n Evidence of it All<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Drew Jacoby, 2021, USA, 9m<\/b><\/p>\n Film director and choreographer Drew Jacoby (Nederlands Dans Theater, Royal Ballet of Flanders) explores the realm of the seven deadly sins in her first short dance film for SFDanceworks. With an original story by Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning librettist Royce Vavrek, the film captures a woman in solitude, pulsating through her memories. Drawing inspiration from iconic artists Maya Deren and Peter Lindbergh, Jacoby’s graphic movement style and aesthetic give the film an eerie, absurd, and sometimes surreal sensuality. With narration by Golden Globe\u2013winning and Oscar-nominated actress Rosamund Pike and sound design by the brilliant composer Mikael Karlsson (an Alicia Keys and Lykke Li collaborator), Princess Grace Award\u2013winning contemporary dancer Meredith Webster (Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet) takes the viewer on an intimate and riveting journey through her troubled mind, shedding light on the perpetual inner carnal struggle.<\/b><\/p>\n Dive<\/b><\/p>\n New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Oscar Sansom, 2021, UK, 13m<\/b><\/p>\n Scottish Ballet\u2019s Choreographer in Residence Sophie Laplane partners with James Bonas (director of the 2019 ballet The Crucible) and filmmaker Oscar Sansom to create Dive, a short film inspired by French artist Yves Klein and what has become the world\u2019s most famous shade of blue. Expect Laplane\u2019s quintessentially quirky choreography paired with striking visuals in this teal-toned treat.<\/b><\/p>\n Monday, February 14<\/b><\/p>\n CLOSING NIGHT PROGRAM<\/b><\/p>\n 8:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center<\/b><\/p>\n Cabaret<\/b><\/p>\n Bob Fosse, 1972, USA, 35mm, 124m<\/b><\/p>\n Celebrating its 50th anniversary on February 13, 2022, Cabaret is no ordinary movie musical. Adapted from Bob Fosse\u2019s hit Broadway show, this film\u2014starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, and Helmut Griem\u2014set a record for winning the most Oscars of any film (eight) without taking home Best Picture. Both choreographed and directed by Fosse, this seminal dance film will be presented in 35mm on the closing night of the 50th Dance on Camera Festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION<\/b><\/p>\n Founded in 1951, Dance Films Association (DFA) is dedicated to fostering connections between the worlds of dance and film; to promoting excellence in dance films; supporting filmmakers working specifically with dance and helping them develop and augment their skills; and to connecting audiences with quality films focused on movement and dance, both new works and works from the historical canon. DFA is a catalyst for innovation in and preservation of dance on camera.<\/b><\/p>\n Dance Films Association receives generous year-round support from our members, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, The Office of the Mayor Eric Adams, and Commissioner Gonzalo Casals, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, Wave Farm, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information visit www.dancefilms.org and follow @dancefilms on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.<\/b><\/p>\n FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER<\/b><\/p>\n Film at Lincoln Center is dedicated to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema and enriching film culture.<\/b><\/p>\n Film at Lincoln Center fulfills its mission through the programming of festivals, series, retrospectives, and new releases; the publication of Film Comment; and the presentation of podcasts, talks, special events, and artist initiatives. Since its founding in 1969, this nonprofit organization has brought the celebration of American and international film to the world-renowned Lincoln Center arts complex, making the discussion and appreciation of cinema accessible to a broad audience and ensuring that it remains an essential art form for years to come.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE LINEUP FOR\u00a0 THE 50TH DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL, FEBRUARY 11-14 This year\u2019s program will highlight the festival\u2019s 50-year history while looking to the future\u00a0of dance films and the festival\u2019s next 50 years. 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