By Maria Esteves – February 7, 2011 The 39th Annual 2011 Dance on Camera Festival (DCF2011) co-sponsored by the Dance Films Association (DFA) and Film Society of Lincoln Center, Opening Night World Premiere of CLAUDE BESSY, Lignes D’une Vie  (Traces of a Life), directed by Fabrice Herrault commenced Friday, January 28, 2011, 6:00pm at the Walter Reade Theater, New York. A special Q&A session with master of classical dance extraordinaire Claude Bessy, and director Fabrice Herraul,...

By Maria Esteves - February 1, 2009 The 37th Annual 2009 Dance on Camera Festival (DOCF09), Awards and Reception was held at the Walter Reade Theater, New York, Saturday, January 10, 7:00 PM. The award acknowledges the best in dance films and emerging directors. The award announcers were DFA artistic director Deirdre Towers, dance online consultant Marlon Barrios Solano, and festival juror Caterina Bartha, DCOF. Since 1956, Dance Films Association, Inc. (DFA) founded by Susan Braun is ...

By Maria Esteves - January 11, 2009 The 37th Annual 2009 Dance on Camera Festival (DCF09), co-sponsored by the Dance Films Association (DFA) and Film Society of Lincoln Center, Opening Night Film Premieres and Reception huge success held at the Walter Reade Theater, New York, Wednesday, January 7, included screenings of BALLERINA, directed by Bertrand Normand;PLAY: ON THE BEACH WITH BALLETS RUSSES, directed by Gillian Lacey; EMPAC (Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center) four sho...

By Maria Esteves - December 7, 2008 The 37th Annual Dance On Camera Festival (DOCF) will be held at the Walter Reade Theatre, New York, January 6 - 17, 2009. The festival co-sponsored by The Film Society of Lincoln Center is the world's longest running dance film festival celebrating the immediacy, energy, and mystery of dance as combined with the intimacy of film. This year's opening night reception and premiere films are Program 1: BALLERINA, directed by Bertrand Normand, PLAY: ON THE B...

The 36th Dance on Camera Festival (DCF) 2008, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association (DFA) was held at the Walter Reade Theater, New York, January 2-6, 11, 18 and 19. The 2008 DCF New York Premiere film of WATER FLOWING TOGETHER, directed by Gwendolen Cates held at Lincoln Center, New York State Theater, Tuesday, January 7, 6:30 p.m., included two screenings at the Walter Reade Theater, on Friday, January 11 and 18, 8:30 p.m. A special Q&A immediately followe...

By Maria Esteves - January 28, 2008 The 36th Dance on Camera Festival (DCF) 2008, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association (DFA) was held at the Walter Reade Theater, New York, January 2-6, 11, 18 and 19. The 2008 DCF New York Premiere film of WATER FLOWING TOGETHER, directed by Gwendolen Cates held at Lincoln Center, New York State Theater, Tuesday, January 7, 6:30 p.m., included two screenings at the Walter Reade Theater, on Friday, January 11 and 18, 8:3...

Thursday, January 4-----Annie Leibovitz, the superstar photographer, has famously said that dance is the one medium that is almost impossible to correctly capture via the still photograph. Because of its key element, movement in space, it is much better suited for the moving picture format. That speaks directly to lovers of dance and dance on film who should revel in the Dance on Camera Festival, which premieres this week at New York’s Walter Reade Theater. Screenings continue this week thro...

Festival Launches By Popular DemandThe Santa Fe Film Festival kicks off an expanded, year-round slate for 2005 with a new series called By Popular Demand, bringing back prize winners and crowd favorites from the annual December festival. The inaugural run of By Popular Demand will consist of two days of film screenings, Jan. 29 and Feb. 19, at the Cinemacafe, 1616 St. Michael’s Drive. Anchoring the Saturday, Jan. 29 showcase will be screenings of:• Zapata, Alfonso Arau’s colorful epic tap...