27th Annual Dance On Camera Film/Video Festival
Set for December 12 & 13, 1998

By Prof. Louise Spain

Film and video are still some of the primary tools used for the preservation of dance, an art form which otherwise persists only in brief time and memory. To encourage and recognize efforts in this field, Dance Films Association has played a leadership role by sponsoring the longest-running; competitive dance film/video festival in the United States

Entries for the 27th annual Dance on Camera Film/Video Festival, co-sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, are now being screened by a committee of judges who are professionals in the worlds of dance and film. Those entries selected will be shown at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater on December 12 and 13, 1998 from 2-5:30 pro. This year, all of the entries will be made available for screening in the gallery adjoining the theater. A nationwide tour of the winning entries is being planned as a follow-up to the festival.

Entries have been submitted from all over the United States, as well as from countries such as Australia, Brazil, Finland, Switzerland, and Czechoslovakia. The public is invited to see the results of the competition at the screening in December.

Professor Louise Spain is President of the Board of Directors of Dance Films Association, and a pre-screening judge for the upcoming Dance on Camera Festival.