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Emerging Choreographers Program

March 2, 2020 by Canyon Concert Ballet

Dancing for the Camera: Emerging Choreographers Movie Night

Canyon Concert Ballet is looking for submissions for their Dancing for the Camera: Emerging Choreographers Movie Night. Submission deadline is May 18, 2020.

Submission Requirements:

  1. Application and video must be submitted by Monday, May 18th, 2020
  2. Dance film may be up to 5 minutes in length.
  3. Must be submitted with a raw file.
  4. If dancer is under 18 years of age a guardian must also sign the application or submit a permission letter.
  5. By submitting the dance film you are allowing CCB to show the film during their Emerging Choreographers Night on Friday, May 29th, 2020
  6. Please submit your application and video to our school director, Analia Weber, at schooldirector<at>ccballet.org. Thank you!

HOW TO MAKE A DANCE FILM USING YOUR PHONE:

You can create magic using a little device that now fits on the palm of your hand. These days one can take amazing photos and videos with ones phone. I want to share with you my process and some of the apps and ideas I have used to make my own dance films with my phone.

MY PROCESS:

Most of my videos are created with improvised material but you can definitely create it with set dance phrases. There are times I know which piece of music I want to use other times I play with imposing different pieces of music until I find one that fits the mood I want to create. Other times there is a location that is asking me to create a dance in it. All I am saying is that there is really no wrong way to do this. You will find the process that best fits you, I will just share with you how I have approach it. Because I use an iPhone my tips will be with using the apps I have on my phone and will provide with the closest alternatives to use with other smartphones. 

Lets start making: For this first part all you need is the camera on your phone.

I. Filming

  1. First, sit with yourself and think if there is an idea, storyline, location, or song you want to explore. If there is a storyline or concrete idea you might have to spend some extra time planning all the materials you need to film to present the whole story.
  2. Because my dance films are improvisation I start by choosing a location that I find, interesting, curious, limiting, inspiring etc. 
  3. If you have set movement phrases go ahead and try the phrase or phrases multiple times in the space. If you are going to improvise allow yourself some playtime to explore the space.
  4. Once you have had time with the space start setting your phone in a stable place to film. You can use a tripod, books, rocks etc. 
  5. The next step is an important one and one that will teach you a lot about angles and perspective. Film your movement phrase or improvisations from multiple angles and distances. Maybe one time you get your whole body while the next time you only film your upper body. There are really no rules, so have fun filming many times and maybe in multiple locations if that is what you are going for. Sometimes I film with the music I want to use in the background just to get the correct tempo, other times the speed of the video can be altered to fit any music you want.

II. Editing: Where the magic happens.

  1. Once I have all my materials filmed I decide if I want or need any of my phrases on reverse. If so, I use my Reverse Cam app to reverse the phrase or phrases I want. Reversing a phrase adds some nice dynamics to the video and you might really love a phrase reversed! Give it a try! Once I have all my phrases filmed and reversed if desired I go ahead and add the phrases to my phones’ iMovie. For non iPhone users you can find great alternatives for iMovie here.
  2. Once all the videos are loaded I will then upload the music I am planning to use. There is also a Reverse Audio App if you wish to get funky with your music choice.
  3. Now that everything is loaded is when things get fun. I have no true process of why I edit and cut my material how I do. It is a lot of trial and error but I mainly play the music and start letting the video roll. When my eye is ready to see a change, sometimes determined by a change or break in the music, I will cut the movement phrase and paste another part of the dance phrase in the place where  I think will look interesting.
  4. Continue with he process of playing the video/ music from the beginning and make any cuts/pastes that feel right for you or go in line with your idea or story. There are no limits to what you can do.
  5. At the end I like to add a beginning title and end credits plus a fade out. You are done! Your are a dance film maker!

Extras:

Once I have the dance isync with the music how I want it I will play with different filter or effects if it fits my idea. Below is a list of apps I love to play with.

  1. Colorstory
  2. InShot
  3. Stop Motion
  4. Canva
  5. Ash

I try to keep it simple when it comes to adding too many filters and effects since the movement, location and idea are more important for my style of work. The main thing is to allow this to be a fun project that will allow you to discover how a space and a camera angle will transform your dance.

Filed Under: CCB News, School Tagged With: Choreography

Ballet, Jazz, and Beer

September 27, 2019 by Canyon Concert Ballet

3rd Annual Ballet, Jazz, & Beer

Block One Events, 428 Linden St, Fort Collins, CO 80524

Friday, September 27 at 6pm and at 8:30pm

 

This 2019/2020 season is Canyon Concert Ballet’s 40th year as Fort Collin’s premiere ballet company and school.  Since it’s our Ruby Anniversary, we are taking the year to commemorate this milestone by bringing local, historic and classical gems to you!  Kicking the season off is the 3rd in our annual Ballet and Beer series celebrating the importance of Jazz music, an American gem, through dance, poetry, music, and song.  Premiers of new works from three local choreographers and artistic director, Alicia Laumann, will be accompanied by a band of Fort Collins’ most talented jazz musicians lead by historian and saxophonist, Dave Lunn. The evening will take place at the beautiful and unique Block One Event Center in Downtown Fort Collins.

