Grant & In-kind Support for Dance Video - Young Choreographers Initiative

[Deirdre Towers]

YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS INITIATIVE

Competition for The 2008 Susan Braun Award

DFA is offering an opportunity for a choreographer between the age of 16-25 living in New York City to create a short dance film and/or adapt a stage choreography for the camera with a young filmmaker with grant from DFA. Named after DFA's founder, the late Susan Braun, the award is cash and guidance from mentors who are dance and film professionals.

1st prize: Susan Braun Award Winner
* Cash prize to be used towards the production
* Opportunity to advance your cinematic ideas with team of mentors
* Screening of recent Dance on Camera Festival winning shorts

2nd prize: Honorable Mention
* Opportunity to advance your cinematic ideas with team of mentors
* Screening of recent Dance on Camera Festival winning shorts

3rd prize: Special High School Student Prize
* Workshop in shooting dance for the camera
* Opportunity to shadow a mentor

All applicants will be invited to a special Dance Film Lab to learn more about adapting choreography and the process of making dance films.

Application on-line
http://dancefilms.org/AboutBraunentryform.html

Deadline to enter: May 9, 2008

Our purpose: To encourage a new generation of dance filmmakers.