Oklahoma Dance Film Fest
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Oklahoma Dance Film Festival
February 24, 2019 Local festival attracts international films. Curated by Jessica Vokoun For 10+ years, the Oklahoma Dance Film Festival (OkDFF) has presented cutting-edge, dance-based art films in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The OkDFF mission is to present and foster the art of Screendance in its many varied forms: documentaries, short-films, animation, choreography for the camera and experimental work that emphasizes movement. Every year, the festival receives hundreds of submissions from artists around the globe. Selected films will be presented in 3 unique programs on Sunday, February 24that the Aaronson Auditorium of the Tulsa County Central Library. All screenings are free. Dance films create a bridge between visual and performance arts; they redefine the idea of “moving-pictures” and construct a new stage for dance. Dance films are not just movies about dance. They merge dance with digital technology. It is a visual art form with kinesthetic energy - an exciting fit for a gallery setting. |
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MOVEMENT RESEARCH
Rachel Johnson & Jessica Vokoun recently collaborated on a stage work performed at Movement Research, January 30th, 2018 in New York City. The duet was then brought to the 2018 EXCHANGE Choreography Festival, July 26-28.
It was such a fun project for 2 colleagues/friends to move and explore ideas together.
Rachel Johnson & Jessica Vokoun recently collaborated on a stage work performed at Movement Research, January 30th, 2018 in New York City. The duet was then brought to the 2018 EXCHANGE Choreography Festival, July 26-28.
It was such a fun project for 2 colleagues/friends to move and explore ideas together.
*instagram by Alicia Chesser
DANCE FOR CAMERA
Oklahoma Dance Film Festival
February 24, 2019 Local festival attracts international films. For 10+ years, the Oklahoma Dance Film Festival (OkDFF) has presented cutting-edge, dance-based art films in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The OkDFF mission is to present and foster the art of Screendance in its many varied forms: documentaries, short-films, animation, choreography for the camera and experimental work that emphasizes movement. Every year, the festival receives hundreds of submissions from artists around the globe. Selected films will be presented in 3 unique programs. Sunday, February 24th Aaronson Auditorium of the Tulsa County Central Library Screenings: 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., & 3:30 p.m. All screenings are free. The OkDFF is a unique film festival based in Tulsa, OK, that features choreography for the camera, dance documentaries, and experimental short-films that emphasize movement. Since 2007, the OkDFF has screened a wide variety of historic and acclaimed dance films by artists from around the world. The purpose of the festival is to celebrate dance in the medium of film and video – favoring those works which demonstrate both artistic and technical excellence. We seek fresh, innovative films and our programming reflects a global breadth of imagination. We have partnered with arts organizations, including the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, to expand our touring program - developing opportunities to share work, to network, to educate and cultivate new audiences. Please celebrate the diversity and innovation of dance on film. Dance films are not just movies about dance. They merge dance with digital technology. It is a visual art form with kinesthetic energy - an exciting fit for a gallery setting. https://filmfreeway.com/OkDFF |
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Dance films create a bridge between visual and performance arts;
they redefine the idea of “moving-pictures”
and construct a new stage for dance.
FIELD NOTES ~
Generous words by Alicia Chesser on the making of Game of Risk by Rachel Bruce Johnson. Work originally commissioned by Perpetual Motion Modern Dance Oklahoma and recently performed at Creations in Studio K at the Tulsa Ballet and the {254}-dance-fest in Waco, TX.
"I’ve written here before about the process of making work with Rachel, and having her set work on us has proven to be just as rich (because, well, the work is!). “Game of Risk” (originally created this past spring for Perpetual Motion in Oklahoma City) is an honest, unflinching look at partnership — not what it can be or what it shouldn’t be, but what it often is: a bit of a mess of good intentions gone awry, a clash of wills, an ever-shifting dance among courage, trust, and fear. Rachel’s work is thrilling to learn because it combines a lot of specificity and a lot of space, threading together small looks and gestures with big tough anchoring phrases. As a choreographer and coach she has what I think of as a very sensitive volume-control knob, so that a movement of the eyes can actually be “louder” than the pounding, dynamic floor work that comes shortly after it. Being in her work, watching her create and re-create in the moment, is always an awesome gift. "
~Alicia Chesser
Full Blog Post Here
"I’ve written here before about the process of making work with Rachel, and having her set work on us has proven to be just as rich (because, well, the work is!). “Game of Risk” (originally created this past spring for Perpetual Motion in Oklahoma City) is an honest, unflinching look at partnership — not what it can be or what it shouldn’t be, but what it often is: a bit of a mess of good intentions gone awry, a clash of wills, an ever-shifting dance among courage, trust, and fear. Rachel’s work is thrilling to learn because it combines a lot of specificity and a lot of space, threading together small looks and gestures with big tough anchoring phrases. As a choreographer and coach she has what I think of as a very sensitive volume-control knob, so that a movement of the eyes can actually be “louder” than the pounding, dynamic floor work that comes shortly after it. Being in her work, watching her create and re-create in the moment, is always an awesome gift. "
~Alicia Chesser
Full Blog Post Here
*instagram by Alicia Chesser