 

Tickets include one 40th Anniversary Beer brewed specially for the occasion in partnership with The Gilded Goat!

 

Tickets are on sale at:  www.lctix.com/3rd-annual-ballet-jazz-beer

Tagged With: Ballet, Choreography, contemporary, contemporary dance, dance, Jazz, performances, productions, tickets

The Little Mermaid

April 27, 2019 by Canyon Concert Ballet

The Little Mermaid

Lincoln Center Mainstage

Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 2pm and at 7pm

Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 2pm

 

Immerse yourself in a mystical underwater world!  Canyon Concert Ballet’s beautiful new ballet will re-imagine the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and take you on a journey beneath the waves.  Blending Andersen’s poignant tale of longing and sacrifice and today’s popularized children’s version, adults and children alike are sure to be entertained.

 

Choreographed by Artistic Director, Alicia Laumann, and set in Renaissance Denmark (Anderson’s home country) Laumann’s unique contemporary ballet movement will be accompanied to an eclectic classical and Renaissance score befitting the story.  You won’t want to miss this brand new lavish production.

 

Tickets are on sale at:  https://www.lctix.com/little-mermaid

Tagged With: Ballet, Choreography, company, contemporary, contemporary dance, dance, Lincoln Center, performances, productions, tickets

Spring Production: The Little Mermaid

December 18, 2018 by Canyon Concert Ballet

Immerse yourself in a mystical underwater world!  Canyon Concert Ballet’s beautiful new ballet will re-imagine the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and take you on a journey beneath the waves.  Blending Andersen’s poignant tale of longing and sacrifice and today’s popularized children’s version, adults and children alike are sure to be entertained.

 

Choreographed by Artistic Director, Alicia Laumann, and set in Renaissance Denmark (Anderson’s home country) Laumann’s unique contemporary ballet movement will be accompanied to an eclectic classical and Renaissance score befitting the story.  You won’t want to miss this brand new lavish production!

 

Tickets are on sale at:  https://www.lctix.com/little-mermaid

 

Lincoln Center Mainstage, 417 W. Magnolia Street

Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 2pm and at 7pm

Saturday, April 28, 2019 at 2pm

Filed Under: CCB News, Company, Productions Tagged With: Ballet, Choreography, company, contemporary, contemporary dance, dance, Lincoln Center, performances, productions, tickets

Carmina Burana with Larimer Chorale

October 16, 2018 by Canyon Concert Ballet

Canyon Concert Ballet is excited to partner with Larimer Chorale for their 42nd season opener, Carmina Burana!  The Chorale will be performing the scenic cantata for its 42nd season opener on Saturday, October 20, at 7:30 at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins. Along with the 130 voices of the chorus and three guest soloists, the performance will feature Canyon Concert Ballet company dancers and the Centennial Children’s Chorus.  The local collaboration will give audiences the rare opportunity of experiencing the work as Carl Orff had intended, a dazzling presentation of music and movement in telling stories on subjects ranging from drinking, gambling, changes in fortune, gluttony, lust, love, nature and the inevitable cycle of life that brings rebirth each year.

From the opening bars, many in the audience will recognize “O Fortuna,” music that continues to be used often in popular culture venues – films, athletic competitions, advertising, social media. But it will be few in the audience who will have ever seen the piece performed combining music, poetry and dance together to create a total effect as this performance will do.  The powerful, mesmerizing and rhythmic work is based on secular – and carnal – 13th Century poetry and texts, in which ancient Latin mixes with Middle High German and Old Provençal French.

Our talented dancers from the CCB company will interpret the poems and stories into movement under the direction of our fabulous artistic director and choreographer, Alicia Laumann.  The Chorale and the dancers will be accompanied by Alice Crawford and Paul Falk on two grand pianos with percussion provided by the University of Northern Colorado Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Mike Truesdell.  The voices of the Centennial Children’s Chorus, Sheri McKelfresh, artistic director, will complete this regional collaboration of performing arts groups.

The Larimer Chorale will also be singing three inspired motets by Johannes Brahms, Fest- und Gedenksprüche Op 109 (Festival and Commemoration Sentences).

Tickets are available at the Lincoln Center Box Office at 970-221-6730 or on-line at www.lctix.com.

Filed Under: CCB News, Company, Events Tagged With: Ballet, Choreography, Collaboration, company, contemporary dance, dance, Larimer Chorale, Lincoln Center, Partnership, performances, productions, tickets

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