Our Media Center takes you inside Film at Lincoln Center with photos, videos, and podcasts from our screenings, talks, and events, plus announcements of upcoming programs and coverage of our artist and education initiatives.
Young Dancemakers
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January 7, 2015
Free event!Young Dancemakers Company, founded by Alice Teirstein, is a unique summer dance ensemble of NYC teens dedicated to creating their own original choreography and performing it in concerts citywide. Young Dancemakers (Greg Vander Veer, USA, 2014, 28m) follows three members of the company, mentored by Teirstein, as they deal with their personal struggles and ultimately learn to express themselves through dance.
Meet the Artist: Third Rail Projects
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January 7, 2015
Free event!Critically acclaimed immersive theater company Third Rail Projects, creators of the award-winning production Then She Fell, will join Dance on Camera to offer audiences the opportunity to learn about the influence of dance film on their large body of work.
Filmmaker Services Panel
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January 7, 2015
Free event!Invited organizations dedicated to providing filmmaker services, including Fractured Atlas, AbelCine, DCTV, and VHX, will join Dance on Camera to engage in a lively discussion focused on getting a film made—sharing tactics from pre-production to distribution, and all the important steps in between.
Capturing Motion NYC
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January 7, 2015
Free event!For a fourth year, Dance Films Association invites high-school students throughout the five boroughs to submit dance films between one to five minutes in length for Capturing Motion NYC, a student film competition. This program will feature the top juried films and a panel discussion about the students’ processes. The winning work will be screened on closing night of Dance on Camera.
Black Ballerina
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January 7, 2015
Free event!Followed by a panel featuring producer/director Frances McElroy, Dance Theater of Harlem artistic director Virginia Johnson, and former Ballets Russes ballerina Raven Wilkinson.Black Ballerina is a documentary-in-progress that uses the overwhelmingly white world of classical ballet to take a fresh look at race, diversity, and inclusion. Narrated by black women of different generations but united in their passion for ballet, the film asks if anything has changed and why diversity in dance matters.
Dance on Camera Shorts Program
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January 7, 2015
This year’s crop of short films is particularly diverse: from dances inspired by Stephen Sondheim and created for the iPhone, to complex stories that unfold through choreography designed to heighten narrative tension. This program demonstrates that there is no shortage of imagination among the filmmakers who seek to explore dance’s relationship to film.
Robot
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January 7, 2015
World PremiereQ&A with Blanca Li, Claire Marquet, Tom Rowland, and Dane Hurst!This radical vision from choreographer/director Blanca Li, featuring mechanized instruments created by Japanese artists Maywa Denki and a highly developed humanoid robot, will surprise and amuse anyone interested in how the future of dance might look. Screening with Primitive (Tom Rowland, 29m).
Perpetual Motion: The History of Dance in Catalonia
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January 7, 2015
U.S. PremiereQ&A with subject/choreographer Cesc Gelabert!A living history of dance in Catalonia, as archival images, interviews, and reconstructions of works bring this rich heritage into the present. Screening with Pas (Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard, 15,).
Mia, a Dancer’s Journey
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January 7, 2015
Q&A with Maria Ramas and Kate Johnson!A daughter’s promise to tell her mother’s story becomes more than the unfolding of the life of the celebrated Croatian ballerina Mia Slavenska in this moving documentary that reflects on historical memory, national identity, and the power of dance. Screening with Hamadryad (Nancy Allison & Paul Allman, 8m).
Let’s Get the Rhythm: The Life and Times of Miss Mary Mack
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January 7, 2015
Q&A with Irene Chagall!The wondrous hand-clapping games of inner-city playgrounds in New York City and the remote corners of the world alike become a music genre and a fertile subject for exploration in this delightful homage to the beauty of the beat. Screening with Bookin' (John Kirkscey, 17m).