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*** This email has been sent from the MEDIA ARTS AND DANCE email forum. To respond to all subscribers email [log in to unmask] *** As Rattling the Cage is dated for November 2007, I won’t be there, but that is not the only reason. ‘Limited funds’ and ‘tough call’ are the most misused expressions in the field of arts and the more they get used in this way the less they mean. The more one hears about this level of debate at conferences and panels the less one sees any reason to attend. In my view a ‘more specialized organisation for Screendance’ is also not a replacement for an important regular screening opportunity; in order to develop the art form we need all kinds of specialised and non-specialized venues and platforms, funders and viewing contexts, curators and critics, be it the Moving Image or Still Lifes, The Place or non-places. Claudia -----Original Message----- From: Media Arts and Dance on behalf of Bob Lockyer Sent: Wed 11/11/2009 07:48 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fwd: Rattling the Cage *** This email has been sent from the MEDIA ARTS AND DANCE email forum. To respond to all subscribers email [log in to unmask] *** Thanks for this e majil - I've felt for a very long time that it's the word dance that puts the fear of God in the minds of funders. I now wish we had called it artist's film/video. Choreographers are artiost and it would have broaded the possible funding base for the art form we support. Regards Bob. --- On Tue, 10/11/09, Helene Lesterlin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Helene Lesterlin <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Fwd: Rattling the Cage To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 21:43 *** This email has been sent from the MEDIA ARTS AND DANCE email forum. To respond to all subscribers email [log in to unmask] *** I can tell you otherwise! - having just been on a panel last month with John in Oslo on the future of dance film. I think there is always room for someone to push artists, curators, programmers to really defend what they are doing. It leads to healthy discussion (as it seems he is aiming to do with the event posted)!! I also must add that he addressed the misperception that he contributed to the demise of screendance by not continuing the Dance on Screen program at the Place (Magne Antonsen asked him this question directly). He said that there were other programs that he wanted to fund, limited funds, and that therefore he had to make a tough call the end the Dance on Screen program - he went on to say he felt that that particular program had run its course, started something, and someone else/another org needed to take over the support of the genre who was more specialized in dance for the screen... did anyone take the torch and run with it? Best, Helene ------------------------------------ Hélène Lesterlin Curator, EMPAC t 518.276.3918 c 917.622.0294 [log in to unmask] empac.rpi.edu EMPAC: Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY ------------------------------------ Begin forwarded message: From: videodance <[log in to unmask]> Date: November 10, 2009 4:35:33 PM EST To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Rattling the Cage Reply-To: videodance <[log in to unmask]> *** This email has been sent from the MEDIA ARTS AND DANCE email forum. To respond to all subscribers email [log in to unmask] *** ironically for this list ... anecdotally John Ashford is known as being less than supportive of screendance and oversaw the demise of Videoworks and Dance on Screen at the Place. Therefore I'm not sure if this should be being posted here being irrelevant to the discourse unless someone can tell me otherwise -I am provoked! best Simon On 9 Nov 2009, at 15:11, Dance House wrote: *** This email has been sent from the MEDIA ARTS AND DANCE email forum. To respond to all subscribers email [log in to unmask] *** Rattling the Cage A Dance Provocation Pool invites you to join RATTLING THE CAGE 27 November 2007 17.30 - 19.00 Traverse Theatre Cambridge Street Edinburgh EH1 2ED . What's new or radical or inspirational about contemporary dance? . Are choreographers challenging themselves? . Is our new generation of contemporary artists making work which changes or questions or subverts the rules? . Who wrote the rules anyway? . Does contemporary dance provide insights and / or a genuine experimental edge? Is that what it's for? Provocation by John Ashford CBE, ex - Theatre Director of the Place, London and deviser / founder of the Place Prize and Aerowaves European Dance Network (www.aerowaves.org) Chaired by Morag Deyes, Artistic Director of Dance Base Edinburgh The programme will include a discussion and a 3 min slots for audience members to rant. Free but ticketed. Booking 0131 228 1404 For further information on the event got to dancebase.co.uk/thecage Don't miss POOL's performances by Scottish emerging talent showcasing their work Friday 27 November at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, at 20.00 Bookings 0131 228 1404 / www.traverse.co.uk as part of the Traverse Theatre Autumn Festival 09