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    What Love Tells Me by What Love Tells Me, LLC

    What Love Tells Me, is a short dance narrative film about Brandon and Lex, who take a chance in the hopes of finding love.

    • 15% funded
    • $3,180 pledged
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    Dance Films Association member Keyvn Fairchild's short dance film begins shooting in June. Jump on board now for a dose of summer romance.

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    SACRAMENT by Natalie Metzger

    SACRAMENT is a film told through movement & music about five people who are caught in a cult ritual surrounding a strange deity.

    • 16% funded
    • $1,654 pledged
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    DFA member Natalie Metzger moves from the stage to film, in the adaptation of SACRAMENT. We've screened two of her films and are happy to support this latest project.

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    Fleet Moves Dance Festival by The Movement Party

    an all-ages, all-hours, happening of dance, performance, and visual art that will set the town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts in motion!

    • 110% funded
    • $3,854 pledged
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    Pledge $500 or more and commission your own dance film. How about that?!

    Support Fleet Moves, a dance festival that not only integrates dance and film, but one that also includes the local community.

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    "Five Dances", a feature film by Alan Brown by Agathe David-Weill

    A young dancer with talent to burn flees a troubled past to make a life, and find love, in New York City.

    • 46% funded
    • $13,903 pledged
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    Filmed at 100 Grand in Soho, FIVE DANCES features five New York City dancers. Support this narrative that defines the tried and true story of a dancer in New York City.

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    A Sense of Place - Island Moving Co. Documentary Dance Film by RI Film

    'A Sense of Place' a documentary film about the inspiration,creation & performances of Island Moving Co.'s site specific dance festival

    • 47% funded
    • $1,411 pledged
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    This documentary follows the creative process of three choreographers- Marta Renzi, Zach Morris and Christine Sandorfi. We are thrilled to support this film, the work of our friends at Island Moving Company.

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    Ghost line by Cori Olinghouse

    A 16mm experimental dance film collaboration that invokes the spaces of Vaudeville through a Dada/Surrealist eye.

    • 88% funded
    • $2,666 pledged
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    16mm black and white film stock is still alive in "Ghost line"! Back this project and nod to the days of Buster Keaton!

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    Days of Gray by Bicephaly Pictures

    Bicephaly Pictures & co are creating a timeless tale, scored by incredible Icelandic band Hjaltalín.

    • 41% funded
    • $20,840 pledged
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    DFA screened Bicephaly Pictures' short dance film URBAN MATTER at a Dance Film Lab Moderated Screening. We applaud their move in the direction of a feature length film.

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    Studies in Space by Tate Bunker

    A dance film shot in ultra slow motion exploring movement, dance & space. To see in movement what the naked eye cannot.

    • 28% funded
    • $2,288 pledged
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    Support "Studies in Space" and support the ageless fascination with space, essential to both dance and film.

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    "Anela en Rouge" Short Film by Cara

    "Anela en Rouge" (The Angel in Red) is a moving experimental dance documentary that needs funding assistance to be completed.

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    • 138% funded
    • $3,453 pledged
    • Funded
      May 23, 2012

    Licenses are not too fun. Yet it is important to obtain rights to support other artists and to ensure your film is in the clear. We applaud "Anela en Rouge" for taking this important step!

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    Mucca Pazza is shooting a dance film! by Mucca Pazza

    MARCHING BANNED will be an Experimental Dance Film throwing a bombastic musical experience into an otherwise unassuming Urban setting

    Successful!
    • 135% funded
    • $5,424 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 03, 2011

    FANFARE FOR MARCHING BANNED was a Post Production Grant Recipient in 2011 and screened in our shorts program in the 2012 Dance on Camera Festival. They've come a long way since they launched this campaign, which includes a new title!

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    Night Thing: A Dance Turns Into a Film! by Marisa Gruneberg

    An intriguing dance piece is transformed from a live performance into a feature length film!

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    • 103% funded
    • $2,286 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 27, 2012

    Screen Adaptation. It's not just an Oscar category, but yet another way to bring dance to film!

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    SOLIPSIST - an experimental fantasy film by Andrew Huang

    SOLIPSIST is a three part psychedelic fantasy short film about otherworldly beings whose minds and bodies converge into one entity.

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    • 111% funded
    • $8,950 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 22, 2011

    Dance meets fantasy with the help of special effects. See the film here, which premiered on Vimeo March 5th and screened at SXSW.
    https://vimeo.com/37848135

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    Dance Films Kino by Sarah Best

    A three week festival presenting 45 works of film and 15 talks + performances in an environment inspired by 1920s film clubs.

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    • 102% funded
    • $2,550 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 25, 2012

    Support the space where most ambitious program of the 2012 Dance on Camera Tour will take place. Dance Films Kino is an official Dance on Camera Tour Partner.

