Palissimo: Weddings & Beheadings

Jared Frank, USA, 2009

A video of excerpts from Palissimo’s psychosexual show, “Weddings & Beheadings”, Jared Frank boils the live performance down to a minute and a half.

UP WAKE

Natasha Tsakos, Switzerland/USA, 2007

This is a promotional video for UP WAKE, a solo performance created and developed by Natasha Tsakos. The performance takes place on a bare stage with a single actor, but a larger world is suggested through inventive uses of  CGI and synchronized sound effects.

PROJECT WEBCAMDANCE: PIEZA PARA ESPALDA Y ROSTRO / PIECE FOR BACK AND FACE

Alejandra Ceri, Argentina, 2007

In this intimate video, Alejandra Ceri divorces body parts from their spatiotemporal sequencing, focusing on close-ups of individual body parts. The video creates a sense of motion with the play of light on skin.

UMOVE Online VideoDance Festival beginning October 1st!

Coming directly to your computer, lap top, and mobile phone!

The UMOVE Online Videodance Festival will run for the entire month of October, 2009 right here on Move the Frame (movetheframe.com). During the festival anyone with an internet connection can view the official selection of videos and browse the complete catalogue of over 50 festival submissions.

Featuring a selection of movement-based videos made specifically for the web, the UMOVE program includes innovative animations, 60-second shorts, surprising perspectives on dance and technology,and low budget wonders made on a shoe string.

As the First Annual UMOVE Online Videodance Festival kicks off online, join us to celebrate the launch with a live screening and party in New York City. Come for the screening!  Stay for fascinating multimedia performances and absorbing conversation.

UMOVE Launch Party and Movement Media Fundraiser!

• 2 Screenings of groundbreaking works by Video Artists merging Dance and Media.
• DJ Ben Bartelle and VJ Danielle McKleinfeld, offering clean electronic sounds and digital imagery mixing.
• Live performances by Bridgman/Packer, Foofwa d’Imobilitie’, and Adam Sondheim.

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

The TANK

354 West 45th Street, NYC (between 8th & 9th Ave in NYC)

Directions to the Tank

Make your Reservations for Screening times – 7:30 or 9:30 showings.

Tickets: $40 Donation for Reserved Seating or $5 at the door for last minute available seating.

Click HERE to RSVP

The Launch party reception begins at 8:30pm (after 1st screening) and the party continues after the 2nd screening wraps up.  Your donations support this exciting new screendance movement.

If you would like to invite others to the Launch Party on October 4th, click here for an email invitation.

Can’t make it?  Be there in spirit by giving a tax-deductible contribution to Movement Media.  Every amount helps!

Festival co-organizers, Anna Brady Nuse, Marta Renzi, and Kriota Willberg have hand-picked a premium selection of international video artists for a program that will stimulate provoke and entertain.  Come for the screening!  Stay for facinating multimedia performances and absorbing conversation.  Drinks (and popcorn) will follow!

Video artists featured in this screening and at UMOVE online: Susan Marshall, Foofwa d’Imobilitie’, Barbara Benas, Daniel Robinson, Ally Voye, Alan Sondheim, Sabine Klaus, Marisa C. Hayes, Natalya Nikolaeva, Sabrina Mergey, and Kyle Ruddick/Evestorm Productions.

More online activities with Movement Media:

View dance videos and learn about artists on our blog (MovetheFrame.com) which discusses many aspects of videodance and features our upcoming UMOVE Online Videodance Festival and the latest winners from our videodance contests.  Connect with Movement Media on Facebook and Twitter and support us in helping dancers to engage with media, reach new audiences, grow artistically, and stay relevant in today’s media-rich world.