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Dance Camera West Announces The Inaugural
"Choreography Media Honors" Event Honoring
Choreography for the Camera At the Directors
Guild of America Thursday, June 7, 2007
LOS ANGELES, CA – Dance Camera West
is pleased to announce the honorees for the
inaugural “Choreography Media Honors”
(CMH) to be held at the Directors Guild of
America in Hollywood on Thursday, June 7,
2007. This new event was created to honor
the choreographers responsible for some of
the most exciting choreography for the
camera from around the world. The honoree’s
selected work will be screened for all to
see in a 90-minute presentation. The
evening kicks-off at 7:30pm and winds down
around 9:30pm with a dessert reception. The
Directors Guild of America (DGA) is located
at 7920 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
90046. Tickets are $50. To reserve seats
please call 213-480-8633 or visit
www.dancecamerawest.org.
The brilliant choreographers behind the
scenes are usually less known to the masses
than the director, the producers or even the
writers. This special evening, the only
event in the US to shine a light on
choreographers who create work for
broadcast, is the one and only opportunity
to see the work deemed “the best” and meet
many of the honorees in person.
The work included in this 90-minute
presentation represents some of the best
choreography from film, television,
commercials and music videos from a
two-and-a-half year period (June 1, 2004 –
December 31, 2006). This event picks up
where the ACA (“American Choreography
Awards”) left off - an annual awards
ceremony now on hiatus.
Since each of the selections screened at
this special event were created over a
two-year + period there are more
choreographers being honored than one would
expect. The honored work represents:
- 12 Feature Films
- 13 Television Specials or Variety
Shows
- 6 Short Films
- 14 Commercials
- 4 TV Shows - Episodic
- 8 Music Videos
And the Honorees Are…
Feature Films:
Adam & Steve
Troy Christian
Dreamgirls
Fatima Robinson,
Aakomon Jones, Joey Pizzi
Happy Feet
Kelley Abbey
Idlewild
Hinton Battle
Jackass Number 2 Unrated
Michael Rooney
Little Miss Sunshine
Marguerite Derricks
Memoirs of a Geisha
John DeLuca
Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas
Peggy Holmes
Rent
Keith Young
Step Up
Anne Fletcher,
Rosero McCoy, Jamal Sims
Take The Lead
JoAnn Jansen,
Richmond & Tone Talauega
The Polar Express
John Carrafa
TV Variety or Special:
2006 MTV Video Music Awards/Justin
Timberlake
Marty Kudelka
Benise "Nights of Fire" / PBS
Alex Magno
Cirque de Soleil: Solstrom
Trey Knight
High School Musical
Kenny Ortega,
Charles "Chucky" Klapow, Bonnie
Story
MAD TV "Regional Hamlet Champs"
Monie Adamson
Madonna Confessions Tour
Jamie King,
Stephanie Roos, Richmond & Tone
Talauega, RJ Durell, Liz Imperio,
Fred Tallaksen, Ralph "Doctor Plik
Plok" Montego, Boppendre,
Gabriel Castillo, Steve Nestar &
Williams Charlemoine
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Mary Ann Kellogg
So You Think You Can Dance "Calling You"
Mia Michaels
So You Think You Can Dance "Cell Block
Tango"
Tyce Diorio
So You Think You Can Dance "Tranjie"
Shane Sparks
So You Think You Can Dance "Ramalama"
Wade Robson
The 48th Annual Grammy Awards/Kanye West &
Jamie Foxx
Hi Hat
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
John DeLuca & Rob Marshall
Short Film:
“Blush”
Wim Vandekeybus
“Break”
Shona McCullagh
“Coldspot Naomi”
Stikeman
“The Cost of Living”
Lloyd Newson
“No Man's Land”
Peter Chin
“ROTA”
Corrie Befort
Documentaries:
Ballets Russes
Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller
Carmen & Geoffrey
Carmen DeLavallade & Geoffrey Holder,
Nick Doob & Linda Atkinson
Height of Sky
Oguri & Morleigh Steinberg
Commercials:
Campbells Select "Tomato"
Lance MacDonald
Citroen C4 "Transformer"
Marty Kudelka
Halifax "Think"
Michael Rooney
Hummer "Chairs"
Vincent Paterson
iPod "Rollerskating"
Hi Hat
JC Penney "Back To School/Control Freak"
Hi Hat
Malta
LaVelle Smith
Nike "Not An Athlete"/Sofia
Luther Brown,
Teresa Espinosa
Pepsi "DanceTron"
Richmond & Tone Talauega
San Miguel Beer "Spain"
Janet Roston
Shoesical
Michelle Johnston
Starbucks
Kishaya Dudley
Target "Product People"
Travis Payne
Target "Saving Celebration"
Michael Rooney
TV Episodic:
Malcolm in the Middle "Bomb Shelter"
Fred Tallaksen
Scrubs "My Malpractical Decision"
Lance Macdonald
Suite Life of Zack & Cody "Commercial Break"
Travis Payne
Yes Dear "Quitters Never Dance"
Keith Young
Music Video:
Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"
Jeri Slaughter
Corbin Bell "Push It To The Limit"
Shane Sparks
George Michael "Flawless"
Michael Rooney
Justin Timberlake "My Love"
Marty Kudelka
K-OS "Man I Used To Be"
Victor Quijada
Missy Elliott "Lose Control"
Hi Hat
My Chemical Romance "Helena"
Michael Rooney
Pussycat Dolls "Buttons"
Robin Antin,
Michael Minden
The “Choreography Media Honors” is just one
of the many unique events presented this
June during Dance Camera West’s 6th
annual film festival in Los Angeles. Named
the “Best of 2006” by The Los Angeles Times,
as one of the top ten dance events of last
year, the festival focuses on the
intersection of cinematography and
choreography. It continues to showcase
the most innovative examples of dance for
camera and dance media from around the
world. The festival kicks off on Friday,
June 1st at the REDCAT and
continues throughout the month at such
prominent venues as the Billy Wilder Theatre
at the Hammer Museum, the 18th
Street Arts Center in Santa Monica and
Glorya Kaufman Hall at UCLA Department of
World of Arts and Cultures to name but a
few.
Dance Camera West is funded in part by the
Annenberg Foundation, National Endowment for
the Arts, City of Los Angeles Department of
Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles County Arts
Commission, Mortimer Levitt Foundation,
Lloyd E. Rigler and Laurence E. Deutsch
Foundation.
For more information, interviews, or to
obtain press passes please contact Lynn
Hasty from Green Galactic at 213-840-1201 or
lynn@greengalactic.com.
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