Screendance Festival 2018

Don’t miss a unique opportunity to work with this internationally acclaimed filmmaker, composer and interdisciplinary artist. De Mey will be in residence in the College of Fine Arts presenting formal strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration. Come collaborate with your CFA colleagues!

“De Mey’s instinctive feel for movement guides his entire work, allowing him to tackle and integrate a variety of disciplines. The premise behind his musical and filmic writing is the desire for rhythm to be experienced in the body or bodies, revealing the musical meaning for the author, performer and audience.

De Mey composes a choreography on choreography; he produces a work of creation by sublimating that of its partners. The image naturally involves music and dance in his creative process, giving his art the sense of a three-strand plait.  Everything shifts with DeMey, especially boundaries.

...From great vividness to nebulous atmospheres, each new opus from Thierry De Mey – be it film, composition or installation – represents a particular study of moving bodies. In their own way each one tells the magical story of time unfolding and man wrapped up in it.

Camille Guynemer, April 2011

In special ‘Mouvement’ supplement dedicated to Thierry De Mey

On the Marriott Center for Dance Stage March 5 - 8 | 6:00 – 10:00 pm 

Free for UofU students and faculty

Contact Ellen Bromberg, e.bromberg@utah.edu, for further information and registration.

Interdisciplinary Workshop featuring Thierry de Mey

Screendance Festival

March 9 & 10, 2018 - The University of Utah School of Dance, Department of Film & Media Arts, and Salt Lake Film Society are pleased to announce their first collaboration for the 2018 International Screendance Festival presenting the films of internationally renowned Belgian dance filmmaker and composer, Thierry De Mey.

Contact Ellen Bromberg e.bromberg@utah.edu for further information.

Screendance Workshop

Along with an opening night celebration and screening of his work at the Broadway Centre Cinemas, De Mey will offer a two-day public workshop at the University of Utah for filmmakers, photographers, choreographers, dancers, composers, and visual artists. 

The workshop will take place at the Marriott Center for Dance stage.
Saturday March 10 | 9am - 4pm
Sunday March 11 | 10am - 5pm & 6pm - 9pm: Closing Night Dinner

Registration:

General: $300 for the entire weekend including screenings
Student: $200 for the entire weekend including screenings
There is a $50 non-refundable deposit

Registration: https://uofudance.formstack.com/forms/screendance_festival   
Payment: https://umarket.utah.edu/um2/moderndance/productlist.php?category=5

Contact Ellen Bromberg e.bromberg@utah.edu for further information.

History of Screendance at the U

In 1999 the Department of Modern Dance presented its first International Dance for Camera Festival and Workshop. Founded and Directed by Distinguished Professor Ellen Bromberg, the festival was an annual event until 2002, after which it has continued on a bi-annual or tri-annual basis. Professor Bromberg has hosted visiting artists and scholars from across the country and around the globe to screen their films, teach workshops and engage in symposia and critical analysis of this hybrid art form. Guests have included Douglas Rosenberg (the first four festivals), Victoria Marks, Ann Daly, Naomi Jackson, Brian Patrick (Dept. of Film & Media Arts) Bob Lockyer (England) Laura Taler (Canada), Katrina McPherson (Scotland), Simon Fildes (Scotland). In addition, throughout these years, Professor Bromberg has curated screenings that range from historical works to the most contemporary innovations in film, video and animation.*

In 2001, in conjunction with the Festival, a student competition was inaugurated. As a completely student run event (funded by College Fine Arts Fee Grants), this component has been adjudicated by professional dance filmmakers, educators and festival producers over the years, providing students with an opportunity to learn about the jury process. In recent years, a cash award for the Best of Festival was inaugurated.

*Support for these activities has been generously provided by: The Council of Dee Fellows, the University Teaching Committee, the College of Humanities, the Tanner Humanities Center, the University of Utah Office for Diversity, the Department of Film & Media Arts, and the School of Dance

  • A Study In Choreography For The Camera, Directed by Maya Deren,
    Choreographed and Performed by Talley Beatty

    9 Variations On A Dance Theme, Directed by Hilary Harris
    Choreographed and Performed by Betty De Jong

    Blue Studio, Merce by Merce by Paik , Directed by Nam June Paik
    Choreographed and Performed by Merce Cunningham

    The Black Boots, Directed by Bridget Murnane
    Choreographed and Performed by Jeanine Durning

    Tantalus, Directed by Kevin Cottam
    Choreographed and Performed by David Pressault

    Bardo, Directed by Douglas Rosenberg
    Choreographed and Performed by Molissa Fenley

    de l’eau, Directed by Douglas Rosenberg
    Choreographed and Performed by Li Chiao-Ping

    Emmy, Directed by Daniel Larrieu
    Choreographed and Performed by Daniel Larrieu

    Outside In, Directed by Margaret Williams
    Choreographed by Victoria Marks

    Mothers and Daughters, Directed by Margaret Williams
    Choreographed by Victoria Marks

    Dance in the Sun, Directed by Shirley Clark
    Choreographed and Performed by Daniel Nagrin

    Untitled, Directed by John Sanborn and Mary Perillo
    Choreographed and Performed by Bill T Jones

    Dance Nine, Directed by Doris Chase

    Barber's Coffee Break, Directed by Laura Taler
    Performed by Tedd Senmon Robinson

    Glasshouse, Directed by Robert Hardy
    Conceived and Performed by Richard Lowdon and Charlotte Vincent

