Blog

This is the place where I will keep you up to date on projects that I am involved in, ideas that interest me and other things.

Announcing New Online Introductory Workshop - August 2020

Join award-winning director and screen dance artist Katrina McPherson for a three-week online creative workshop exploring the art of scre...

Paysages Mixtes | Mixed Landscapes to be Presented at 2020's ADF's Movies by Movers

I am thrilled that 𝙋𝘼𝙔𝙎𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙎 𝙈𝙄𝙓𝙏𝙀𝙎 | 𝙈𝙄𝙓𝙀𝘿 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙎𝘾𝘼𝙋𝙀𝙎, the dance film that I made with my good friend and cr...

New Online Workshop Coming June 2020!

ON-LINE WORKSHOP: JUNE 2020 JOIN AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR AND SCREEN DANCE ARTIST KATRINA MCPHERSON FOR A THREE-WEEK ONLINE CREATIVE WORKSH...

Announcing Exciting Workshops @ The University of Utah!

Katrina is Associate Professor of Screendance in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Utah where she teaches a number of graduate...

Celebrating A Decade

A highlight of a my summer holidays this year was to spend 3 days hanging out with some of my closest friends and colleagues working in s...

Quebec Film Festival Screenings For Paysages Mixtes | Mixed Landscapes

Still from Paysages Mixtes | Mixed Landscapes (2019), performed and directed by Katrina McPherson and Harold Rheaume. Image: Brian Hartle...

New edition of Making Video Dance

I am really excited to announce that the new edition of Making Video Dance - a step-by-step guide to creating dance for the screen is now...

screen dance in the landscape

This took place between 7th – 13th July 2018. Look out for new dates for Summer 2019. A rare opportunity to spend 5 days engaging with ...

U of Utah

Last week I spent a very enjoyable few days in Salt Lake City as the guest of Professor Ellen Bromberg at the University of Utah, where I...

Pace @ BFI

I recently heard the exciting news that screen dance short Pace (director Katrina McPherson/dancer-choreographer Marisa Zanotti/composer ...

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