ELLIOT CAPLAN'S film "15 Days of Dance" in New York City

15 DAYS OF DANCE – THE MAKING OF “GHOST LIGHT”

a film by Elliot Caplan with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Choreography by Brian Reeder, Music by Aaron Copland, Performed by Leonard Bernstein

“A revolutionary project…” The New York Times

Screening reminder: Upcoming screenings in New York City

February 11, 2010 and March 8, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Admission Free
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY

ELLIOT CAPLAN'S "15 Days of Dance" @ the National Gallery of Art

15 Days of Dance: The Making of Ghost Light: Days 12 & 13
January 31 at 4:30
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Elliot Caplan and American Ballet Theater dancers in person
World premiere

Days 12 & 13 from Elliot Caplan’s extraordinary 15 Days of Dance documentary is followed by a discussion with Caplan, dancers from American Ballet Theater, and dance critic Ann Murphy. Meticulously recording the process of creating a new ballet through the interactions of dancers and choreographer, the film becomes “an extended rumination on the making of art”—Ann Murphy.

More info at Ann Murphy’s blog, “Writing Dance“.

Additional screenings include Feb. 11 and March 8, Performing Arts Library, Lincoln Center, New York.

LECTURE ON THE WEATHER: JOHN CAGE IN BUFFALO

@ the BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER
January 23 – February 14, 2010
In the East Gallery and Project Space

Opening Celebration:
Friday, January 22, 2010 from 5:30-8:30pm

Featuring, among others, work and performances by Media Study’s Tony Conrad and Elliot Caplan.

This continuous 23-day performance of sound, music, film and lectures composed and performed by those who studied with, were influenced by or knew the composer during his 30+ visits to Buffalo from 1966-1991. The ongoing art happening with its choreographed interplay of live and taped performances transforms the cavernous East Gallery.

Download the 23-day performance schedule

with works by: John Cage, Michael Basinski, John Bacon, Brian Milbrand, Andrew Deutsch, Kyle Price, J.T. Rinker, Tom Kostusiak, Jeff Proctor, John Toth, Bill Sack, David Lampe, Peter Ramos, Michael Colquhoun, Elliot Caplan, David Felder, Bohuslav Martinu, Jacob Druckman, Eric Satie, and Ron Ehmke.

with performances by: A Musical Feast, Bugallo/Williams Duo, Bufffluxus, Buffalo State College Percussion Ensemble, Michael Basinski, John Bacon, Brian Milbrand, Andrew Deutsch, Kyle Price, J.T. Rinker,Tom Kostusiak, David Lampe, Ed Cardoni, Tony Conrad, Peter Ramos, Brad Fuster, Don Metz, Bill Sack, Ron Ehmke, Jeff Proctor, Michael Miskuly, Diane Williams, Jan Williams, Pam Swarts, Alan Kryszak, Michael Colquhoun, Daniel Darnley, Peter Evans, Jacob Frasier, Xiaohang Li, Mathew Tate,Cris Fritton, Jeannie Hoag, Mike Mahoney, Holly Meldard, and Steve Zultanski.

Elliot Caplan premieres "15 Days of Dance: the Making of 'Ghost Light'"

Elliot Caplan, DMS professor and artistic director of the Center for the Moving Image premieres his latest work, 15 Days of Dance: the Making of Ghost Light October 15, 2009 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Read more here.

Center for the Moving Image announces "Bridge Project" student grant awards

Seven DMS graduate students have been awarded grants through the Center for the Moving Image (CMI) in the Department of Media Study to support individual films based on their participation in “The Bridge: An International Art Initiative”.

Last spring the CMI hosted Richard Foreman, a pioneer of American avant-garde theater, and his collaborator Sophie Haviland for an intensive two week film and theater production at the Ukrainian Center in Buffalo. The footage created from that project is now part of “The Bridge”, which has been to nine countries conducting similar workshops. The students will be using the footage made in Buffalo to create their own films.

The seven grant recipients for 2009-10 are: Anna Scime ($1000), Scott Ries ($1000), Kerri Kieser ($1000), Yuichiro Yamada ($1000), Olivier Delrieu-Schulze ($1000), Loren Sonnenberg ($1000), and Brett Williams ($500). A screening of their work will be held in Buffalo and New York City next spring.

Emmy award-winning filmmaker Elliot Caplan, Artistic Director of the CMI and UB professor of Media Study said, “We were the first location chosen in the United States for this prestigious and far-reaching project. We are thrilled that our students will be able to contribute to its continued success and capitalize on this opportunity by producing another generation of work.”

The grants were made possible through the generous support of the Liberace Foundation and the Dean’s Office in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.

For more information on The Bridge: http://www.bridgefilm.com/Site/INDEX/INDEX.html