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We’re back with our regularly scheduled programming! In today’s episode, we’re back on the location scouting game by taking a closer look into dance films taking place in empty swimming pools! Like our previous episode with warehouse films, deserted swimming pools have populated the screendance world with its desaturated backdrop aesthetic. Something about the hues of blue tile and barren empty sea floor sets up a new proscenium for movers to navigate through. We break down the draw to this environment and what the film is doing differently from non-pool locations. Time to make a very dry splash with this dissected roundtable.

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FILMS

Empty - dir. by Gerard Montero

Barcelona, Spain

@gerard_montero_

Maze - dir. By Sophie LaPhane

Scotland

@slaplanechoreographer

Sink or Swim - dir. By Jaako Toivinin

Netherlands

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 Frameform is back!! We kick off Season 3 with a recap of the Screendance Symposium, which took place at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in April of 2022. Jen and Clare reflect on being a part of a rich gathering and sharing of the screendance community and share excerpts from several presentations. First up, Autumn Mist Belk (FAD: Film-Art-Dance, now Screendance in Schools) invited Frameform to be a part of a panel entitled “Crafting a Diverse Screendance Audience” which also featured Robin Gee (Greensboro Dance Film Festival) and Jennifer Scully-Thurston (Rogue Dancer). Then, Clare shares a portion of her research into Lenwood Sloan and Lone Mountain College’s Dance Film Festival (1976-1978).

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Screendance State of the Art 2022 Symposium Website and Information

https://screendancesymposium.art.wisc.edu/

Curated by Douglas Rosenberg (@rosenberg_douglas) Administrative assistance from Kel Mur (@kel.mur.art)

Technical assistance & audio files from Aaron Granat (@adgranat)

“Crafting a Diverse Screendance Audience” Panel

Curated by Autumn Mist Belk (@autmist, @screendance_schools, @codefadcompany)

Panelists:

Clare Schweitzer

Jen Ray

Robin Gee (@robingee2, @gsodancefilm) Jennifer Scully Thurston (@roguedance)

“Lone Mountain College’s San Francisco Dance Film Festival 1976-1978”

Films Referenced

Clinic of Stumble & Horror Dream- Sidney Peterson & Marian Van Tuyl (available to view at BAMPFA)

Tripytych -Welland Lathrop (available to view at MP+D)

Four in the Afternoon- James Broughton

Six Phrases in Real Time- Deborah Mangum

Videola- Don Hallock and Steve Beck

Thermography - Richard Lowenberg

Further Reading

Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area,

1945–2000   

Steve Anker, Kathy Geritz, and Steve Seid, editors (2010)

Screendance from Film to Festival: Celebration and Curatorial Practice by Cara Hagan (2022)

Specials Thanks to Bay Area Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (@bampfa),

Museum of Performance and Design San Francisco (MP+D), University of San Francisco Archives, Lenwood Sloan, Roger Ferragallo (http://www.ferragallo.com/indexnoflash.html), I- HATE-THIS-FILM

The slides that accompanied the presentation are available upon request

We’re back with SEASON 3 of FRAMEFORM! Coming to YOU, Wednesday July 6th!

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Frameform is BACK in session with fresh perspectives and heated roundtables. Taking a closer look into cinematic trends through the audience’s lens. And kicking back with the makers and curators who are sharing dance film beyond the video screen.
 

Coming up this season...

Jen: I watched West Side Story no fewer than 10 times and each one was a religious experience. We need to talk about it! 
 

Hannah: Man, I forgot how Missy Elliot was just so ahead of the game when it came to music videos. The amount of attention to the choreography, the dancers, production design, it’s just not the same for today’s YouTube releases.
 

Clare: Back when I got a drone I didn’t realize that I have so many questions about permits and authorized airspace. When can I actually start to fly and dance with it?

We’ve got a lot to talk about.

When do you wanna start?
How about every Wednesday starting July 6th.

This is Season 3 of Frameform. A show about movies, moving, and everything in between – Hosted by Hannah Weber, Jen Ray, and Clare Schweitzer. Coming to you every Wednesday – wherever you get your podcasts. 

Starting weekly on July 6th.

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That’s a wrap for Season 2! But before we go on break, we finally had the chance to sit down together in the same room and reflect on our podcast journey.

As we look back on Season 2, we thank all the humble guests who sat with us to learn about their point of view on dance film. Furthermore, we gag and giggle on the possibilities of what’s to come for seasons ahead.

Thank you to all who have been listening and supporting us during the past 2 seasons. We’ll see you next year!

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LISTENER! There is a video version of this podcast!

Go watch it here: YouTube

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This week, the partners chat with the amazing hosts of Frameform about season 2!

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Links from discussion

Capitol Dance and Cinema Festival, Saturday, October 9, 2021: LINK

Clare on SFDFF Dancing Through the Lens: LINK

San Fransisco Dance Film Festival, October 15-24, 2021: LINK

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We’re back with another Beyond Spectacle episode looking at dramatic fictional films that integrate dance and movement into their story.

For this episode we are joined with previous Frameform guest, Nathan Scoll, who chose our destiny to dissect Disney’s 1949 animated double billed feature, “The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.”

As we focus our attention to the film’s second story following Ichabod Crane, we notice many recycled characters from childhood favorite films and examine the Disney aesthetic on how they use dance to support the characteristics of our glutinous cast.

