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This Lab is an opportunity for all, both experienced and inexperienced makers, to explore creating in a safe environment. Participants will explore the single shot camera for filming dance, using their body’s wisdom and intuition for designing dynamic camera work for dance films. The workshop is focused on just the composition of the camera and composition for movement for the camera and using and trusting each artist's own insights and taste. Bring a mobile phone or small camera and stabilizer if you have one, clothes you can move in and paper and pen/pencil. Limited space available. Registration closes January 14th. Award-winning artist Gabri Christa makes work for stage, screen and everything in between. She hails from the Dutch Caribbean and lives in NYC. Christa is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Barnard College of Columbia University, where she teaches Screendance, Composition, Dance in Film lecture course, Contemporary Caribbean Dance and Yoga. She also directs the Movement Lab at Barnard and is the founding director of the social justice screendance festival Moving Body- Moving Image. Gabri Christa's years of film making, choreographing and teaching, have created a list of filmmakers who have studied and created work with her. A dedicated educator, her focus is on encouraging using what you have, uncovering and trusting your own vision, without letting need for high end equipment stand in your way.