Dance Camera West 2026
Gates open 1h before the show time for baguette sandwiches and cash bar.
January 22, 7:30PM
Stories and Tales International Shorts Program & David Roussève Retrospective
A selection of six short dance films from the US and the UK that tell stories and create portraits through dance and film.
Gala Reception for David Roussève
"One of the country's most inspired and inspiring dancemakers.” - San Francisco Chronicle
Choreographer/writer/director/filmmaker David Roussève is a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University and a Guggenheim Fellow. He founded his company, David Roussève / REALITY in 1988 and has since choreographed, written and directed 14 evening-length works. David has created three short films Two Seconds After Laughter, Twit and Bittersweet, which have screened at over 40 film festivals in 12 countries and has been awarded at 13 festivals. David was twice a fellow in the Sundance Feature Film Screenwriter’s Lab and is the recipient of an award at the prestigious IMZ International Dance Film Festival. Twit, a feature screenplay based on his dance/theater work Stardust, was a finalist in two “Best Screenplay” categories at the Nashville Film Festival and a semi-finalist for the Los Angeles Outfest Screenwriter’s Lab. His screenplay adaptation of his dance/theater work Urban Scenes/Creole Dreams was a finalist for “Best Historical Screenplay” and a semifinalist for “Best Dramatic Screenplay” in the Feature Film Screenplay competition at the Nashville Film Festival.
January 23, 7:30PM
Shorts from around the world defying language barriers
A selection of 15 short experimental dance films including a Francophone film focus of work from France, Québec and Belgium and an international selection of films from Finland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, and Spain.
January 24, 2:00PM
Doc Day Afternoon
DANCE TO THE END (Sue Healey, 21 mins. Australia)
Eileen Kramer was a force of nature, an Australian dancer, choreographer, artist and writer – born in 1914 and still making art until her death on 15 November 2024 at the age of 110. Eileen was the last touchstone to the legacy of the European choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser to contemporary dance in Australia and the profound effect that she had on Eileen as a member of the Bodenwieser Ballet in Sydney in the 1940s. Eileen travelled the world for 60 years as a dancer and writer, living in India, Pakistan, Paris, New York and West Virginia, before returning home to Sydney at the age of 99. Her 10th decade was incredibly prolific with many choreographies, three books, four films and performances in theatre and TV.
O R I G I N S (Drea Cooper, 31 min, USA) followed by a discussion with Alonzo King company members and the film’s director moderated by author Jill Nunes Jensen.
O R I G I N S is a cinematic odyssey into the heart and mind of world-renowned choreographer Alonzo King, offering an intimate look at his creative process and his profound belief in the limitless potential of the human spirit. Through his visionary company, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, dance becomes more than movement—it is a language of wisdom and transformation. With breathtaking artistry, King and his dancers break physical, emotional, and cultural barriers, revealing how movement transcends boundaries to create a universal connection. More than a film about dance, O R I G I N S is a meditation on what it means to be human.