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2009 Festival Schedule

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Screendance: A New Visual Language
Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6

Three different programs of experimental dance film

Contains adult content

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Program A: Friday, June 5, 8:00pm Opening Night Reception
Program B: Saturday, June 6, 6:00pm
Program C: Saturday, June 6, 8:00pm

REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex
631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
$15 Opening Night ($10 for CalArts or DCW members)
$10 for other screenings ($7 for CalArts or DCW members)
213 237-2800; REDCAT


The Dancing Room
Saturday, June 13, 2:30pm matinee

Skirball Cultural Center
2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049
Free - No reservations needed
310-440-4500; Skirball Cultural Center


Dance Iconoclasts at the Hammer Museum
Saturday, June 13 and two programs Sunday, June 14

AMERICAN MASTERS Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About
Saturday, June 13, 7:00pm
Dialogue with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Judy Kinberg and biographer Amanda Vaill

DANCE MOViES - EMPAC
Four short videos commissioned by ExperimentalMediaPerformingArts
Sunday June 14 at 2:00pm

      Kino-Eye Joby Emmons
      NORA Alla Kovgan and David Hinton
      PH David Farias, Carla Schillagi and Maria Fernanda Vallejos

      Veterans Victoria Marks and Margaret Williams

2 Documentaries: Akram Khan and Emio Greco
Two documentaries featuring the collaborative process of contemporary dance choreographers
Sunday June 14 at 6:00pm (contains nudity)

      Bahok:Letters on the Bridge Akram Khan and Gilles Delmas
      Imagined Hell   Emio Greco and Pieter Scholten

Hammer Museum
Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
FREE admission, no reservations, open seating

310-443-7000 Hammer Museum


Choreography Media Honors Panel
Discussion and Reception

Friday, June 19, 7:30pm

Dance Camera West will present the third Choreography Media Honors (this year in the form of a panel), an event honoring the craft of choreography in media. Choreography, Collaborations and Cocktails...

Participating Creative Teams Include:


High School Musical -

-  Kenny Ortega – Director /Choreographer

-  Charles Klapow – Co-Choreographer

-  Mark Hofeling – Production Designer

So You Think You Can Dance -

              -  Matthew Diamond – Director

              -  Tabitha and Napoleon – Choreographers

              -  Tyce Diorio - Choreographer

81st Academy Awards®-

              -  Bill Condon- Producer

              -  Marguerite Derricks - Choreographer

              -  Paula Bradley – Costume Designer

Moderator: Daniel Ezralow


Followed by reception with the artists.

Linwood Dunn Theater

Pickford Center for Motion Picture

1313 N. Vine St., Hollywood, CA 90028

Tickets $25 / Free parking

 


VideoDanza II: Latin American Dance on Screen
Short dance films from Latin American Artists
Saturday, June 20, 7:00pm Tango 8:30pm screening

Music & Tango milango, followed by screening when it's dark

Braude Center Plaza – FREE
Martin Braude Center Plaza
6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91401
FREE Bring your own seating, blankets or chairs, and picnic dinner Family event



Contemporary Sacred: Indigenous Dance Artists in Contemporary Culture
Sunday, June 21, 2:00pm

Two feature documentaries with First Nation and Native American artists
Q&A with filmmaker Philip Szporer

Byron Chief-Moon: Grey Horse Rider Marlene Millar and Philip Szporer
Water Flowing Together Gwendolen Cates

Please join us for an afternoon exploring the Autry National Center, a cultural treasure, have lunch at The Golden Spur Café (open 9:00am – 4:30pm), and enjoy our matinee film program.

Autry National Center of the American West (Griffith Park Campus)

4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027

Tickets $10 ($7 Autry and DCW members) free parking

Tickets will be sold only at the door, prior to DCW screening

Mastercard, Visa, Checks, and Cash

Free Parking

323-667-2000; Autry National Center of the American West

 

 

 

 
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