Schedule at a Glance

Don't miss the UCI Dance Film Festival, March 12 to 14, 2009 at University of California, Irvine. Each evening features a different program of dance films.

Now in its fifth consecutive year, the UCI Dance Film Festival presents three days of dance films by leading choreographers and directors from around the world. The program offers international works drawing on ballet, modern, jazz and world dance, including explorations of choreography for the camera, films using animation and digital techniques, and dance documentaries.

Directed and curated by UCI dance/media professor John Crawford, this annual festival features a diverse selection of films that merge choreographic forms with cinematic techniques, filling the screen with the emotional presence and kinetic power of dance. Choreography made specifically for the camera embraces the potential of film and video technology to transcend the ephemeral nature of dance performance, creating new perspectives of bodies in motion.

All programs are in Winifred Smith Hall, centrally located at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts [map]. Tickets are available from the UCI Arts Box Office. Order tickets by phone at (949) 824-2787 or go to UCI Arts Box Office. Each evening's program is about our hour in length.

The Student Dance Film Showcase, originally scheduled for March 14 at 2:30 pm, has been cancelled. This year's best student films will be shown in the main program at 6:30 pm each evening.

Special Thanks

The UCI Dance Film Festival is presented by the UCI Dance Department. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2).