DANC 401: Dance and Film (Bautista)

Use this guide to learn how to find resources for creating dance videos. Learn about filming technologies. Also read about and watch examples from the professionals!

From your syllabus:

This course focuses on collaboration within and beyond the classroom. Students will gain a basic understanding of film knowledge, basic editing skills, and apply knowledge in collaborative, original dance work for the camera. Students will experience different ways to develop their dance artistry through the film lens, effectively communicate and collaborate with peers, and learn basic project management skills to produce original dance work. Through question-and-answer sessions, students will have access to current working professionals in the dance field including and not limited to performers, producers, directors, choreographers, artistic directors, professors, technical directors, and more.

This course will emphasize personal movement, reflection, group discussion, and feedback within created works for film. Under the direction of the instructor, students will create short form work. Students will share filmed and edited work throughout the course and the course will culminate in a screening of the final film projects. Students will use Critical Response Techniques to discuss videos viewed in class as well as presentations of classmates.

To find books and videos in OneSearch related to creating dance videos, try this search:

Then use the limiters on the left, as shown here:

Note: I don't recommend using "Streaming Video." Search directly on Kanopy below.

The books will be in the General Collection, on the upper floors of Bracken Library. Use the Book Locations and Floorplans page to figure out the exact floor to go to, based on the first couple letters of the call number. The call number is circled in the image below. GV, for example, can be found on 3 West.

The video recordings will be available in Education, Music and Media, on the lower level of Bracken.

For the most up-to-date scholarly information, be sure you're searching the databases. The following databases are linked from the University Libraries' Databases page and are recommended for dance research.

Users are encouraged to search for items beyond University Libraries' collections via WorldCat. Materials not available in print or online may be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Please allow up to seven days for electronic delivery and up to fourteen days for delivery of physical items.