Dance Camera West is a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing quality dance film from around the world to Los Angeles. The Dance Camera West Dance Film Festival takes place annually in June and is a city-wide event across Los Angeles. Venues for the festival range from The Getty Center, REDCAT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Hammer Museum, Skirball Center, and Track 16 at Bergamot Station, to movie theaters like American Cinematheque’s Egyptian and Aero and the Laemmle Theaters, to outdoor locations like TreePeople in Coldwater Canyon Park.
DCW also presents special screenings and events throughout the year in special partnerships with UCLA Live, Grand Performances, Los Angeles Film Festival, Silver Lake Film Festival, and Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
DCW represents a truly unique cinematic experience. Contemporary Dance for Screen, Documentaries, Dance Installations, Dance Technology Symposia, Panel Discussions and Workshops are all part of an expanding Dance Film Festival structure.
The Dance Camera West Dance Film Festival showcases many forms of dance including modern dance, post modern dance, world dance, tap dance, dance theater, and practically all dance that has been captured on film in a way that is electrifying and essential.
DCW’s dance film festival presents a range of contemporary, classic and alternative dance films, and showcases the talents of internationally recognized artists like Lloyd Newson/DV8, Thierry de Mey, Anne de Keersmaeker, Merce Cunningham, Paris Opera Ballet, Pilobolus, Maya Deren, Bill T. Jones, and Edouard Lock/La La La Human Steps, as well as featuring local artists like Victoria Marks, Oguri, and Hassan Christopher.
The genre of Dance on Screen/Dance for Camera has expanded the possibilities of composition and structure by literally pushing the boundaries of dance - motion, rhythm, form and gravity - beyond what is presentable on stage. |