    DaDance, Directed by Robb Horsley and Hugh Wheadon
    Choreographed by Hugh Wheadon and Emmie Elmaz

    Sure, Directed by T.B. Mitchell
    Choreographed by T.B. Mitchell

  • First Evening – September 28th

    “A Dedication To Anna Sokolow”

    This evening is dedicated to the work and memory of choreographer Anna Sokolow, who died earlier this year. Sokolow contributed to the world of modern dance for nearly seven decades. Her renegade spirit and ground breaking choreography has and will continue to influence generations of artists and dance enthusiasts. The classic film of Sokolow’s signature work “Rooms” will be screened, along with Shirley Clarke’s film of Sokolow’s “Moment in Love”. Set to the music of Kenyon Hopkins and produced by WNET Television, “Rooms” depicts the loneliness and alienation of modern man, and is considered an enduring masterpiece of twentieth-century art. In Sokolow’s “Moment in Love,” performed by Carmela Gutierrez and Paul Sanasardo, Ms. Clarke utilizes inventive film techniques to further the expression of romantic love, poetically captured in Sokolow’s choreography. The screening will be followed by a discussion and an opening night reception.

    Second Evening – September 29th

    “Images Of Men Dancing”

    Boy, Directed by Peter Anderson and Rosemary Lee

    Emmy, Directed and Performed by Daniel Larrieu

    Hands, Directed by Adam Roberts
    Performed by Jonathon Burrows

    Elegy, Directed by Chris Graves
    Choreographed and Performed by Douglas Wright

    Barber's Coffee Break, Directed by Laura Taler
    Performed by Tedd Senmon Robinson

    Bruce, Directed by Ruth Sergel
    Choreographed and Performed by Bruce Jackson

    Tantalus, Directed by Kevin Cottam
    Choreographed and Performed by David Pressault

    Man Act, Directed by Michael Stubbs Men, Directed by Margaret Williams
    Choreographed by Victoria Marks

    Men, Directed by Margaret Williams
    Choreographed by Victoria Marks

    Third Evening – September 30th

    “Diverse Works”

    Pas De Deux, Directed by Norman McLaren
    Performed by Margaret Mercier and Vincent Warren

    Office Furniture, Directed by Rebecca Salzer

    Echo, Directed by Mark Baldwin and Ross MacGibbon

    Little Lieutenant, Directed by Henry Hills and Sally Silvers

    A Sun Dance, Directed by Dikayl

    Periphery, Directed by Douglas Rosenberg
    Choreographed by Gus Solomons Jr. and Performed by Li Chaio-Ping

    Eterne Sangui, Directed by Sven Johansson

    Synchro, Directed by Eric Koziol

    Witnessed, Directed by Allen Kaeja and Mark Adam

    Wake Up Call, Directed and Performed by Pooh Kaye

  • PROGRAM A - Dance Screen on Tour

    Birds, Directed by David Hinton

    Short Cut, Directed by Jellie Dekker
    Choreographed by Hans van Manen, Performed by Nederlands Dance Theater

    Zummel, Directed by Allen Kaeja and Mark Adam
    Choreographed by Allen Kaeja, Performed by Kaeja d’Dance

    Captives 2nd Movement, Directed and Choreographed by Nicole and Norbert Corsino

    Moment, Directed by Katrina McPherson
    Choreographed by Paula Hampson

    Zikr, Directed by Jos de Putter, Clara van Gool

    PROGRAM B

    A devastatingly simple guide, Directed by Laura Taler

    Measure, Directed by Gaelen Hanson and Dayna Hanson Performed by Dayna Hanson and John Dixon

    Memento Mori, Directed by Frank Kresin
    Choreographed by Yusuf Daniels

    In the Heart of the Eye, Directed by Margie Medlin
    Choreographed by Sandra Parker

    21 Etudes a Danser, Directed by Thierry De Mey
    Choreographed by Michele Anne de Mey

    PROGRAM C - The Next Generation

    STUDENT WORKS

    URSA MAIRO
    Maira Spangherd, Catholic University of Sao Paulo
    Brazil

    FINE CHOCOLATE & BATTERY ACID
    Christopher Anderson, California Institute of the Arts
    USA

    SOLO FOR VIDEO
    Lily Gene Baldwin, University of Michigan
    USA

    SPACE INVADERS
    Michael Cole, Arizona State University
    USA

    TWIST
    Melissa Weigel, Concordia University
    Canada

    OBSCURED
    Nic Kemp and Avis Cockbill, University of Brighton
    United Kingdom

    STUFFED
    Carrie L. Houser, Ohio State University
    USA

    GLOMO
    Melissa Lynn Strzelinski, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    USA

    LANDROVERS
    Mario Jaramillo, University of Houston
    USA

    DOUBLE ONE
    Adriana Daniela Pegorer, University College Chichester
    United Kingdom

    THREADS
    Claudia Alessi, West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Conan University
    Australia

    ANATOMIE NATURALIZA
    Paula Giannetti, CIEVYG
    Argentina

    BARCODE POPULATION
    Thomas O'Hare, De Montfort University, Department of Performing Arts
    United Kingdom

  • Guest Artists

    Douglas Rosenberg
    Victoria Marks
    Naomi Jackson
    Keynote Speaker Ann Daly
    Esther Rashkin

  • Guest Artists

    Bob Lockyer

  • Guest Artist

    Laura Taler

  • Guest Artist

    Katrina McPherson

  • Guest Artist

    Simon Fildes

  • See information here