Both a film and a live performance, Ghost Lines is mesmerizing. Take a look at some of the footage from the 16mm film in the promo video!

4CHAMBERS has screened at one of our works in progress in the form of a short film. We're excited to see it transform into immersive performance.

We often talk about the two coasts, but what about Alaska, now that's a journey to document!

Turning music into visual landscapes with both dance and film, but handing over creative control to different artists! That's exciting!

Honorary Ziegfeld Girl and dancer Bebe Neuwirth gets behind the camera to direct this new short about a dedicated florist who can't stop arranging!

A new dance film coming your way during the Tribeca Film Festival! A festival that is a friend to dance films, take a look at the dance films that screened at Tribeca in 2012.
http://bit.ly/DanceFilmAtTribeca

Some favorite, jury nominate films in Dance on Camera have featured aerial work and hoop dance. But fire! Now that could be something new!

Fiscally Sponsored by Dance Films Association, we support HOLDING ON TO THE BARRE.

http://www.dancefilms.org/fiscally-sponsored-items/holding-on-to-the-barre/

Dance on Camera Opening Night film, screened twice to sold out theaters. FIVE DANCES features five New York City dancers. Coming to theaters near you in the spring!

TOPOGRAPHY challenges the boundaries of live performance and dance film by integrating 3D technology.

Ballet in Cinema, bringing international ballet companies to American movie theater screens, will now bring the brilliant performances from YAGP to a theater near you!

Shirley Clarke is an iconic dance filmmaker, emerging from a dance back ground into the avant garde experimental NYC film scene. Milestone has already restored some of her early dance films, so we're happy to curate this project.

Credited with uniting modern dance, Martha Hill brought super stars Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Tanya Holm, Charles Weidman and many others together at Bennington College. This documentary celebrates and makes known her contribution to the dance community.

A narrative, feature length dance film, with support from the San Francisco Film Society. A collaborative creative team that hails from the west coast and east coast, including choreographer Sidra Bell and director Chris Mason Johnson.

Start your October with this dance film!

Cucalorus Film Festival includes dance film in their ambitious Dance-a-Lorus program. We're so excited to what comes to life on screen this year!

Dance film with fashion, yes girlfriend! More than ever, the fashion industry is utilizing dance film to showcase clothing, accessories, shoes, ect. This project is en route, with your help, to produce 12 short dance films inspired by these leading fashion designers.

From the animation director of Happy Feet, this film rides on the legacy of West Side Story, featuring animated hip-hop battles between black and grey squirrels in Central Park. Sounds riveting! We're already dancing with excitement about this new dance film!

TIMELINES possible through an Artist in Residence program at the Fidget Space in Philadelphia, supporters of the dance film genre.
http://www.thefidget.org/

Dance from below, a sight not often seen. But, one that is possible to capture with a camera and the largest glass dance floor SYNCOPATION needs your help to build!

Taking a look back at their work over the past seven years, the Movement Research Group reminds us that film is a powerful tool for creative documentation.

DFA is proud to Fiscally Sponsor this dance film. We are thrilled that after the first weekend, they raised nearly half of their goal! A leading dancer of his generation as a principal with ABT and Bessie award winner, Marcelo Gomes next steps will now be captured on film!

It's summer, and that means it's peach season! And what's sweeter than adding a dance film called "peach" to your summer pick?

Elizabeth Streb is representing the US with incredible dance performances during the Summer Olympics in London. Back this project and see the life of Streb on film!

Bring LA to NY! Line items in film production can be as creative as the work itself. Help these choreographers and filmmakers make it to NY with their film, projector, and screen!

Our Dance Film Lab moderator Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects is behind this immersive theater experience. We support this multi-media project, premiering in the vacated Greenpoint Hospital in Williamsburg this October.

Pledge $15 and attend AOMC's fundraiser performance danceparty with live performances and video! AOMC is not only a working dance company, but also a service oriented collective providing video resources for dancers as A.O. PRO(+ductions).

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.

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.

16mm black and white film stock is still alive in "Ghost line"! Back this project and nod to the days of Buster Keaton!

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.

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.

Support "Studies in Space" and support the ageless fascination with space, essential to both dance and film.

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!

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

An example of dance film for social empowerment.

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

Upcoming project by Dance Films Association member, Amber Adams!

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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