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Dance on camera, alternatively known as dance for the camera, dance video, video dance, film dance, cine-dance, screen dance, Kino-dance, is the art of choreographing for cinema- a 21st century form of the age old art of dance.

For long the lens of the eye had been the most powerful lens recording Dance. The eye stimulated the pen, the brush and the chisel and for several millennia, dance was captured in figurines, bas-relief, sculptures and painting. In modern times the methods of visually recording dance increased and an additional lens came into play – the lens of a Camera.

Today the genre of dance film and dance video continues to evolve world wide, as dancers, choreographers, writers, and directors collaborate to create innovative abstracts, narratives, features, documentaries and screen adaptations of choreographies of originally made for the stage. Also in the whole demand for Public art performative arts like Dance because of a heavy dependence on the “ live” component often have to take a back seat to visual and plastic arts. However mitigated through technology dance can be a significant part of the Public Art spectrum.

There are over 150 festivals dedicated to video dance world wide. To create awareness on this art form, Kri Foundation has taken the lead and worked extensively through Showcases, Road shows, workshops and seminars created an awareness, an appreciation an interest and dance films, under the banner of DanzLenz.

Showcases have happened in Delhi ( IHC, American Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia, Sri Aurobindo Cenmtre for Mass Communications), Workshops at the Asian Academy of film and television ( NOIDA), the seminar at Jamia Milia Islamia and six colleges were part of the road show. Apart from this danzLenz has had one three day edition in Hyderabd. Plans are afoot to hold other festivals and showcases in Ahmedabad and Guwahati. DanzLenz was also part of the five day Film Festival on Arts and artists that was part of the Delhi International Arts Festival 2007.

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