Screendance Certificate
Explore the relationship between the moving body and moving image
The University of Utah’s School of Dance has played a leading role in contributing to the field of Screendance, also known as dance for camera, dance filmmaking, videodance, and embodied filmmaking. The School has offered courses in the theory, history, and practice of Screendance since 1998, in addition to founding the International Screendance Festival and Screendance Cultural Tour in collaboration with the Salt Lake Film Society.
Founded at the University of Utah in 2010 by Screendance pioneer and School of Dance Professor emeritus, Ellen Bromberg, the Graduate Certificate in Screendance is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of Dance and the Department of Film & Media Arts. The Certificate offers dancers, choreographers, filmmakers and artists an interdisciplinary portfolio and critical lens to their embodied studio and screen practices. Recent Certificate graduates have screened internationally at Wicklow Screendance Laboratory (Ireland), Moving Images Videodance Festival (Cyprus), Women in Dance International Film Festival (Japan), and US-based festivals including Dance Camera West, Capitol Dance Festival, Cascada Dance Festival, CineVox Dance Film Festival, among many others.
The Certificate requires a two-semester, on-site commitment and can also be completed while pursuing an MFA Degree in Dance & Choreography, Ballet, or Film & Media Arts and/or as a non-matriculated student. The Dance for Camera Student Group and Screendance Filmmakers Association, two graduate-led student organizations, offer students the opportunity to produce projects across departments and within the community, including collaborations with Salt Lake City-based production company, TWIG Media Lab.
To apply for admission into the Screendance Certificate, current graduate students will need to submit a current Curriculum Vitae, three links to creative works, and two letters of recommendation. In addition to MFA students in the School of Dance or Department Film & Media Arts, students enrolled in other graduate programs at the University of Utah are also eligible to apply. For students not currently enrolled at the University of Utah, you must be accepted into the university either as a matriculated or non-matriculated student. For matriculated students, the Screendance Certificate will appear on transcripts; for non-matriculated students, they will receive a Certificate of Completion.
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Applications are accepted throughout the year.