FULL – Making Screendance: Exploring with HD Cameras

Explore choreographic possibilities and limitations with professional cameras!

Offered in French only

Most current screendance productions use semi-professional or professional HD cameras that render excellent image definition and very precise textures.

With different types of HD cameras, participants can experiment with how these tools impact their choreography and what each machine offers. We will work with focus, depth of field, frame composition and dimension.

You can register for other course modules and attend all or some of them! Click on the links for a detailed description of each module.

Theory (12 hours, online)

Subsidized Rate: $25/module – (actual price: $240/module)

• Summary – Making Screendance
• Theory Module 1 (3h) – Screendance History and Theory (October 12, 2022)
• Theory Module 2 (3h) – Contracts, Rights and Management (January 23, 2023)
• Theory Module 3 (3h) – Networks and Presentation Platforms (January 30, 2023)
• Theory Module 4 (3h) – Screendance Curatorial Practices (February 6, 2023)

Practice (50 hours, live in studio)

Subsidized Rate: $90/module – (actual price: $900/module)

• Practice Module 1 (10h) – Screendance with Analog and Digital Domestic Tools (October 8 to 9, 2022) (March 25 to 26 mars 2023)
• Practice Module 2 (10h) – Moving Cameras, from Drones to GoPros (November 12 to 13, 2022)
• Practice Module 3 (10h) – Professional HD Cameras and Choreographic Possibilities (December 3 to 4, 2022)
• Practice Module 4 (10h) – Video Mapping, VJing and Choreography (January 14 to 15, 2023)
• Practice Module 5 (10h) – Analog Cameras: Bolex and Film (January 21 to 22, 2023)

Learning Objectives

• Explore the possibilities and limitations of professional HD cameras.
• Work on framing from a choreographic perspective.
• Consider the choreographic potential of different depths of field.
• Consider the weight of the tools and their impact on the types of images they capture.

Who should attend this training?

Dance artists and their production teams, beginners or advanced practitioners.

Instructors

 © Kinga Michalska

Kim-Sanh Châu is a Vietnamese-French contemporary dance artist based in Tio’tia:ke (Montréal). Her dance practice takes the form of choreographic and video installations. Her work has been presented through several international festivals, including SIDance (Korea) and Krossing-Over (Vietnam). She regularly works for other artists, the most recent being George Stamos, Kimura Byol and Catherine Lavoie-Marcus.

 

 © Marites Carino

Marlene Millar is a filmmaker (writer, director, editor, producer, and mentor) who has created dance films, documentaries and experimental media productions for over 30 years. In 2019, her career was honoured at a retrospective exhibit at Threshold Artspace, Perth, UK. Her films have garnered over 30 awards and prizes internationally. A prolific educator and mentor, Millar has taught filmmaking across continents for different organizations and institutions.

 

 

This module is offered by le Regroupement québécois de la danse and developed by Regards Hybrides. It is made possible through the financial support from the Gouvernement du Québec and Compétence Culture, comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre en culture.