About Class
9:30-11:30 AM in The Workroom at 33 Hawley.
Co-hosted with Northampton Open Media.
In this introductory dance film workshop, students will learn the pre-production basics of composing movement for the camera. The workshop will consist of short exercises designed to build foundational skills in cinematography, specifically camera movement. Students will learn various tools for image design as well as deepen their understanding of dance film. Participants are welcome to bring their cameras, but there will be cameras to work with, so no need to bring anything you don't already have.
About Tori
Tori Lawrence is a Western Massachusetts based choreographer and dancer who creates site-specific multimedia performances and dance films. She has been a guest professor at Bennington College, Smith College, Middlebury College, and will teach at Keene State College 2025-26. Tori received her MFA in Dance from the University of Iowa, where she was a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship. Her choreographic work has recently been awarded artist residencies in Norway at LKV and USF Verftet. Other residencies and fellowships include: Yaddo, Djerassi, Playa, Brunakra, Chez Bushwick, Ucross, Charlotte Street Foundation, Dance Ireland, and Budapest's Workshop Foundation. Tori performed and collaborated with choreographer Sara Shelton Mann from 2020-22 in San Francisco and Berlin. Tori has worked as a freelance filmmaker for Movement Research, Ponderosa, Bates Dance Festival, NYU Skirball, New York Live Arts, Triskelion, Smith College, Drexel University, and many individual artists. Tori is the co-founder of Atland Residency, a new artist space in the hilltowns of Western MA: atlandresidency.org
This workshop is offered as part of the On The Rise Fundraising Festival. All proceeds go towards building new risers (seating) in The Workroom. If you would like to make an additional, tax-deductible donation, visit: https://www.northamptonartstrust.org/donate
