DANCE:FILM
CreationEditor
May 25, '09, 12:26 AM
Hi,
the lovely Scottish capital Edinburgh is currently running its very own DANCE:FILM festival with great success!!! Dancebase curator Steph Wright has put an exciting program mix of famous films like Swing Time and Flashdance as well as screenings of independent and international screendance makers together. I went to see the two programs 'Dance With Camera' and 'Dance For Camera' and was blown away by the eclectic collection of high quality screendance. I happy to see that 'Screendance' is becoming a known genre that has grown from filming your friend with a camcorder to creating proper concepts that combine film techniques with skillful movements.
Much more to come but here's what's happening in the next couple of days!
GYPSY - Monday 25th May 18.00
A super rare screening of Mervyn LeRoy's 1962 Gypsy on the big screen! Shipped all the way from LA for this one off showing, make sure you don't miss it! Book your tickets here.
Invitation to the Dance: Body & Taboo - Tuesday 26th May 18.15
In 2005 Gerda König, a German choreographer who has muscular dystrophy, brought together people with disabilities and able-bodied dancers, many of them from impoverished shanty towns, in an 8-week workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The film documents the artistic process of creating a performance with such a heterogeneous group of people and at the same time gives the viewer an insight into the culture and social conditions of this East African city.
EXTRA Flashdance: 80s tastic Jazz workshop, Sat 30th May 18.00-20.00
Due to popular demand, we've had to put on an extra session of the Flashdance: 80s tastic Jazz workshop which was sold out and there's still a few places left so get booking here!
TINY DANCE FILMS
The Tiny Dance Films kiosks are in the foyers of both Filmhouse and Dance Base. They're the intriguing looking black boxes with headphones on. Go check them out!
DANCE:FILM Facebook Fan Page
Become a fan of DANCE:FILM on Facebook here. There'll be constant updates of offers and news!
If in doubt, check it out on www.dancefilmscotland.com
Monday, 25 May 2009
Biomimcry & Dance
Biomimcry & Dance
CreationEditor
Mar 25, '09, 08:30 AM
I always think in terms of video editing to create something that is a heightened reality because I have to squeeze real experience of movements and moments (space, soundscape, smells, 3D surround view) into a compressed framed 2D format.
However, I want to keep my screendance close to life in its own movements because it is so close to our own bodily experience. No other form of editing or creation of video is so interested in how we actually physically feel about it. It is concerned and cares about the viewer, aims to translate to the audience the personal intimate experience of the dancer, dance and the spectators themselves. Video is also able to show and point out moments that we cannot see live but that are still there.
This notion intrigues me very much but where do I look next...I always keep on looking at us, our human body, the dancer and the dance. However, I undertook a fantastic Butoh class with Lindsay John at Dancebase last week and his philosophy of looking at the world is really inspiring. During class he talked about a falling leaf he saw that landed over there and not over here and he wondered why it make this decision. Personally, I probably live 80% of my awake time in front of a screen, 10% training and the rest...not as much in my garden or just looking at nature as I wish.
It relaxes me looking at my pets: my cockatiel does an incredible move where she brings her claw from behind her wing to the top of her head. My frog reminds me of our very basic, primal motions. In fact, my video about them is my most viewed clip on youtube!
Shaky Frog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYhii81IUhM
But back to my train of thoughts on changing my perception on things. It is not enough to look at movements of nature but how does it feel and why. Referring to Janine Benyus in her presentation on "12 sustainable design ideas from nature": looking at a shell is not just pretty but ask why is it that way and the answer is: it is comfortable housing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n77BfxnVlyc
Ok, where I am going from here...I do not know but I like my starting point and happy to receive any feedback and comments about it. I am widening my horizon on not merely how does dance feel to us but how does nature feel about its patterns, structures and decisions. I expect the answers to be very pure, well reasoned and plausible but still intriguing and maybe even challenging.
Wishes,
Sabine Klaus Creation Editor
http://creationeditor.co.uk/
CreationEditor
Mar 25, '09, 08:30 AM
I always think in terms of video editing to create something that is a heightened reality because I have to squeeze real experience of movements and moments (space, soundscape, smells, 3D surround view) into a compressed framed 2D format.
However, I want to keep my screendance close to life in its own movements because it is so close to our own bodily experience. No other form of editing or creation of video is so interested in how we actually physically feel about it. It is concerned and cares about the viewer, aims to translate to the audience the personal intimate experience of the dancer, dance and the spectators themselves. Video is also able to show and point out moments that we cannot see live but that are still there.
