Dance Camera West (DCW), the Los Angeles-based nonprofit committed to exploring the possibilities for dance in the context of cinema, presents the 22nd edition of its renowned international festival, Dance Camera West 2024. It will take place on Thursday, January 25, through Sunday, January 28, 2024 at Barnsdall Art Park’s historic Gallery Theatre atop the beautiful hilltop campus. Single tickets are $15 and full festival passes are $150—with an early bird $100 special before January 15 ($50 special for students)—which include all screenings, receptions, and workshops. For more information, please visit https://dcw2024.eventive.org/schedule.
Dance Camera West 2024 will showcase a curated selection of 40 films from 20 countries, each making its World, U.S., or Los Angeles premiere.
Awards Categories Include:
• Best Experimental Short
• Best Student/First Film
• Best Documentary Short
• Best Documentary Feature
• Outstanding Achievement Awards
Carefully chosen from 320 submissions, these films represent the pinnacle of dance film creativity. Films by and/or featuring Dimitri Chamblas, Édouard Lock, Robin Gee, Kate Weare, and many others. In addition to the selected films in competition screenings, the 2024 edition will include workshops, artist talks, and receptions.
Highlights include:
• Opening Night Guest of Honor: Javier De Frutos, acclaimed Latinx director, choreographer and designer.
• Fenomenal! Rompeforma 1989-1996 w/ filmmakers Merián Soto and Viveca Vázquez in attendance, along with special guest artist Marcus Kuiland Nazario, featured in the film, as well as USC professors Amelia Jones and Nao Bustamante, and UCLA Dean of Arts & Architecture Lionel Popkin.
• Workshop w/ De Frutos: Coreografia Tu Storyboard/Choreographing Your Storyboard (Sponsored by Instituto Cervantes). A filmmaking lab taught in Spanish and english that is aimed towards choreographers and dance artists.
• Closing Night Film: Stop Making Sense - The Talking Heads’ 1983 concert film remastered and re-released. A joyful dance-along opportunity awaits.
The festival schedule, ticket links, and film guide can be found at https://dcw2024.eventive.org/schedule.
Barnsdall Art Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-644-6275
Barnsdall Art Park is at 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA.
Dance Camera West 2024 presents: Stop Making Sense (1/28/24-1/28/24)
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