Follow Nathan Scoll! @thriftopia_nathanscoll

Catch up on our last Beyond Spectacle episode with Nathan from S1EP20

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FEATURED

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)

Dir. by Jack Kinney, James Algar, Clyde Geronimi

Featured Cast : Bing Crosby

Production Company : Walt Disney Pictures

Available on streaming with Disney+

Nathan Scoll’s Shorts

Dance Macabre - Short Film

Dance or Die - A Video Essay

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Capitol Dance and Cinema Festival

Eaton Center, Washington DC

In-Person - October 9, 2021

Online - October 1

@capitoldcfestival

Uprooted Documentary @ Capitol Dance and Cinema Festival Online

October 10 + 11th

Catch up with the Uprooted crew from Frameform S1E5

London Contemporary Dance School | MA Screendance Program

Euston, London

Accepting Sept 2022 applications

A 15 month course, developing your practice on the only MA in dance filmmaking in the world! A practice-led course, embracing the hybrid nature of dance filmmaking and subjects it to critical investigation.

Contact Hannah Redfearn for more questions

[email protected]

@theplacelondon

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On our last episode of Location Scout, you voted for us to cover films that were in water locations. However, fear not if you pined for the DESERT as that’s where we are headed next.

For quite some time, desert locations have been making its rounds in the dance film circuit. With its empty surroundings and expansive room for birds eye drone shots, this dry landscape is a great backdrop for shape shifting patterns of movement.

As we buckle up with our bottles of water for our discussion, Clare talks with dance filmmaker and educator, Scotty Hardwig, looking at his piece “Our Last Aria,” and discussing the landscape of our potential future

FEATURED

Clouded (2018)

Dir. Will Johnston

Our Last Aria (2017)

Dir. Scotty Hardwig

You Wanted Rivers (2020)

Dir. by Magdalena Zielinska

Also Mentioned:

World According to Briggs
 

Nick Johnson

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With animation, almost anything is possible. And in this day in age, there are so many styles and forms of inventive moving design. In today’s episode, we’ll be exploring many modes of animated dance films.

From gravity defying claymation to the expressively complex technology of 3D generated imagery-- it’s amazing to see how animators are bringing their own spin to choreography for the characters they create for the screen.

As we dive into this wondrous world of animation, Jen sits down with dance filmmaker, Wilkie Branson, talking about his recently completed film, Tom, as well as learning about how he gravitated towards incorporating a handmade aesthetic to his films.

Follow Wilkie Branson @wilkiebranson

www.wilkiebranson.com

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Tom links:

Main trailer

What is Tom

Making of Tom | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Making of Little Dreams

Check out Wilkie Branson’s interview on The MDC Talks Podcast

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FEATURED

Pas de Deux (1968)

Dir by Norman MacLaren

STOP MOTION

Choreography for the Scanner

Dir by Marian Eqbal

People in Cities - Rosie Trump

Video essay for Women in Cities

349

Dir by Kristin Lauth Shaeffer

Bookanima

Dir by Shon Kim

You Should be Dancing

Dir by Elinor Wyser

WATER COLOR

Reflections 

Dir by Morgan Gruer

Gaku (preview only for now)

Dir by Xueyan Wang

CLAYMATION

Groggy Grugg

Dir by Conor Long 

2D ANIMATION

Étude

Dir by Pamela Matheus

ROTOSCOPE

Stages

Dir by Angela Rosales Challis

3D ANIMATION

2016 AICP Sponsor Reel

COMBINED

Invitation to the Dance

Dir by Gene Kelly

KING - Grades

Dir by Taichi Kimura

End of The Block

By Motion Dance Collective

Bruno Mars - That’s what i Like

Dir by Bruno Mars and Jonathon Lia

OTHER MENTIONS

SNL Disney Housewives skit

Eadweard Muybridge film

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While kids and teens sometimes arise in our conversations on tech, culture, and our own experiences, we wanted to dedicate an episode to focus on what it’s like working with them and watching them in the context of screendance. While there are some differences when collaborating with and teaching with this younger demographic, our conversation reveals that the extra creativity, play, and care involved all are values that translate well to working with any demographic.

This episode includes an interview with Alla Kavgan, who shares about her New London Calling, which features an all adolescent cast, plus Frameform’s Jen Ray shares about her collaborations with The JaM Youth Project. We also share personal insights, experiences, and offer suggestions to those planning on - or perhaps who haven’t yet considered - working with kids and teens. 

In this episode:
New London Calling - Alla Kovgan (2010)
If I Ruled the World - The JaM Youth Project (2016)

Bonus Recommendations: 
Let’s Get the Rhythm
Dancinema’s “(Not) Just for Kids” Playlist
YPAD: Youth Protection Advocates in Dance

Follow Alla Kovgan / Kino Dance
Website + Instagram

Follow The JaM Youth Project

Instagram + YouTube + Vimeo

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Where do you watch dancefilm? On TikTok? In a theatre at a film festival? Maybe a gallery? How do we share and enlighten this form of art? How do festivals or algorithms pick which films to feature on their platforms?

On today’s episode, curator, writer, filmmaker, and all around great person, Cara Hagan answers such questions on showcasing work as a festival curator and researcher. Hagan, most known as the head of the Movies by Movers program at American Dance Festival, talks about her insights on curating a dynamic showcase for audiences, experimenting with creative outlets to limit disparities amongst communities, and boasting creators outside the academic screendance bubble.

Follow Cara Hagan!

@mindfulnessresistance

Website

Order Cara’s Book from McFarland Books !

ARTICLES

Dance Magazine | 1 2

Screendance Journal

Juneteenth Event

Minifest

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