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Essential Dance Film - Spring/Summer 2013

The art of capturing dance on film is as old as the art of film itself - the first dance films were created by the Lumiere Brothers in 1895. Essential Dance Film is proud to showcase the state of dance film today by presenting a curated election of features and shorts from around the world. The Essential Dance Film collection includes works by festival winners, Hollywood veterans and emerging filmmakers.    

Submissions for Essential Dance Film - Spring/Summer 2013 will be considered on an ongoing basis until January 15, 2013.

TenduTV (tendu.tv) is now accepting submissions for Essential Dance Film, a curated selection of features and shorts by choreographers and filmmakers from around the world. Building upon the original Essential Dance Film collection, a series of 9 dance shorts released by TenduTV in 2010, the expanded and newly-rebranded channel now releases new films each week via TenduTV’s digital platform partners. Essential Dance Film is available on the popular US platform, Hulu, and is mirrored on a branded YouTube show page that is available to audiences worldwide.

Essential Dance Film is on YouTube at www.youtube.com/show/essentialdancefilm and on Hulu at www.hulu.com/essential-dance-film

If you would like your film to be considered for Essential Dance Film, email content@tendu.tv with the following information:

• Title of film

• Year and place of premiere

• Screening history

• Type of source video (eg. Beta, Digibeta, Apple Pro Res)

• Link to a clip (if available)

• Confirmation of music rights   

Dance is essential. So is dance film.

Be sure to visit Essential Dance Film every Tuesday for the weekly release of new creative short features and documentaries from around the world, such as director Kate Duhamel's Kaleidoscope, coming soon.

Kaleidoscope features tap-dancer Jason Samuels Smith dancing to Paolo Nutini’s “New Shoes.” The dance film displays tap at its coolest, pairing the highly stylized and physical dance form with the suavity of Smith’s dancing.

Up now: Jody Oberfelder's popular Come Sit Stay

Essential Dance Film is available at Hulu and TenduTV’s YouTube channel.

MADE HERE? Yes, and now available at Hulu!

Vernon Reid and Gabri Christa (photo by Chiara Clemente)

HERE's innovative video documentary series MADE HERE--directed by Chiara Clemente and featuring theme-based interviews with performing artists who make New York New York--has come to Hulu!

Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Steven Sapp (photo by Chiara Clemente)

See it here--yeah, I know, an unavoidable pun--presented in partnership with TenduTV.

George Lucas black-cast film spurned

George Lucas: Hollywood Didn't Want To Fund 'Red Tails' Because Of Its Black Cast (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post, January 10, 2012

TenduTV offers new ways to savor dance

Live dance is a powerful force, but when you're away from the theater, fantastic dance and its talented creators can also be as close as your fingertips. Visit TenduTV, the new source for high-quality dance media featuring concert performances, documentaries and interviews available for streaming or download. Watch the best in dance on your tv, tablet or mobile device--anywhere that you are. Get started with TenduTV.

Coming up at The Joyce Theater: 

MacArthur Award winner Martha Clarke and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Alfred Uhry present Angel Reapers, November 29-December 11. Lust among the the 18th Century Shakers! 

See this now, from TenduTV:  Martha Clarke: Light and Dark (60 min.)

Directed by Joyce Chopra, Light and Dark follows dancer/choreographer Martha Clarke’s creative process for a year, as she finds her own voice as a choreographer following her departure from Pilobolus. Winner of the 1980 Dance on Camera Festival.

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Hulu dancing...on camera

TenduTV announces the launch of the digital Dance on Camera Festival on Hulu, at www.hulu.com/network/tendutv--an extension of the Dance Films Association's Dance on Camera Festival (DOCF), which it has produced annually for the last 38 years, the last 14 of which have been co-presented with the Film Society of Lincoln Center. 

TenduTV will be adding new films on a regular basis, providing viewers with a diverse range of dance on screen. While the initial films primarily represent contemporary works from prior editions of the festival, the Dance Films Association and TenduTV will also curate focused collections of dance films. Planned themes include "Past Masters," "Africa" and "Animation." 

Currently available films

Arcus, a jury prize nominee, DOCF 2004

directed by Alla Kovgan and Jeff Silva

Arising, from DOCF 2009

directed and choreographed by Ben Dolphin

Folies D'Espagne, a jury prize nominee, DOCF 2008

directed by Philip Busier

choreographed by Austin McCormick

Madrugada, from DOCF 2005

directed by William Morrison

choreographed by Deborah Greenfield

Vanishing Point, DOCF 2009

directed by Patrick Lovejoy

Wiped, Jury Winner, DOCF 2002

directed and choreographed by Hans Beenhakker 

About TenduTV

Founded in 2008, TenduTV seeks to deliver dance to audiences through the highest quality digital distribution network available to the art form today. Through TenduTV's platform partners, dance artists and organizations will be able to transport their vision beyond the physical theater and engage audiences through computers and 200 million digital devices including internet-enabled televisions, portable video players and mobile devices. By empowering artists to connect with audiences on a global scale, TenduTV believes that the dance field can be as strong financially as it is creatively.

About Dance Films Association, Inc.

Dance Films Association, Inc. (DFA) is dedicated to furthering the art of dance film. Connecting artists and organizations, fostering new works for new audiences, and sharing essential resources, DFA seeks to be a catalyst for innovation in and preservation of dance on camera. DFA was founded by Susan Braun in 1956, and included Ted Shawn, the founder of Jacob's Pillow, as its charter member, as well as modern dance pioneer Jose Limon and ballerina Alicia Markova as members of its first Board of Directors. A tireless advocate, Ms. Braun devoted her life to finding, showcasing, preserving dance films and videos until her death in 1995. Today, DFA seeks to carry on her spirit of creativity and collaboration in a time of extraordinary transformation. 

For more information, visit Dance Films Association and TenduTV.