Dance on Film April 14, 2008

The earliest film directors recognized the immediacy and emotional power of dance and the two arts -- dance and film -- have enjoyed a passionate, sometimes stormy marriage ever since. Today the genre of dance film/video continues to evolve as choreographers collaborate with writers and directors around the world to create innovative shorts, narratives, features, documentaries, and screen adaptations of choreography originally made for the stage. The Washington Center, making use of the digital projector, will become the home of the flickering light as the center will screen two shorts and two major documentaries.