This notion intrigues me very much but where do I look next...I always keep on looking at us, our human body, the dancer and the dance. However, I undertook a fantastic Butoh class with Lindsay John at Dancebase last week and his philosophy of looking at the world is really inspiring. During class he talked about a falling leaf he saw that landed over there and not over here and he wondered why it make this decision. Personally, I probably live 80% of my awake time in front of a screen, 10% training and the rest...not as much in my garden or just looking at nature as I wish.
It relaxes me looking at my pets: my cockatiel does an incredible move where she brings her claw from behind her wing to the top of her head. My frog reminds me of our very basic, primal motions. In fact, my video about them is my most viewed clip on youtube!
Shaky Frog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYhii81IUhM
But back to my train of thoughts on changing my perception on things. It is not enough to look at movements of nature but how does it feel and why. Referring to Janine Benyus in her presentation on "12 sustainable design ideas from nature": looking at a shell is not just pretty but ask why is it that way and the answer is: it is comfortable housing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n77BfxnVlyc
Ok, where I am going from here...I do not know but I like my starting point and happy to receive any feedback and comments about it. I am widening my horizon on not merely how does dance feel to us but how does nature feel about its patterns, structures and decisions. I expect the answers to be very pure, well reasoned and plausible but still intriguing and maybe even challenging.
Wishes,
Sabine Klaus Creation Editor
http://creationeditor.co.uk/
Friday, 22 May 2009
DANCE PLUS
Dance Plus
CreationEditor
May 22, '09, 09:37 PM
In Short:
It is a series of three documentaries about dance and technology bringing to light the current development of movement research, meaning and context. The overall title is “Dance Plus”.
THE PROJECT:
The 1st Documentary is about Jeannette Ginslov who stems from Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the Founder and Director of Walking Gusto Productions multimedia dance theatre, a choreographer, video dance maker and multimedia artist. Her video dance works are presented locally and internationally. Her current work “Sanctum” is an interactive, multi sensory Screendance work that exposes the heinous crime of FGM or Female Genital Mutilation and attempts to elicit the viewer’s response of empathy to an act of cruelty perpetrated on women. Sanctum emphasises technology serving content and audience reception. The Screendance medium will capture the experience and sensation of the restricted dancing body interacting with sites of interactivity that amplifies the kinesthetic and emotional content in order to shape Screendance reception.
The 2nd documentary is about Arthur Elsenaar’s “Artifacial” which is an Algorithmic Facial Choreography. “Artifacial Expression” is an art and research project that investigates the computer controlled human face as a medium for kinetic art and develops algorithms for facial choreography. Besides the Leonardo Award for Excellence Elsenaar received an "Anerkennung" from Prix Ars Electronica for his work into facial choreography. Most recently The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam has acquired the algorithmic facial choreography piece entitled "Face Shift" for their permanent collection.
The 3rd documentary is about the award winning Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes who have been collaborating on single screen video dance works and web-dances at hyperchoreography.org, for over 10 years, but their latest project MOVE-ME.com combines their individual interests in dance and interactive installations that takes them in a new direction with significant international success. The move-me booth is a special video booth touring to theatre foyers, festival venues, arts centres, galleries, universities and dance agencies. Over 10,000 people have entered the booth to try it out and 2000 completed video clips have been recorded and are on the website. The booth tour visited 35 venues in the UK and Holland to April 2008 including Sadler’s Wells London in September 2006 and it was also in Australia and New Zealand during the summer of 2008.
Why I want to document this:
The first silent films were often described as early forms of ‘screendance’; a fact that is nearly forgotten. Our physical connection and muscular empathy to movements on screen is vital to our overall perception and wellbeing. There is an immense power and potential in the exploration of this medium and my three documentaries want to capture this. It serves as a purpose to document three of our most interesting contemporary video dance makers and raises awareness of their works
CreationEditor
May 22, '09, 09:37 PM
In Short:
It is a series of three documentaries about dance and technology bringing to light the current development of movement research, meaning and context. The overall title is “Dance Plus”.
THE PROJECT:
The 1st Documentary is about Jeannette Ginslov who stems from Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the Founder and Director of Walking Gusto Productions multimedia dance theatre, a choreographer, video dance maker and multimedia artist. Her video dance works are presented locally and internationally. Her current work “Sanctum” is an interactive, multi sensory Screendance work that exposes the heinous crime of FGM or Female Genital Mutilation and attempts to elicit the viewer’s response of empathy to an act of cruelty perpetrated on women. Sanctum emphasises technology serving content and audience reception. The Screendance medium will capture the experience and sensation of the restricted dancing body interacting with sites of interactivity that amplifies the kinesthetic and emotional content in order to shape Screendance reception.
