Dance Cinema is an online cinema that offers regular, high quality screen dance works directed by visual / dance artists and filmmakers whose production lies in-between contemporary art, dance and cinema.
Films and videos are published for 1 month, and featured alongside interviews with their makers – from directors to dancers, editors to cinematographers, sound to costume designers.
Screen dance works are selected due to the importance of their content, their collaborative curiosity, and originality in blurring the boundaries between cinema, dance, and contemporary art. We present a diversity of styles and creative sensibilities, and celebrate works by both established and emerging artists.
We are an organisation that aims to inspire artists, filmmakers, dancers, choreographers, and audiences around the world with the language of dance, cinema & artistic narratives.
Dance Cinema will hold an annual Sydney Dance Cinema Film Festival event with selected films and videos.
Curated by: Melissa Ramos, Ira Ferris
Films and videos are published for 1 month, and featured alongside interviews with their makers – from directors to dancers, editors to cinematographers, sound to costume designers.
Screen dance works are selected due to the importance of their content, their collaborative curiosity, and originality in blurring the boundaries between cinema, dance, and contemporary art. We present a diversity of styles and creative sensibilities, and celebrate works by both established and emerging artists.
We are an organisation that aims to inspire artists, filmmakers, dancers, choreographers, and audiences around the world with the language of dance, cinema & artistic narratives.
Dance Cinema will hold an annual Sydney Dance Cinema Film Festival event with selected films and videos.
Curated by: Melissa Ramos, Ira Ferris
MEET THE TEAM
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MELISSA RAMOS
FOUNDER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CO-CURATOR |
Melissa is a visual artist and filmmaker born in Manila; lives and works in Sydney, Australia. She has collaborated with choreographers and dancers around the world; most recently with Swedish choreographer/dancer Carolina Bäckman for Copenhagen Stage. Melissa’s work has been exhibited widely; including Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Gallery 4A, Sydney; ISEA, USA; 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Japan; House of Dance Denmark, Copenhagen; Vargas Museum, Manila Philippines; National Gallery, Bangkok; National Gallery Kuala Lumpur, Singapore; Berlin Asian Film Festival; and the Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin. Germany.
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IRA FERRIS
CURATOR, EDITOR, PODCAST PRODUCER |
Ira is from Zagreb, Croatia where for 15 years she danced as part of Zagreb’s Youth Theatre. Back in 2007 she completed MA in Journalism at University of Zagreb, specialising in radio. That same year she moved do Sydney where she has been living since. She is currently completing a degree in Art History (University of Sydney) and is working as a freelance curator. In 2016 she was Director of Folonomo Gallery in Surry Hills. She is a casual arts producer and presenter on Sydney’s Eastside Radio, and hosts her own podcast channel Artemis Projects featuring interviews with local and international artists. From 2010-13 she was Director of the Sydney Film School Film Festival. For the last ten years she has worked as social media coordinator for various organisations including Sydney Ideas (University of Sydney), Chauvel Cinemateque, Sydney Film School, and Artemis Projects.
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Acknowledgement of Country
Dance Cinema operates on Gadigal country. We acknowledge the Gadigal as the traditional custodians of the Eora Nation & pay our respects to Elders past & present.
Dance Cinema operates on Gadigal country. We acknowledge the Gadigal as the traditional custodians of the Eora Nation & pay our respects to Elders past & present.