Katrina McPherson is an award-winning screen dance artist whose practice is informed by her background in dance and video art, as well as her wide experience as a director of arts programmes for television. Katrina's recent directing credits include the In Motion series for BBC online, and collaborative screen dance works such as Uath Lochans, Coire Ruadh, and ground-breaking works such as There is a Place, Moment,and Pace. She is an experienced lecturer and workshop leader and has taught extensively worldwide.

List of Illustrations

From Los Angeles to Monte Carlo by Ellen Bromberg

How did we get here? Some thoughts on making dance for television by Bob Lockyer

Notes on using the exercises

Acknowledgements

Introduction to the revised edition

Introduction to the original edition

1 GETTING STARTED

2 DANCE AND THE CAMERA

3 DEVELOPING THE WORK

4 CREATING YOUR ON-SCREEN WORLD

5 NEXT STEPS

6 WHEN FILMING BEGINS

7 LIGHT, SOUND AND CAMERA MOVEMENT

8 PREPARING TO EDIT

9 THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF THE EDIT

10 FINAL STAGES

11 OUT IN THE WORLD

Glossary

Contributors

Bibliography

Index