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Dance Camera West’s 2006 programming is funded in part by:

The Annenberg Foundation
Mortimer Levitt Foundation
Lloyd E. Rigler and Laurence E. Deutsch Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Los Angeles County Arts Commission

     
Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch
Morleigh Steinberg
Hanna and Manfred Heiting
Cindy and Jack Jones
Frank and Barbara Peters
Vicky Iovine
Wilma and Leo Kessler
Anita Faye and Richard Korngute
Tamara Pullman
Lyle Poncher and Lisi Rona
     
CHARTER MEMBERS
   
Vincent Patterson
Peggy & George DiCaprio
Laura Mulrenan
Leigh Ann Hahn
Chryssa Lightheart
Lorin Lindner
Matthew Goldsby
Dean & Leana Harada
Renae Williams
Susan Hwang
Natascha & Bob Leighton
Charles Shapiro
Fattaneh Enayat Kaplowitz
Bonnie & Michael Shannon
Dwayne McAliley
Lynne Pateman

Larry & Emily Karaszewski
Catherine Boyer
Jackie & Steven Monkarsh
Ana Luisa Johnson
Dennis Matthies & Barbara Mindell
Heather Henson
John M. Hermann
Al Jacobson
Carly Gumina
Sharon Kinney
Charles Carr
Victoria Graham
Shanda Sawyer
Jane Dorian
Julie McDonald
Christiane Baker
 
Lia Azeal, Rosalie Kom Blau, Gonzalo Haza, Nancy Malone, Susanne Knittel, Florie Gilbard, Heather Lea Gerdes, Erin Tisdale, Ketih Collea, Gary Erickson, Ilaan Mazzini, Phyllis Eckler, Fattaneh Enayat Kaplowitz, Abbe Land, Karla and Alex Romo, Rudy Perez, Tonia Shimin, David Rousse, Eryn Schon, Francesca Penzani, Michelle Zeitlin, Steven Dietrich, Linda Lack, Nalini Chilkov, Dorothy Wong, T. Addison Brown, Andi Hicks, Bridget Mumane, John M. May, Mariel McEwan, Rachel Bruce, Suzi Lonergan, Nathan Scoll, Sophia Marzocchi, Keeley Tidrow, Albert Beach, Craig Ng, Arthur Pembleton, Cynthia Leigh, Mona Cedar and Jeff Boynton, Wade Robson, Colleen Dunagan, Kay Moonstar, Toni Basil, Brooke Webber, Lola Blank, Christina Tarantola, Cynthia Newland, Emily Abrahams
 

     
Partnerships  

EarthWays Foundation
Hammer Museum
The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT)
UCLA Live
Grand Performances
American Cinematheque
The Getty Center
Japan American Theatre
TreePeople
Los Angeles Film Festival
Silver Lake Film Festival

Indian Film Festival
Center Dance Association
LA Center for Digital Art
American Film Institute
EZTV
Dance Resource Center
Academy of Dance on Film
American Choreography Awards
Career Transitions for Dancers, LA
First Run Features
Laemmele Theaters
 

Additional support
Pacific Rim Printers & Mailers
Mika Color
Sculpture to Wear
Future Lighting
KS Audio
Disc Makers
James Bewley, Head of Public Programming, Hammer Museum
Kathy Pryzgoda Lighting Design
UD/Danse- og Teater Sentrum (Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Norsk Filmvederlagsfond (Norwegian Film Workers' Association)
E. Paul Brodsky, CPA
The Rose Café
Diamond Organics


Staff List
Lynette Kessler, Executive/Artistic Director
Allyson Moore Voye, Festival Coordinator
Beth Guerette, Administrative Coordinator
Roberta Shaw, Media Coordinator
Michael Wade, Media Consultant
Susan Hwang, Development Consultant
Joanna Wiederhorn, Development Assistant
Amy Kramer, Clever Pup, Web Programming/Design
Terese Jungle, Web Design
Lindsay Albert, Design, Festival Postcard and Festival Program
Lynn Hasty, Green Galactic Public Relations
Terry Hayes, SEO Copywriter, seo-to-go.com
David Vegezzi, Festival Trailer
Diane Leone, Bookkeeping
Stephen Glassman, Design Consultant/ Hammer Project
Paul Sangster, Future Lighting, Projection Designer/ Hammer Project
Paul Chavez, Sound Consultant/ Hammer Project
Kathy Pryzgoda, Lighting Design/ Hammer Project

 

 
Board of Directors
Allegra Fuller Snyder
Hanna Heiting
Morleigh Steinberg
Lynette Kessler
Nadine LeGouguec
Sharon Kinney
Hebe Tabachnik
Susan Hwang
Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch
Sarah Elgart
Advisory Board
Bob Lockyer
Ellen Bromberg
Lisa Gross
Judith Luther Wilder
Victoria Marks
Judy Mitoma
Roxeanne Steinberg
Richard Baker
     

Screening Committee
Roberta Shaw
Roxanne Steinberg
Sharon Kinney
Allegra Fuller Snyder
Morleigh Steinberg
Sarah Elgart
Bridget Murnane


Special thanks to the following festival directors for
their support:

Christinana Galanopoulou, Videodance International Film Festival
Magne Antonsen. Ultima film Dans for Kamera, Norway
Ellen Bromberg, Dance for the Camera Festival, University of Utah
Gaelen Hanson, New Dance Cinema, Seattle
Silvinia Sperling, Festival Internacional de Videodanza de Buenos Aires
Janine Dijkmeijer, Cinedans, The Netherlands
Deirdre Towers, Dance on Camera Festival
Steve Jackman, Dance Film Today, London
Gitta Wigro Dance on Screen at The Place, UK
Vicky Bloor, SouthEast Dance, UK


Volunteer
Dance Camera West is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, assist in administrative duties, help with marketing and contribute in many other ways. Please contact us if you would like to be part of DCW.

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