Screendance from Film to Festival: Celebration and Curatorial Practice

by Cara Hagan

Overview

Dance and film have shared a dynamic relationship since the advent of cinema--a natural interplay that developed into the genre known as screendance. Charting the history of screendance festivals, this book examines important shifts in practice and theory, distinct festival eras and communities, and the process of selecting and programming works.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476669847
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	02/21/2022
Pages:	207
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Cara Hagan is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose work is informed by movement, digital space, words, contemplative practice, and community. She is the director and curator for ADF's Movies by Movers, an annual, international screendance festival under the auspices of the American Dance Festival. Her scholarly works can be found in the International Journal of Screendance, The Journal of Dance Education and Dance Magazine.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
 1. Falling in Love
 2. An Art Worth Celebrating
 3. Screendance Before the Screendance Festival
 4. The Four Generations of Screendance Festivals
 5. Screendance Festival Models
 6. Curating: A Historical, Practical and Philosophical Exploration
 7. Mapping Curatorial Development in Screendance Festivals
 8. Curatorial Adventures
 9. Investigating Representation as Curatorial Activism
10. Case Studies
11. Curatorial Considerations
12. A Treatise on Curating
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

The author's broad experience as both a maker and curator informs this important examination of the history and future of screendance festivals.”—Rebecca Salzer, director of the Dancing Digital Project, and associate professor of Dance at the University of Alabama

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