Making Screendance: Moving Cameras, from Drones to GoPros

Choreograph moving cameras in a collaborative spirit!

Advance registration required

Offered in French only

Screendance is taking on new and unknown dimensions with the multiplication of moving camera tools. Through solo and group exercises, this module offers to combine choreographic and filmic strategies to consider these tools’ rich artistic potential. We can better equip ourselves for collaborations between dance and audiovisual artists!

You can register for other course modules and attend all or some of them! Click on the links for a detailed description of each module.

Theory (12 hours, online)

• Summary – Making Screendance
• Theory Module 1 (3h) – Screendance History and Theory (October 12, 2022)
• Theory Module 2 (3h) – Contracts, Rights and Management (January 23, 2023)
• Theory Module 3 (3h) – Networks and Presentation Platforms (January 30, 2023)
• Theory Module 4 (3h) – Screendance Curatorial Practices (February 6, 2023)

Practice (50 hours, live in studio)

• Practice Module 1 (10h) – Screendance with Analog and Digital Domestic Tools (October 8 to 9, 2022)
• Practice Module 2 (10h) – Video Mapping, VJing and Choreography (January 14 to 15, 2023)
• Practice Module 3 (10h) – Moving Cameras, from Drones to GoPros (November 12 to 13, 2022)
• Practice Module 4 (10h) – Professional HD Cameras and Choreographic Possibilities (December 3 to 4, 2022)
• Practice Module 5 (10h) – Analog Cameras: Bolex and Film (January 21 to 22, 2023)

Learning Objectives

• Learn about the technical and choreographic possibilities of moving cameras.
• Discover collaborative strategies to effectively communicate with audiovisual artists.
• Consider the choreography of moving cameras.
• Create a choreography storyboard to communicate with collaborators.

Who should attend this training?

Dance artists and their production teams, beginners or advanced practitioners.

Instructor

 © Julie Artacho

Claudia Chan Tak is a multidisciplinary artist trained in visual arts (Concordia, bachelor’s degree, 2009) and contemporary dance (UQAM, bachelor’s degree, 2012 and masters degree, 2017). Her first short film, La Buvette des carnivores, received the Cinémathèque québécoise’s prize for best director at the Quartiers Danses Festival in 2015. Her work has been celebrated, namely in 2018 with the prestigious Patrons of the Arts prize. For the past few years, she has been offering screendance workshops to teenagers and emerging artists.

Advance registration and payment requireds

1. Fill out our registration form. Select the Making Screendance modules you wish to attend.
2. Fill out your Services Québec participant profile. This will be valid for all Making Screendance modules.
3. Pay via Interac before attending any module you are registered for.

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This module is offered by le Regroupement québécois de la danse and developed by Regards Hybrides. It is made possible through the financial support from the Gouvernement du Québec and Compétence Culture, comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre en culture.