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    The nerd-E Crew Dance Music Video Production Featuring PjOE by Elana

    A vibrant & eclectic experience, showcasing a fusion of original choreography, dance styles and music, all captured on video.

    Successful!
    • 109% funded
    • $4,391 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 29, 2012

    Music videos, a prime place to merge dance and film!

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    TRASH DANCE Finishing! by Andrew Garrison

    COMPLETION and WORLD PREMIERE FESTIVAL LAUNCH of the documentary film about dance, wonder, collaboration, and trash.

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    • 113% funded
    • $9,663 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 10, 2012

    DFA attended SXSW this year. Trash Dance was one of the few dance films to screen at the festival. Visit our website to see the other dance films that screened. http://bit.ly/GDqa0z

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    MANDORLA by Jenny Rocha

    Rocha Dance Theater will perform MANDORLA at HERE, April 11th-15th! A performance of dance theater, video and visual design!

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    • 110% funded
    • $1,770 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 25, 2012

    Mandorla incorporates dance film, quoted by the creator Jenny Rocha as an "integral part" of the live performance.

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    Tuzina by KateAshley Clarke

    Using dance to connect with women and children in Uganda in order to equip them to work through trauma and celebrate their culture.

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    • 102% funded
    • $20,535 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 08, 2012

    An example of dance film for social empowerment.

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    Lisa Townsend Company / indifference by Lisa Townsend

    Lisa Townsend Co. premieres -indifference-, a multi-media dance work, this March 22-25 as a CounterPulse Theater Artist in Residence.

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    • 103% funded
    • $5,158 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 16, 2012

    "indifference" integrates multiple levels of media and points to the possibility of including dance film in live performance.

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    Totem and Taboo by Amber Adams

    Support dancers in the Moving Men Series at Dixon Place Theater, claimed by NY Magazine as one the "most important theaters in NYC."

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    • 100% funded
    • $1,200 pledged
    • Funded
      Feb 29, 2012

    Upcoming project by Dance Films Association member, Amber Adams!

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    SOUR by Mallory Baxley

    A screen dance about unveiling the true self through the trials and tribulations of friendship.

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    • 101% funded
    • $1,527 pledged
    • Funded
      Feb 25, 2012

    Sometimes words aren't enough. That's why we turn to dance film. And why we support SOUR.

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    Bench Seat a Musical by Anna Mastro

    BENCH SEAT, is a short film musical written by Neil LaBute, with original music and lyrics by Teddy Geiger, and directed by Anna Mastro.

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    • 100% funded
    • $12,081 pledged
    • Funded
      Jun 21, 2010

    Screened in the Shorts Program in our 2012 Dance on Camera Festival, Bench Seat is a wonderful example of collaboration.

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    Girl Walk // All Day by Jacob Krupnick

    Girl Walk // All Day is a music & dance video of epic proportions, set to the non-stop soundtrack of Girl Talk's album "All Day."

    Successful!
    • 517% funded
    • $24,817 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 14, 2011

    The premiere of Girl Walk // All Day was a dance party. The precedent has been set, screenings no longer need to be in theaters. Jacob spoke at our Kickstarter workshop during our Festival: http://www.dancefilms.org/event/kickstarter-presentation/
    Also screening at SXSW!

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    Dances for an iPhone Volume 3 by Richard Daniels

    A free app of short dance movies created by Richard Daniels featuring wonderful, accomplished dance performers.

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    • 100% funded
    • $3,008 pledged
    • Funded
      Jan 15, 2012

    Showcased in the Meet the Artist Program in our 2012 Dance on Camera Festival, Richard Daniels's Dances for an iPhone puts dance film in the palm of your hand. Literally.

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    Profane Temporality Dance Film by Olivia Orozco

    A short film about the changing of the seasons and the passing of time.

    Successful!
    • 113% funded
    • $1,705 pledged
    • Funded
      Feb 07, 2012

    This project ties it all together. As New Yorkers understand, the anticipation of a new season gets us through it all. New York City is the perfect backdrop to showcase the union of dance and film.

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    Touch Cuba 2012 by Touch Cuba

    We will produce a documentary filmed in Havana, Cuba by Bitter Jester Creative, following two Cuban born dancers now living in Chicago.

    Successful!
    • 104% funded
    • $7,800 pledged
    • Funded
      Jan 15, 2012

    Representation of the Documentary Dance Film genre. Director Jan Bartoszek is also a member of DFA and has participated in our Touring Program.

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    The Real Men Can Dance - A comedy short film by Adrian Roup

    "Tango is a conversation. If it’s a good conversation, it will continue... If it’s a really good conversation,you can talk all night."

    Successful!
    • 101% funded
    • $20,372 pledged
    • Funded
      Jan 04, 2012

    If dance films encourage everyone to dance, we are all for it. Plus, this film combines genres- comedy, narratives, and dance.