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INDEPENDENCE
ART BUILDS COMMUNITY
DANCEDOC SLAM
Thursday, March 6, 2008, 7:00 - 9:30
p.m.
Green Space, 37-24 24th St.,
Long Island City
An interactive peer-review workshop that
provides choreographers and dancers the
opportunity to present video
documentation of their work for critique
by experts in the field.
The panel will lead a discussion on the
best ways to document dance pieces on
film for venues, festivals and funding
applications based on five pre-selected
video submissions.
PANELISTS
Dorian Nuskind-Oder, Dance Now/NYC,
Program Associate
Dorian Nuskind-Oder
works as a freelance videographer,
editor and online media consultant for a
number of choreographers and
organizations including Dancenow/NYC and
Jenny Rocha. she has overseen the
creation of projections for live dance
performance by POW! Arts and
Alethea Adsitt and company. She
has been a member of Chris Elam's
Misnomer Dance Theater for three seasons
and has been presented her own
choreography at the Chen Dance Center
and Joyce Soho among others
Valerie
Green, Artistic Director, Dance Entropy
and Green Space Studio, Dance
Videographer
Valerie Green received special training
in video for dance at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. She was the video
apprentice to the American Dance
Festival in 1995 and 1996. For the past
12 years she has archived dance in New
York City for independent choreographers
and large and small dance companies.
Steven Hitt, Managing Director, LaGuardia Community
College
Performing Arts Center
Steven Hitt is the
Managing Director for the LaGuardia
Performing Arts Center. He holds a
M.F.A. from the University of Florida,
and a B.F.A. from the University of
Montevallo. As a performer Steven
has appeared on Broadway, and in the
International Company of A Chorus
Line, danced at the Met with
American Ballet Theatre in Sleeping
Beauty, sung at Carnegie Hall, and
appeared on stage at the Apollo.
Jodi Kaplan, Founder, Jodi Kaplan &
Associates Booking Agency
Jodi Kaplan founded
Jodi Kaplan & Associates in 1993 as
a personal
"boutique agency" that books dance
companies on extensive tours throughout
the country and the world. Ms.
Kaplan has booked millions of dollars in
contracted performance engagements and
has relationships with hundreds of
venues. As an artist, Ms. Kaplan
has produced and directed several
award-winning shorts that screened at
over one hundred festivals, museums and
venues.
Marya Wethers, Associate
Producer, Dance Theater Workshop
Marya Wethers is the
Associate Producer at Dance Theater
Workshop and the manager for Zimabwean
solo dance artist Nora Chipaumire.
Previously she served as a booking
agent/artist representative at Pentacle,
a marketing associate at Danspace
Project, and as company manager for
nicholasleichterdance. Marya
curated the Out of Space @ BRICstudio
series for Danspace Project from
2003-2007
SUBMISSION PROCESS
To submit your video sample for critique
please send a DVD clearly labeled with
the name of the artist and contact
information to:
Independence
Arts Builds Community Submissions
Queens Council on the Arts
One Forest Park at Oak Ridge
Woodhaven, NY 11421-1166
Submissions should be 3-5 minutes.
Please note that this workshop is
directed towards the documentation of
dance pieces not narrative or artistic
films involving dance. Only a limited
number of submissions will be discussed
at the workshop. A submission is not
required for registration.
REGISTRATION
Admission is free. Registration is
required. Space is limited.
To register, please email your name,
address, telephone number, and artistic
discipline to
chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org
DanceNow Queens Raw Festival
DanceNow NYC is hosting a raw festival
exclusively for Queens performing artist
on April 13, 2008 at the Dance Theater
Workshop studios. The raw festival
studio series provides a no-tech
platform for Queens-based artists to be
seen by DanceNow NYC producers,
advisors, and the public. In
collaboration with the Queens Council
on the Arts DanceNow NYC will select
15-25 artist to perform
works-in-progress. This informal studio
showing is intended principally for
first time applicants and for dance
makers that have never participated in
DanceNow NYC’s festival. Please click
here to download application.
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