682Friday, April 3, 2009

7:00 PM-9:30 PMMarriott Waterside:Meeting Rooms 5 & 6
Dance Film Festival!
The National Dance Association is proud to announce its first-ever Dance Film Festival! Enjoy an evening of one-of-a-kind films about Alaska; Ghanian dance ceremonials; American Dance Guild documentary on Gypsy Flamenco diva, Carmen Amaya; and the unique creative experimental dance films by filmographer, John Fracchia.
Contributors: Ellen Van't Hof (Grant funded Independent Documentary)- "Finding Their Own Dance: Reawakening the Alaskan Alutiiq Arts" John Fracchia (Awe Of Daw Films)- "Outside(In)finite", "Danse Enchantée" and "Celestial Somesthesis" Tarin Hampton (Fulbright Scholar research) -"Elegance of Culture: Traditional Ghanaian Dance and Drumming" Deborah Mauldin (American Dance Guild Archives) -"Carmen Amaya: Queen of the Gypsies"
Speakers: Ellen Van't Hof, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI; John Fracchia, Independent film maker, Brooktondale, NY; Tarin T. D. Hampton, Spellman College, Atlanta, GA; and Deborah Mauldin, Independent Choreographer and Teacher, Harpersville, AL
Speakers:
Finding Their Own Dance: Reawakening the Alaskan Alutiiq Arts
Ellen Van't Hof, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Motion/Emotion: Selected Films by Innovative Film Maker
John Fracchia, Independent film maker, Brooktondale, NY
Elegance of Culture: Traditional Ghanaian Dance and Drumming
Tarin T. D. Hampton, Spellman College, Atlanta, GA
American Dance Guild Film Archives - "Carmen Amaya: Queen of Gypsies"
Deborah Mauldin, Independent Choreographer and Teacher, Harpersville, AL

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