It’s rare to find a documentary dance film that follows the process and methods of the films subject. In most cases, documentary dance films have a beginning, middle and end, a narrative arc that introduces and follows a subject or several subjects, and reaches an...
Dancer is documentary filmmaker Steven Cantor’s journey into the high pressure world of ballet through one of its most conflicted yet talented dancers, Sergei Polunin. Beautifully filmed, contentiously edited, Dancer follows Polunin from childhood through 2016...
While I work on my documentary, “Where Dances Come From,” I’m watching as much dance on film as possible. This week I put on Ballet Now, the documentary following Tyler Peck, the first woman to curate Los Angeles Music Center’s lauded showcase...
Valerie Williams is legend in the Iowa dance community. As a dancer and choreographer, she set her own vision for what she wanted to do, and she has done just that, consistently, for over 20 years. As a kid growing up in Ames in the early 80’s you probably...
Performers develop their craft through a combination of study, practice and experience. All three are necessary. Study is what you do in school and through reading books, watching videos and experiencing critiques. Practice is what you do in rehearsal, in the studio...
Creating Social Media Topics with Pip Decks Do Iowa dancers go on to reach the international stage? For Bobbi Jene Smith, born in Centerville Iowa, she became not just an international dancer with the Batsheva Dance Company from 2005-2014, but became the subject of a...
