Dance on Camera at Tufts University: January 2015

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Get to Know Your TA

Hi all, Cassie here! I just finished up undergrad at Tufts this past semester, set to officially graduate in February with a major in mathematics and a minor in dance. Right now, I'm applying to MFA programs in dance, where I hope to keep making work in the field of dance on camera.

I was in the first Dance on Camera class last spring with Jaclyn and am so excited to be helping out with this year's class! This past Friday, some people mentioned that they were interested in seeing some of the projects made by last year's class, so I promised I'd post some of my work here. A lot of my work is posted on my personal YouTube channel, which can be found here. However, some of my favorite projects can be found after the jump:

Thanks to the Tufts Innovates! grant we were awarded, each of the students in the class get a Canon Rebel EOS T5i DSLR camera to use for the semester. This past Friday, Marc Raila and Michael Callahan of the Tufts Digital Design Studio & Media Center came to class to teach us how to use these new cameras.

Check out some pictures of everyone as they learn how to use their new cameras after the jump:

Day 1: Welcome to DNC92.03!

Hi all, and welcome to the blog for Tufts University's spring 2015 Dance on Camera class! We're incredibly fortunate to have been awarded a Tufts Innovates! grant to aid in our work in the course this semester, and as a result, we have a lot of fun stuff in store for the coming weeks. We'll be using this space to post updates on our progress with the course, student work, and finished projects.

After going over the syllabus, watching some examples of video dance, and playing a game to get everyone thinking about framing and composition, we spent the rest of class dancing and experimenting with our new cameras. After learning a short phrase from yours truly, the class was split into two groups to take turns dancing and filming:

Check out footage captured by the students after the jump:

Dance on Camera

Dance on Camera is a Tufts University course designed for any dancer, artist, or student interested in film and video production with dance or movement as a medium. Through storyboarding, shooting, editing, choreographing, and directing, students will learn basic video production techniques and advanced camera work.

The Spring 2015 version of the course is being supported by a Tufts Innovates! grant, which will aid us in our goal of creating two professional level projects for submission into various national and international film festivals by providing us with the resources to purchase high-quality digital cameras and other video-making equipment, to take a class trip to NYC for the 2015 Dance on Camera Film Festival, to organize an on-campus dancefilm screening, to learn from guest artists in the field of videodance, and more.

This semester, the course is being taught by Jaclyn Waguespack with assistance from Cassie Burns.

Dance at Tufts

At Tufts, dance is a well-established and vibrant part of the academic, cultural, and community life on campus that includes the Dance Program in the Department of Drama and Dance, and the many and varied extracurricular student dance groups across the university.

The dance program exposes students to the rich history of the discipline and current practices in the field within a fully integrated vision for liberal arts education. Students access the program as new-to-dance practitioners; as members of cultural arts studies programs; or as committed dancers in the field. All have the option of working toward Minor Degrees in Dance. For students who enter the program with advanced training, we offer the opportunity to study dance within the context of a liberal arts program (differing in its focus from more technically-oriented conservatory programs). While we do offer a number of advanced technique course options, our program focuses on creative process, modern dance, and non-western dance forms, all of which involve a balance of both experientially and academically rigorous course work.

Dance on Camera at Tufts University

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Get to Know Your TA

Day 2: Camera Distribution

Day 1: Welcome to DNC92.03!

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