LIVE AND LOCAL

A rare opportunity to see Renzi work live in New York, as part of the 92nd Street Y's 75th Anniversary year of events.

Called THOSE DAYS, it's a work in progress, in two parts:

June and November.

In November a man and woman move within the invisible ties that have bound them to each other for years. Is June - the videodance that follows - their memory of those days in the past - full of sunshine and youth - or those days to come: a more mature kind of possibility?

With long-time collaborators Marta Miller and Robert Sorrentino dancing live, and with "youth" represented on screen by the beauties pictured above.

December 4th at Noon, in a program with 3 other choreographers: Barbara Mahler, Rebecca Stenn and Marya Wethers. For more info, click here.

BREAKING NEWS

I am delighted to announce that one of my recent videodances -

MY FERAL VALENTINE -

is having its premiere this month in Argentina as part of VideodanzaBA held in Buenos Aires. Featuring Leonides Arpon and Mica Bernas, with music by Lila Downs, it was shot about a year ago, but was only completed earlier this summer. Followers here saw an excerpt which is still visible here on the blogspot.

If I tell you I'll mail you a DVD of VALENTINE for your very own premiere, will you click PayPal at right? Or mail a check to:

And Dancers, Inc.

12 Castle Heights Avenue

Nyack, NY 10960

Also completed recently is my first documentary video project - WHERE THE DANCE IS -which follows choreographer Doug Elkins working - and working the room! - with 8 high school students at Beacon High School in New York City. Looking for a New York premiere, so the adorable students can feel like the stars they are. Any bright ideas?

VOODOO That You Do So Well

Do you VODO? It stands for Volunteer Donation, and is a new way of sharing work - print or video - beyond traditional distribution. I was hipped to VODO through film producer Ted Hope's website called truly free film. I checked out its website, made a small donation to the cause, and was invited to share my work as well.

Now my own THAW can be viewed on VODO. (You stalwart fans may be tiring of THAW, but it's the one for which I have universal rights, and I think of it as a good introduction to dance/video for folks who may not get how universal plain old dancing actually is.)

I encourage you to check out the work on VODO, though I think you have to be a subscriber to see THAW - again! This very blogspot has recently had more than its usual month's worth of hits, so I'm guessing VODO is sending a few extra visitors my way.

Insert here the usual exegesis on how I measure success.

Hint: in hits which equals viewers,

in $$$,

in your comments.

And if you still haven't seen INCIDENT AT CHEKHOV CREEK, click here for an excerpt.

Need I say it again? Comment, vote, donate!

Coming VERY Soon

This is a reminder to stop everything and check out the First Annual UMove Online Videodance Festival (trailer below) produced by fellow dance film-makers Anna Brady Nuse and Kriota Willberg and me. For the month of October the festival will be viewable at Move the Frame.  We'll kick things off with a launch party in NYC featuring a unique selection of videos from the festival, live performance and more.  Join us!

Sunday, October 4 @ 7:30 and 9:30

The Tank 354 45th St.
New York, NY 10036

Click below for 

reservations