Workshops

UCLA National Dance/Media Fellows Workshop

This rigorous ten-week professional development workshop is designed for a select group of video professionals, choreographers, dancers and/or scholars who will have an opportunity to investigate new ways to consider the relationship of dance and media, new approaches to dance documentation, issues of concern regarding the preservation of dance on video, and the creation of dance for video.

The goals are to broaden our intellectual and creative perspective, to increase both visual literacy and technical understanding and to develop a shared language with which we can enhance the work in Dance/Media.

Curricular activities will include

• Seminar discussions and screenings on dance documentation and dance-for-film
• Hands-on workshops with built-in laboratory exercises to focus on specific aspects of production techniques
• Short-term, self-contained mini projects which will encourages team work and build working relationship with Los Angeles based dance communities
• Participation in the Leadership Group meeting to develop contact with leading figures of the field
• Public programs including public lectures and receptions to facilitate interaction between fellows, the academia and the dance/media communities

This workshop is a part of the UCLA National Dance/Media Project sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) Workshop

APPEX is an international artist workshop that promotes cross-cultural and interdisciplinary understanding; develops rigorous strategies for art-making that reflect the nuances of cultural differences; and fosters new ways to interpret artistic expression, experimentation, and collaboration.

Daily sessions by the artists for each other will vividly illustrate a diverse range of stylistic and conceptual approaches. Video showings, master classes, and informal presentations will provide background and contextual information which will lead to opportunities for improvisations and small group collaborative activities. Informal discussion sessions will enhance each artist's ability to understand and incorporate various cultural perspectives into their own work.

Learn how to apply to become an APPEX Artist or Writer.

APPEX has been made possible by the Ford Foundation with additional support from the Asian Cultural Council and the Burma Project/Open Society Institute.