The 2nd documentary is about Arthur Elsenaar’s “Artifacial” which is an Algorithmic Facial Choreography. “Artifacial Expression” is an art and research project that investigates the computer controlled human face as a medium for kinetic art and develops algorithms for facial choreography. Besides the Leonardo Award for Excellence Elsenaar received an "Anerkennung" from Prix Ars Electronica for his work into facial choreography. Most recently The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam has acquired the algorithmic facial choreography piece entitled "Face Shift" for their permanent collection.
The 3rd documentary is about the award winning Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes who have been collaborating on single screen video dance works and web-dances at hyperchoreography.org, for over 10 years, but their latest project MOVE-ME.com combines their individual interests in dance and interactive installations that takes them in a new direction with significant international success. The move-me booth is a special video booth touring to theatre foyers, festival venues, arts centres, galleries, universities and dance agencies. Over 10,000 people have entered the booth to try it out and 2000 completed video clips have been recorded and are on the website. The booth tour visited 35 venues in the UK and Holland to April 2008 including Sadler’s Wells London in September 2006 and it was also in Australia and New Zealand during the summer of 2008.
Why I want to document this:
The first silent films were often described as early forms of ‘screendance’; a fact that is nearly forgotten. Our physical connection and muscular empathy to movements on screen is vital to our overall perception and wellbeing. There is an immense power and potential in the exploration of this medium and my three documentaries want to capture this. It serves as a purpose to document three of our most interesting contemporary video dance makers and raises awareness of their works
Monday, 18 May 2009
DANCE:FILM
DANCE:FILM in Edinburgh
CreationEditor
May 18, '09, 09:23 PM
Hi Guys,
two of my films are in DANCE:FILM...TRENCH is screening in Dance For Camera on Sat at 11.30am and URBAN DANCERS is in Dance With Camera on Sat at 13.30! It'd be great to see you there!!!
Sabine x
So, here are the dates & links:
Dance for Camera – Saturday 23rd May 2009, 11.30 http://www.dancefilmscotland.com/2009/films/danceforcamera.html
Dance with Camera – Saturday 23rd May 2009, 13.30 http://www.dancefilmscotland.com/2009/films/dancewithcamera.html
and there are also:
Is it Dance? – Saturday 30th May 2009, 11.30 http://www.dancefilmscotland.com/2009/films/isitdance.html
New works – Saturday 30th May 2009, 13.30 http://www.dancefilmscotland.com/2009/films/newworks.html
CreationEditor
May 18, '09, 09:23 PM
Hi Guys,
two of my films are in DANCE:FILM...TRENCH is screening in Dance For Camera on Sat at 11.30am and URBAN DANCERS is in Dance With Camera on Sat at 13.30! It'd be great to see you there!!!
Sabine x
So, here are the dates & links:
Dance for Camera – Saturday 23rd May 2009, 11.30 http://www.dancefilmscotland.com/2009/films/danceforcamera.html
Dance with Camera – Saturday 23rd May 2009, 13.30 http://www.dancefilmscotland.com/2009/films/dancewithcamera.html
and there are also:
Is it Dance? – Saturday 30th May 2009, 11.30 http://www.dancefilmscotland.com/2009/films/isitdance.html
New works – Saturday 30th May 2009, 13.30 http://www.dancefilmscotland.com/2009/films/newworks.html
HV20
HV20 - the female way to shoot
CreationEditor
Mar 18, '09, 08:29 AM
Are you thinking of buying a new camcorder but you are on a budget? I recently wrote a review about my Canon HV20 for http://smiley-plus.com/ :
Canon HV20 is a wonderful small camcorder that suits every filmmaker's budget, however, not necessarily the ones with big hands. As a woman I was looking for the perfect and professional camcorder that has all the settings on manual option as well as one that I can hold comfortably. I do not want to point on certain other cameras that do not have the shoulder option like the Canon XL1 but that are still head-heavy and literally impossible to be handled by anyone with tiny hands. And I found HV20, with 1.2lbs (without battery) it is light on your hands even if you attach the extra accessories like the wide angle lens and the microphone that both turn this little home video cam into your pro movie shooter. It is very attractive for women with its small dials and buttons, especially the zoom adjuster but I found it impossible to be used by a man. So ladies, it is your machine, do not give it to your man!
