Strategies for a strong performing arts application from NYFA’s Ana Fiore NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship has an application deadline coming up on September 30th! Check out this June post from NYFA Current to learn more about our fiscal sponsorship program and how it can help your project. With recent applications opening for foundations like The MAP…
Editing footage and presenting your video Part Two in this series (“Plan, Then Shoot”) was about filming your performance. Now, let’s talk about how to package and polish that footage as a work sample. Editing “Curtain shots are death” — Ethany Uttech, Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) “An electric, pin-drop moment onstage might be completely devoid…
Tips for hiring a pro or doing it yourself. The first installment of this series was all about context – your video work sample as part of an application. Now, let’s talk about capturing the footage. The key is planning ahead. Because you’re introducing a new, technical aspect into your work by filming it, you’ll need…
Questions to ask: How’s it watched? What’s it for? A video work sample is a tool you should probably have if you create work in the performing arts. Many grant applications and festival submissions require it, and even if they don’t, your application still may need one in order to be competitive. Take a look…
Esther Neff (left) with performers Chiasui Chen, Chelsea O’Connor, and Tess Jamias rehearsing at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange (2008). The Transformational Grammar of the Institutional Glorybowl is a performance trilogy using live performance, video, clay animation, music, and sound to examine the relationships individuals have with the institutions that form their lives. My research on said…
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