Dance Without Shadow - International Festival of Video Dance and Performance, 24-26 Nov, Lisbon, Portugal (deadline: 30 Sep)
Call for entries for the first edition of Dance Without Shadow - International Festival of Video Dance and Performance - short films on the relationship between body-dance or body performance and camera. It is the result of three editions of Dance Without Shadow International Exhibition, that was established in 2004 with the aim to present an interdisciplinary programme, in which participated more than sixty artists and companies, including directors, choreographers, performers, musicians and interpreters. It is our desire to exhibit national and international films and short movies with a new narrative, artistic, abstract or experimental approach focusing on the relation between body-dance or bodyperformance and camera. The Festival promotes the visibility of the most varied artistic expressions that focus on the intersection between the languages of video/cinema and dance/performance, exhibiting recent works of video-dance, video-art, experimental video, documentaries and of other kinds that engage, explore and present not only interesting aesthetic solutions, but also ideas concerning the construction of characters and the representation of the body on the screen, following a strong narrative structure mixed with a choreographic project between the video and the body. The original idea of the Festival is to create a link between body and technology, highlighting the presence of the body onto the image-screen in contemporary world. The Festival aims to promote various artistic events as well as to discover and give an impulse to new artistic talents, especially emphasizing the works of all those who turn the cine-videographic creation into a space of discovery with creative and expansive results. Date and Venue Dance Without Shadow - International Festival of Video Dance and Performance takes place on 24, 25 and 26 of November 2009, at São Luiz Municipal Theatre in Lisbon. Regulations 1. The deadline for applications is the 30th of September 2009, date of post. 2. The work proposed has to be original and to underline the relationship between body and sound/ image in different genres: video-dance, video-performance, video-art, experimental video or dance and performance documentaries. 3. The work can be presented by any person or entity and must be sent in DVD (multizone). 4. The work cannot last more than 20 minutes. 5. Each applicant can present only 2 works per competition. 6. Along with the application form, applicants must send 2 photos of the work and 1 photo of the video director (duly identified and with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, TIFF or JPEG format). These materials can be sent by mail (in digital format) or by email to [email protected] 7. All works with dialogues must have subtitles in English. 8. Regarding the competition for YOUNG DIRECTOR, only Portuguese nationals are eligible. The age limit is 30, completed on the 26th of November of 2009 at the latest. 9. Application forms must be filled in the name of the representative of the work. 10. Application forms must include authorization by the author/authors for exhibition during the Festival and other extensions of the Festival. 11. Reception of the video works, as well as the results of the selection and the final results will be confirmed by email. 12. All the materials sent will not be returned, and they will be part of the archive of VoArte. 13. The works will be shown in DVD or in another format, if necessary. 14. In addition to the established awards, the jury may award distinctions. 15. Applicants must accept all conditions and rules of the competition. 16. Any other cases will be solved by the organization of the Festival. 17. VoArte Association reserves the right to modify the regulations, informing all participants of any alterations. See attachment for info on Authors Rights, Jury, Prizes, Organisation and Application details Application Forms | Contact Application form must be sent by email to [email protected] and the DVD by post to: Dance Without Shadow International Film Festival of Dance and Performance Associação VoArte Rua de S. Domingos à Lapa, nº 8N 1200-835 Lisboa PORTUGAL About clarifications, you can call +351 21 393 24 10 or send an email [email protected] Or you can refer to our blog http://dancasemsombra.blogspot.com/ The final deadline is on the 30th of September 2009 We count on your participation! Read more: DOWNLOAD CALL FOR PROPOSALS http://www.on-the-move.org/documents/Voarte.pdf DOWNLOAD APPLICATION FORM http://www.on-the-move.org/documents/VoarteENTRYFORM.doc sursa:onthemove -- Moldova Young Artists Association "Oberliht" http://www.oberliht.org.md . . . . . . . . . . . http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist portal informational pentru arta si cultura din Moldova information gateway for arts and culture from Moldova _______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
