The following message was posted to: dance-tech > Dear Collegues -- > > I am writing to let you know that Alla Kogvan and I will be >teaching a Dance Video Editing Workshop as a part of the 31st Dance >on Camera Festival and Forum in New York City, January 10-18. >Details below. Please direct applications to Alla, akovgan@rcn.com. > all the best Joan Karlen > Dance Video Editing Workshop: > Our hands-on workshop invites dancers, choreographers and dance >film/video makers to discover the wonders of editing. During the >Workshop, we will introduce a number of editing approaches and >techniques and illustrate their use through excerpts from both >recent and older dance films and video works. We will also >demonstrate the capabilities of the Final Cut Pro 3 digital editing >software, and will provide you with a set of basic tools to use the >system. The number of participants is limited to 8-10. > > We invite both beginners and more experience dance film/video >makers to sign up. We encourage more experienced dance film/video >makers to bring footage of the 3-4 minute piece or excerpt they are >currently working on. During three hands-on three-hour sessions of >the workshop, they will able to edit their pieces. The beginners are >not expected to have any prior editing experience and are not >required to bring their footage. All the participants are invited to >bring their prior dance film/video works for critiques and >discussions during the final session. > > Workshop Dates: > Sunday, January 12 10AM-1PM; > Monday, January 13, 10AM-1PM, > Tuesday, January 14 10AM-1PM and 2-5PM (critiques). > (In case there are more of you registered than we can accept, there >is a possibility of offering the second session from Wednesday, >January 15-Friday, January 18, we will be in contact with you once >you have registered.) > > Workshop Fee: $150, make checks payable to Dance Films Association, >please send your checks covering the $150 or a non-refundable $25 >deposit along with your application to (the final amount is due on >the first day of the Workshop): > Dance Films Association > Editing Workshop > 48 West 21st Street, #907 > New York, NY 10010 > > Also, please e-mail your application to > akovgan@rcn.com with the SUBJECT: Editing Workshop > > Registration Deadline: December 14, 2002 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Instructors: > > Alla Kovgan is a film / video maker, curator and teacher from >Moscow (Russia) who has lived and worked in Boston since 1996. Her >16mm films and videos (> '> Aching> '> , > '> Belongings> '> , > '> >Surface> '> , > '> Clara Wainwright: Tales of a Community Quilt> '> >) have been screened at the film festivals and theatrical venues >around the US, Canada, and Europe including Museum of Fine Arts >(Boston, MA), DeCordova Museum (Lincoln, MA), Antimatter Film >Festival (Victoria, BC), East Art Gallery (Hungary), EuroUnderground >(Poland), Napolidanza (Italy), Festival Internacional de Video Danza >(Buenos Aires, Argentina), and others. Besides films and videos, >Alla's media of expression and exploration encompass multimedia >performances, interactive video projections and other >image/sound/body collaborations with dancers and musicians. Together >with Jeff Silva, she curates Balagan Experimental Film and Video >Series at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Boston, recognized by the >Boston Film Critics Society as the > "> best film series of 2001> "> >. Alla has received grants from LEF Foundation, Brookilne >Commission for the Arts, American Consulate in St. Petersburg >(Russia), Boston First Night Foundation and others. > > Among Alla> '> s recent endeavors are a dance/film/construction >collaboration-performance Body Tales (2001) and Blind Spot #2 >(2002), teaching (together with Deirdre Towers of Dance Films >Association, New York) two international Dance on Camera workshops >and curating and presenting six dance-film programs at the Kannon >Dance School of Modern Dance and ProArte Institute of New Media in >St. Petersburg, Russia (summer 2001, winter 2002, spring 2003) and >co-producing (together with Ken Glazebrook) a documentary about >African Modern Dance > "> African Dance: Sand, Drum and >Shostakovich> "> that will premiere at the Lincoln Center (New York >City) as an official selection of the Dance on Camera Festival 2003. > > Joan Karlen (choreographer, videographer, and performer) is >Professor of Theatre & Dance at University of Wisconsin-Stevens >Point, specializing in multimedia presentations in dance and video. >She has premiered her video and computer-generated dances throughout >the United States and in Portugal and was a selection jury member >for Dance Films Association's Dance on Camera Festival 2000 at >Lincoln Center, NYC. > > Joan is currently developing a new interactive and multimedia >performance project, ZOOM IN, LOOK OUT, with Argentine collaborators >Margarita Bali (director/choreographer), Jorge Sad (composer) and >Francisco Colasanto (interactive software programmer). This project >explores and defines ways that interactive technologies can be >designed to reveal a dramatic narrative, in this case, the unfolding >of a female character's personality as danced by Karlen. The ZOOM IN >stage space is completely > "> mapped> "> using MAX/msp software >which enables sounds and images to appear, change and disappear in >response to the performer> '> s movement. Performances are planned >at UWSP in May 2003 and Buenos Aires in October 2003. > > At University of Wisconsin Joan designed and coordinates the >Interdisciplinary Studies curriculum, teaches camera dance, digital >video editing, dance composition and technique. She has twice >received UWSP's Excellence in Teaching Award, a Wisconsin Arts Board >Choreography Fellowship, and this year was named a University of >Wisconsin Teaching Scholar. She is a contributing author to the >October 2002 book Distance Learning Technologies: Effective >Practices, and has published her work in electronic journals and >CD-ROM. Joan earned dance degrees from The Juilliard School and New >York University. She performed professionally in New York and >regionally before joining the University of Wisconsin Theatre & >Dance faculty. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > REGISTRATION FORM > > NAME: > > ADDRESS: > > E-mail: > > OCCUPATION: ( ) dancer ( ) choreographer ( ) film/video maker ( ) >other, please specify > > PRIOR EDITING EXPERIENCE using Final Cut Pro System: > ( ) I have never used a computer editing system > ( ) I have some editing experience and edited before using Final >Cut Pro System (specify if you used other system) > ( ) I am an experienced editor and I have used the Final Cut Pro >editing system > ( ) others, please specify > > PRIOR EXPERIENCE as DANCE FILM/VIDEO MAKER: > ( ) I have never completed a dance film/video > ( ) I have never completed a dance/film/video myself but I have >been involved in other makers' projects > ( ) I have never completed a dance/film/video myself but I am >working on a project now > ( ) I have completed a dance film/video(s) ? name the films > ( ) I have been involved in multimedia collaborations - specify what kind > ( ) other, please specify > > Are you intending to bring raw footage to be edited during the Workshop? > ( ) yes ( ) no > > If yes, please let us know the details of your project - synopsis, >length, shooting format: > > > Your SHORT BIO: > > > I am attaching a check or an international money order, payable to >DFA, for ( ) $150 workshop fee or ( ) $25 non-refundable deposit > > SIGNATURE: > > > PLEASE SEND YOUR APPLICATION TO: > Dance Films Association > Editing Workshop > 48 West 21st Street, #907 > New York, NY 10010 > > Also, please e-mail your application to > akovgan@rcn.com with the SUBJECT: Editing Workshop > > Registration Deadline: December 14, 2002 > > ---------------------------------------- The Dance-Tech mailing list has recently moved to a new address. 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