PNB Dance Film Festival
Join Us April 13 and August 3
The PNB Dance Film Festival 2024 was born from an explosion of dance film creativity during the pandemic. Now in its third year, the Dance Film Festival showcases dance films and dance film artists by sharing their incredible work with PNB’s audiences. During our first two seasons, we processed nearly 500 applications from 38 countries, featured 25 works in Seattle and Los Angeles, and helped fund three world premieres. This year, we are offering two in-person viewing opportunities: April 13 at McCaw Hall and in August, outdoors at Seattle Center’s Mural Amphitheatre.
2024 Winners
Ballroom Dancing by Loughlan Prior
Shapes of Aether by Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger
A Place For Us by Leigh-Ann Esty and Ellie Gravitte
5678 With A Chance Of A Hurricane by Gunta Liepina-Miller
Dancing With ALS | Breanna’s Story by Ballet Rising and Casey Herd
As Big as the Sky by Lindsay Clipner
Dawn Chorus by Henry Wurtz and Amanda Morgan
2024 Jury Members
Tamara Rojo – Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet
Lourdes Lopez – Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet
Hope Muir – Artistic Director of National Ballet of Canada
2023 Winners
Grand Prize Winner
A Liminal Space by Henry Wurtz, Seattle Dance Collective
Finalists
I Don’t Need a Reason by Luke Willis, Attic Box Productions
Dear Roots; An Interview by Darian Kane, Artists Climate Collective
The Pointe by Morgan Dukes
5 Favorite Things by FLOCK, Seattle Dance Collective
One Last Ride by Anastasia Babenko
The Choreography of CRISPR by Gabrielle Lamb, Pigeonwing Dance
Office by Sonhador Filmes
With Time We Go by Emma Rubinowitz
Authentically Me by Gabriel Speiller, The University of Arizona
The Conversation by Hayden Rivas
An Open Window by Mairead Averill, Spectrum Dance Theater
Prior Jury Members
Donald Byrd
Duke Dang
Silas Farley
James Fayette
Ezra Hurwitz
Jessica Lang
Benjamin Millepied
Kiyon Ross
Nel Shelby
Julie Tokashiki
Resources
“Ins and Outs Finding, Securing and Programming Music in the Dance World” by Lisa Traiger
“Music Licensing 101, The Pretty to the Nitty Gritty” by Amelia Lukas
https://www.danceusa.org/ejournal/2012/09/14/music-licensing-101-the-pretty-to-the-nitty-gritty
“Copyright Basics for Dance Works” by Michelle N. Burkhart
Scroll down to Music Clearance Rights in Dance:
https://www.danceusa.org/ejournal/2011/10/14/copyright-basics-for-dance-works
“Mother May I…. Dance? Copyright, Fair Use and Dance” by Julia R. Harris, Esq.
https://www.danceusa.org/ejournal/2011/10/12/mother-may-i-dance