Screendance from Film to Festival

Cara Hagan is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose work is informed by movement, digital space, words, contemplative practice, and community. She is the director and curator for ADF's Movies by Movers, an annual, international screendance festival under the auspices of the American Dance Festival. Her scholarly works can be found in the International Journal of Screendance, The Journal of Dance Education and Dance Magazine.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Falling in Love2. An Art Worth Celebrating3. Screendance Before the Screendance Festival4. The Four Generations of Screendance Festivals5. Screendance Festival Models6. Curating: A Historical, Practical and Philosophical Exploration7. Mapping Curatorial Development in Screendance Festivals8. Curatorial Adventures9. Investigating Representation as Curatorial Activism10. Case Studies11. Curatorial Considerations12. A Treatise on CuratingChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“The author's broad experience as both a maker and curator informs this important examination of the history and future of screendance festivals.”—Rebecca Salzer, director of the Dancing Digital Project, and associate professor of Dance at the University of Alabama