janessa clark

Screendance Making

In the Screendance Making workshop students will learn skills for planning, filming and creating dance films, or screendances. Participants will be encouraged to use items they have available to them including smartphones or a DSLR camera, and free or non-free editing software. No dance experience is required though students will move and become the subjects in each other’s films! During the workshop students engage through filmmaking and choreographic exercises to create a short film(s) or, in the case of extended workshops, longer projects to be presented in a mini dance film festival at the end. We will watch screendances, learn about the history of the genre, and experiment with forming unique cinematic voices. 

Workshop length: 3 hours to full semester