> This might be interesting for some of you Call for Applicants: Dance on Screen Master Class, January 21-27, 2001 British film maker David Hinton leads an intensive Master Class for six choreographers as part of the Dance On Camera Festival 2002 in New York City, as co-sponsored by British Council and Dance Films Association. Each participant will prepare, shoot and edit a one minute dance video under the tutelage of award-winning director David Hinton in this workshop modeled after his workshop offered by The Place in London in 2000. Hinton directed the TV versions of DV8's "Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men" and "Strange Fish," and most recently won the Dance Screen award for "Birds." He has made dance films with many choreographers. "One of my first films was a documentary about the choreographer Siobhan Davies," says Hinton. "I quickly realized that as a film-maker I was on to a good thing doing dance because it was a great way of learning how to use the language of film. I realized that film is a medium largely concerned with images and action and the further away from words you get, the more purely you're working with film." "Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men" was the first dance film I did that was pure performance rather than documentary. The kind of dance that DV8 is involved in lends itself incredibly well to working in film form. There are certain choreographers - Merce Cunningham being one of them who I think are magnificent in the theater, but what they do belongs in the theatre. DV8 is interested in psychology, character, narrative and emotion, things that film is far more capable of dealing with than the complexity of many things happening at once which is a preoccupation of Cunningham's." The master class is only concerned with the art of creating dance for the camera. It will not look at documenting performance, or the use of video in live performance. To gain a place on the Master Class, applicants must either have some experience of film or video, or be able to demonstrate in the application a basic understanding of film language. Successful applicants will be required to show a high level of creative ability and focus - and be prepared to work under pressure. The deadline for application is December 20th. This Dance On Screen workshop is one of many activities sponsored by DFA, founded by the late Susan Braun in 1956 as a non-profit, member-supported organization. DFA produces the annual Dance On Camera Festival, Showcase and publishes the bi-monthly Dance On Camera Journal. Members receive discounts for all DFA events, the option to apply for fiscal sponsorship, production support, access to database -soon to be available to members on the Internet, finishing funds, and viewing facilities. For application forms, please contact: Dance Films Association, Inc., 48 W. 21st St, #907, New York, NY 10010. Tel/Fax: (212) 727-0764; e-mail: dfa5@juno.com. For an overview of DFA, please visit our website: www.dancefilmsassn.org. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
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