Here are some standard information: HV20 records in HDV and SD DV onto miniDV tape and 10 times optical zoom but there is the option to attach a tele lens. The instant focus works very well but for the manual way there are the assistant functions of magnifying and peaking to get it all perfect. However, this camcorder is most famous for its native 25p in PAL mode which does not require any pulldown removal techniques making it so easy to work with in post!
Some people say that HV20 does not work well in low lighting conditions, however, my first shoot I did with HV20 was at sun set and then in a dark forest using only a torch. HV20 handled the situation fantastically and you can watch it for yourself in my video TRENCH featuring the dancers Anthony Missen and Kevin Turner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PciUp7-Gsuo
To sum up, HV20 is a camcorder I would buy again!
More indepth and useful information can be found on the HV20 dedicated website:
http://www.hv20.com/
Hope you enjoyed the review!
written by Sabine Klaus Creation Editor
http://creationeditor.co.uk/
CreationEditor
Mar 18, '09, 08:29 AM
Are you thinking of buying a new camcorder but you are on a budget? I recently wrote a review about my Canon HV20 for http://smiley-plus.com/ :
Canon HV20 is a wonderful small camcorder that suits every filmmaker's budget, however, not necessarily the ones with big hands. As a woman I was looking for the perfect and professional camcorder that has all the settings on manual option as well as one that I can hold comfortably. I do not want to point on certain other cameras that do not have the shoulder option like the Canon XL1 but that are still head-heavy and literally impossible to be handled by anyone with tiny hands. And I found HV20, with 1.2lbs (without battery) it is light on your hands even if you attach the extra accessories like the wide angle lens and the microphone that both turn this little home video cam into your pro movie shooter. It is very attractive for women with its small dials and buttons, especially the zoom adjuster but I found it impossible to be used by a man. So ladies, it is your machine, do not give it to your man!
Here are some standard information: HV20 records in HDV and SD DV onto miniDV tape and 10 times optical zoom but there is the option to attach a tele lens. The instant focus works very well but for the manual way there are the assistant functions of magnifying and peaking to get it all perfect. However, this camcorder is most famous for its native 25p in PAL mode which does not require any pulldown removal techniques making it so easy to work with in post!
Some people say that HV20 does not work well in low lighting conditions, however, my first shoot I did with HV20 was at sun set and then in a dark forest using only a torch. HV20 handled the situation fantastically and you can watch it for yourself in my video TRENCH featuring the dancers Anthony Missen and Kevin Turner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PciUp7-Gsuo
To sum up, HV20 is a camcorder I would buy again!
More indepth and useful information can be found on the HV20 dedicated website:
http://www.hv20.com/
Hope you enjoyed the review!
written by Sabine Klaus Creation Editor
http://creationeditor.co.uk/
Friday, 1 May 2009
Movement on Screen
Movement on Screen 2009
CreationEditor
May 1, '09, 03:14 AM
Movement on Screen 2009 was a total sensation! I already enjoyed the previous year but the 2009 festival was miles better. The Cornerhouse, which is pulsing hub for contemporary visual art and it is also located right in the heart of Manchester, was a great venue and moves had its own delegate centre.
The overall theme of the festival was 'Tell your story' that guided and accompanied the audience through the various screenings, talks and forums. To offer a narration makes screendance accessible to a wider audience which is great. The selected films for the screenings were of very high quality -contents and productionwise- raising the bar for future work!
More in depth will follow from me about the festival but until then I want to recommend to view the photos:
http://www.movementonscreen.org.uk/page.asp?id=2822
and film I managed to make between attending 22 events:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zy2nkjiFg0
Sabine Klaus
www.creationeditor.co.uk
CreationEditor
May 1, '09, 03:14 AM
Movement on Screen 2009 was a total sensation! I already enjoyed the previous year but the 2009 festival was miles better. The Cornerhouse, which is pulsing hub for contemporary visual art and it is also located right in the heart of Manchester, was a great venue and moves had its own delegate centre.
The overall theme of the festival was 'Tell your story' that guided and accompanied the audience through the various screenings, talks and forums. To offer a narration makes screendance accessible to a wider audience which is great. The selected films for the screenings were of very high quality -contents and productionwise- raising the bar for future work!
More in depth will follow from me about the festival but until then I want to recommend to view the photos:
http://www.movementonscreen.org.uk/page.asp?id=2822
and film I managed to make between attending 22 events:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zy2nkjiFg0
Sabine Klaus
www.creationeditor.co.uk
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