Courses- September 2007

Movement 12.

3 day CHOREOVIDEO LABORATORY with LISA NELSON (USA).
Exploring the dialogue between moving and seeing.

November 3rd, 4th and 5th 2007. Brighton. (£80).

This workshop is suitable for screen dance artists, and dance artists with a particular interest in Lisa's work. If you would like to attend, please send an email detailing your work and your interest in the workshop, to movementtwelve@yahoo.co.uk. Deadline October 1st. PLACES ARE STRICTLY LIMITED.


With hands-on work with the mobile camera, we will focus on the process of in-camera editing, generating spontaneous and complete compositions. The workshop is preparation for any application of video to dance to video:  Performance, documentation, choreography. By alternating roles of cameraperson, mover and live viewer, participants will gain insight into the process of  selective viewing
and become familiar with the unique quality and translation of movement time and space to video image.  Emphasis will be placed on developing a spontaneous response and flexible attitude toward seeing movement, and evolving camera and editing techniques that complement, augment, and/or reflect the way we move through our world.

LISA NELSON has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance of movement  since the 70s.  Best known for her work as an improvisational performer and choreographer, and developer of Tuning Scores, she has been extending her inquiry into the video medium for many years, creating and teaching a two-year course of study in video and dance at Bennington College.  She teaches and performs across the U.S. and abroad and continues a longstanding collaboration with dancer Steve Paxton.  She is director of Videoda, an archival, production, and distribution project for videotapes of improvised dance performance
worldwide, and since 1977, has co-edited Contact Quarterly, an international dance and improvisation journal.  She lives in Vermont.

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Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia offers a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance) degree that has a well-established dance video component within a collaborative environment. In 2007, they have added to this a 24-camera motion capture studio in which dance students, artists and researchers can work with animators and interactive media specialists to make screen dance using 3D animation packages such as Maya and 3D Studio Max.

This is a first for Australia, and rare, world-wide, to have a commercial motion capture lab run out of a dance department.

Contact

Dr Kim Vincs
Senior Lecturer, Dance
Director, Deakin Motion.lab
Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3125, Australia.
Phone: 03 9251 7663 International: +61 3 9251 7663
Fax: 03 9251 7851 International: +61 3 9251 7851
E-mail: kim.vincs@deakin.edu.au
Website: http://www.deakin.edu.au
Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code 00113B (Vic)

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http://www.highgate-digital-arts.co.uk/

Personal Training in Digital Film Making
Have you used your camcorder and now have got a pile of digital film you don’t know what do with?
Are you involved in a campaign and would like to make a film about it but don’t know how to start?
* There are introductory classes and film making groups to join.
* Come along to meet with Harry Levinson on the last Saturday of each month. Take the opportunity to discuss what you require in film training with Harry as well as with other students interested in film making.

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 Media Arts and Imaging MSc – Screendance
http://www.imaging.dundee.ac.uk/
 

The School of Media Arts & Imaging, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design University of Dundee. 

The first decade of the 21st century sees the convergence of dance and the moving image manifested in many different forms and contexts, from single screen video dance works to pop promos, documentation to feature films, live performance with technology and net dance. All require a technical and critical understanding of and experience in both dance and the media arts.
 
This brand new strand of a well-established and respected Masters programme enables students to develop advanced skills, knowledge and understanding within the rapidly expanding field of screendance and is also designed to prepare graduates as skilled professionals in the video arts, film and television sectors.
 
The flexible programme offers a wide range of opportunities for individuals to develop both practical and theoretical skills.  The Programme aims to address the demand for directors, choreographers and screendance artists with the technical expertise and creative vision needed to support specialisms in the commercial and arts sectors.
 
The School of Media Arts and Imaging has excellent high-end shooting, graphics, animation and editing facilities for use by students and supported by highly experienced technical staff. The Masters has a dedicated Course Leader and this strand is supported by internationally renowned screendance artists and guest lecturers from the field.
 
The curriculum is designed to attract graduates from courses in dance, choreography, screen arts, animation, net arts and interactive media, as well as those in professional careers who wish to focus on developing their personal practice.
 
For an informal discussion and information about funding, please contact:
 
Gair Dunlop
Course leader
g.dunlop@dundee.ac.uk
+44(0)1382 388944
or
Katrina McPherson
k.mcpherson@dundee.ac.uk
+44(0)1382 385249
 
School of Media Arts and Imaging
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
University of Dundee
13 Perth Road
Dundee  DD1 4HT

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