[dance-tech] RV: OPEN CALL: EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission: deadline FEB 1, 2007

  • From: "Silvina Szperling" <silvisz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Silvina Szperling" <silvisz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:20:07 -0300

EMPAC - the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute announces the launch of the EMPAC DANCE MOViES
Commission, a new commissioning program to support the creation of new works
in the field of experimental dance for the screen.

 

Through the DANCE MOViES Commission, EMPAC is specifically targeting artists
based in North America and South America to encourage the development of the
genre of dance film and video. The DANCE MOViES Commission will fund several
projects per year with awards in the range of $8,000 - $50,000.

 

The deadline to submit artist proposals is February 1, 2007, with
applications available on the EMPAC website: www.empac.rpi.edu.

 

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What are DANCE MOViES?

 

The works shown in the DANCE MOViES series and supported by the DANCE MOViES
Commission are experimental works for the screen which vary widely in
content and form, yet are united by the fact that the image on the screen
was crafted by, or in collaboration with, a choreographer or movement-based
artist.

 

The works span a large range, include film, video, and other audio-visual
formats, and tend to be from 2 minutes to 30 minutes in duration. Some of
the works may be narrative-driven, using the conventions of filmic
story-telling; some may be abstract works; some may not even feature dance
as is generally defined, but contain a powerful sense of how movement
unfurls in time; some may take advantage of tools such as computer
processing, motion capture, simulation, animation, image processing, and
post-production technologies; and some may extend the confines of the single
screen to multiple screens or projections.

 

However the artists create or present their work, the defining
characteristic of these works remains that they are audio-visual works made
by dance artists, with all the richness and potential of that specific
medium meeting the choreographic eye. EMPAC DANCE MOViES screenings and
commissions do not include documentaries, feature-length films, works for
stage performances, or commercial films that feature dance.

 

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FOR ARTISTS

 

The EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission will be conducted as a competitive open
proposal process, where artists will be able to submit a project proposal.
The initial proposals will be reviewed, and a small number of artists will
be invited to submit a detailed proposal to an international panel. The
panel will assess the quality and feasibility of the proposed project and
will submit its recommendations to EMPAC. The commissions will be awarded by
EMPAC after review. All selection decisions are final.

 

Upon awarding of the commission, the artist or collaborative team has one
year to complete the project, at which point it will be premiered at EMPAC,
and shown at dance film festivals around the world, credited as an EMPAC
DANCE MOViES Commission.

 

Selection Panel:

 

Magne Antonsen(Norway)

            Filmmaker, Director, Ultima Film Dance for Camera Festival,
Oslo, Norway

Gaelen Hanson (USA)

            Choreographer/filmmaker Director, New Dance Cinema, Seattle, USA

Bob Lockyer(UK)

            Chair, Board, South East Dance, Brighton, UK

Silvina Szperling(Argentina)

            Choreographer/filmmaker, Director, Videodanza, BA Festival,
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Johannes Goebel(USA), EMPAC Director

H鬨ne Lesterlin(USA), EMPAC Dance Curator

 

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION FORMS: www.empac.rpi.edu

 

Further questions?

 

Contact: Helene Lesterlin, EMPAC Dance Curator

Phone: 518.276.3918

Email: dancemovies@xxxxxxx

 

 

 


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Hélène Lesterlin
Curator, EMPAC

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EMPAC at Rensselaer
Troy, NY 12180

EMPAC:  Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center
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