Application for ReelDance Workshops 2008
ReelDance Festival 2008 focuses on dance and movement in everyday life featuring ballroom, flamenco, hip hop and parkour.
The festival tour kicks off in Melbourne with a multi-faceted program co-presented by Arts House, the Australian Centre for the
Moving Image and Dancehouse.
At Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall, UK artists Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes present their installation the Move-Me
Booth, an adaptation of the photo booth environment where you can create your own short dance films and upload them to
Move-Me’s award-winning website. The live performance, GET A GRIP, will be accompanied by a screenings of hip hop and
parkour films at Arts House and ACMI.
www.reeldance.org.au
ReelDance is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Artists Biographies
Katrina McPherson is an award-winning video dance-maker whose works have been shown at festivals across the world. Katrina's
experience and insight in her field was recognised in 2002 when she was awarded the Scottish Arts Council's Creative Scotland
Award to write a work-book for video dance. 'Making Video Dance' was published by Routledge in April 2006.
Katrina graduated with an Honours degree in Dance Theatre from the Laban Centre, London, in 1988, before going to complete a
post-graduate diploma in Electronic Imaging at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee.
Since then, she has combined her exploration of dance on screen within an arts context with a career producing and directing arts
programs for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV. Dance for screen works include 'Pace', 'Sense-8' and the IMZ DanceScreen awardwinning 'Moment' , 'The Truth' a 30 minute dance film for Ricochet Dance productions and ‘There’s Something You Should Know'.
She recently directed 'Catching the Tide' a half hour documentary for Scottish TV's This Scotland series, which was produced by
Goat Media Ltd, the Highland-based production company that Katrina runs with Simon Fildes.
Simon turned his back on a career in Science after completing a Biology degree at Stirling University. He then spent many years as
a musician before going on to complete a post-graduate diploma in Electronic Imaging at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art,
Dundee. Simon has edited many programs for broadcast, ranging from arts documentaries to pop promos. He has also edited and
collaborated on most video dance works directed by Katrina McPherson.
Simon has made many single screen video art works and projections for live dance performance works. These include
collaborations with choreographer Marisa Zanotti in 'Runner', '16/17' and 'Wipe Out'. In 2000, Simon was awarded one of the Year
of the Artist residencies, creating digital work at a furniture shop in Edinburgh. In 2004 he was New Dynamics artist in residence in
the Highlands creating new videos, site-specific installations and a new web work 'Ardnamurchan Zillij'.
Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes’ collaborations also include works made for www.hyperchoreography.org, interactive video
dances made for the web; a series of gallery and web works for the New Media Scotland 2001 'Remote' residencies project in the
Highlands of Scotland; and the international award winning Move-me.com project touring interactive video dance installation and
website, a co-production with Ricochet Dance Productions.
Other 2005 projects include ‘Girlband’ in which a group of around 30 young people from all over East Lothian helped to make and
star in their very own dance film; and ‘Nothing and Everything’ a creative arts project initiated and delivered by Occupational
Therapy Day Services at Lynebank Hospital In Fife, Scotland. Katrina and Simon have created a 5 screen video work shown in
January 2007.
More recently their focus has shifted to collaborating with legendary British improviser and teacher Kirstie Simson to explore the
nature of improvising with video. They are working on creating a Videodance / documentary as well as developing a series of
workshops to explore this territory.
They are currently part-time lecturers and researchers in Media Arts and Dance at the School of Media Arts and Imaging, University
of Dundee.
Please visit www.left-luggage.co.uk for more information.
Dancehouse is assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria, Department
of Premier and Cabinet, and is supported by the City of Yarra through the use of the Dancehouse facility.
Dancehouse: +61 3 9347 2860
info@dancehouse.com.au
www.dancehouse.com.au
Application for ReelDance Workshops 2008
Applications for Dance and Film Workshops with Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes
APPLICANT INFORMATION
Name
Phone
Postal Address
Suburb
Post Code
E-mail Address
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF
Brief description of how participation in the ReelDance workshop could benefit your artistic development:
YOUR AVAILABILITY
Please indicate when you would be available to participate in the Dance Film workshops.
Successful applicants will be working from 10 – 4pm, Fri 2 May – Sun 4 May, 2008.
Days:
Fri 
Sat 
Time: All day 
Sun 
Afternoons only 
Mornings only 
Please note: These indications will only be used as a rough guide - multiple selections are preferred.
PLEASE ATTACH
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Details of your biographical materials, up to one page in length
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Are you able to provide your own video camera? YES  NO 
DEADLINE: Friday 4 April, 2008. Applications may be received by email.
Please direct all enquiries and completed applications to:
Bec Reid, Program Producer
150 Princes St, North Carlton 3054
bec@dancehouse.com.au
Ph 03 9347 2860
Fax 03 9347 9381
Dancehouse is assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria, Department
of Premier and Cabinet, and is supported by the City of Yarra through the use of the Dancehouse facility.
Dancehouse: +61 3 9347 2860
info@dancehouse.com.au
www.dancehouse.com.au