EXCHANGE Choreography Festival
At The Bell House, we believe that dance is an action, not a product. A movement of connection, an effort of communion and an impetus of community, in which creativity comes out of and seeds back into everyday life. Our living selves are continuous with our creating selves, and it's to investigate and celebrate that union that EXCHANGE Choreography Festival exists. We believe that dance should further people and relationships between people -- that movement is generative, not definitive.
Since its beginnings in 2009, EXCHANGE has been unique among dance festivals in the US in its emphasis on the human dimension in the art of choreography. In recent years, EXCHANGE has convened to take class together, attend world-class performances of the Summer Heat International Dance Festival, and to present the work of professional choreographers from all over the country in informal showings and open their process in roundtable dialogue with peers and audience alike.
This kind of dialogue among artists and viewers is rare -- particularly in this region, where development and networking opportunities for dancemakers are few and far between, as are chances for viewers to experience an intimate experience of the newest modern dance.
The Bell House planted this seed twelve years ago. We need your support to help it grow -- and with it, the life-enhancing, body-renewing, hope-restoring gifts that dance can bring both IN and TO our communities. Your donation will go toward professional development and the creation of new local, regional and national dance works!
EXCHANGE Choreography Festival didn’t stop last year. We went virtual with great success. For 2021, we will once again be virtual but focus (for the first time) exclusively on Dance for Camera workshops and screenings. EXCHANGE will be held July 29-31, 2021 and feature 3 of the top International practitioners and educators in the field of Dance for Camera: Katrina McPherson, Karen Pearlman & Richard James Allen.
The art of dance making for the camera creates a bridge between visual and performance arts; they redefine the idea of “moving-pictures” and construct a new stage for dance. Participants will range from local to international artists as they come together to learn this hybrid dance form in workshops offered from planning and shooting to embodying performance for the camera and editing rhythms.
Since its beginnings in 2009, EXCHANGE has been unique among dance festivals in the US in its emphasis on the human dimension in the art of choreography. In recent years, EXCHANGE has convened to take class together, attend world-class performances of the Summer Heat International Dance Festival, and to present the work of professional choreographers from all over the country in informal showings and open their process in roundtable dialogue with peers and audience alike.
This kind of dialogue among artists and viewers is rare -- particularly in this region, where development and networking opportunities for dancemakers are few and far between, as are chances for viewers to experience an intimate experience of the newest modern dance.
The Bell House planted this seed twelve years ago. We need your support to help it grow -- and with it, the life-enhancing, body-renewing, hope-restoring gifts that dance can bring both IN and TO our communities. Your donation will go toward professional development and the creation of new local, regional and national dance works!
EXCHANGE Choreography Festival didn’t stop last year. We went virtual with great success. For 2021, we will once again be virtual but focus (for the first time) exclusively on Dance for Camera workshops and screenings. EXCHANGE will be held July 29-31, 2021 and feature 3 of the top International practitioners and educators in the field of Dance for Camera: Katrina McPherson, Karen Pearlman & Richard James Allen.
The art of dance making for the camera creates a bridge between visual and performance arts; they redefine the idea of “moving-pictures” and construct a new stage for dance. Participants will range from local to international artists as they come together to learn this hybrid dance form in workshops offered from planning and shooting to embodying performance for the camera and editing rhythms.
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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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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.
Dance in the Mix | 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