Dance With Camera

Dance With Camera at UbuWeb Film & Video. "...Spanning seventy years, Dance with Camera features art works in film, video, and photography that exemplify the ways dance has compelled artists to record bodies moving in space. For Ubuweb, exhibition curator Jenelle Porter selects a range of solos danced for the camera lens. The exhibition is on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, September 2009-March 2011. Films include Flora Wiegmann - Adaptive Lines (2007); Oliver Herring - Nathan (2007); Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice (2001); William Forsythe - Solo (1997); Babette Mangolte - Watermotor (1978); Hilary Harris - Nine Variations on a Dance Theme (1966); Yvonne Rainer - Hand Movie (1966); Maya Deren - A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945); Fred Astaire - Bojangles of Harlem (1936); The Lumière Brothers - Danse Serpentine (1896)."