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.
June 30, 2020
Join award-winning director and screen dance artist Katrina McPherson for a three-week online creative workshop exploring the art of screendance and develop the skills to create / adapt your live performance for the screen.
Next on-line workshop takes place weeks commen...
June 16, 2020
I am thrilled that 𝙋𝘼𝙔𝙎𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙎 𝙈𝙄𝙓𝙏𝙀𝙎 | 𝙈𝙄𝙓𝙀𝘿 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙎𝘾𝘼𝙋𝙀𝙎, the dance film that I made with my good friend and creative collaborator Harold Rheaume, will be presented at this year’s American Dance Festival Movies by Movers. One of the most resp...
May 10, 2020
ON-LINE WORKSHOP: JUNE 2020
JOIN AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR AND SCREEN DANCE ARTIST KATRINA MCPHERSON FOR A THREE-WEEK ONLINE CREATIVE WORKSHOP EXPLORING THE ART OF SCREENDANCE AND DEVELOP THE SKILLS TO CREATE / ADAPT YOUR LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR THE SCREEN.
NEXT ON-LINE WORKSH...
December 24, 2019
Katrina is Associate Professor of Screendance in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Utah where she teaches a number of graduate screendance courses. Spring of 2020 will see the introduction of an advanced theory and production course, taught through both in-p...
September 12, 2019
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 screendance. Initiated 10 years ago by myself and Claudia Kappenberg (University of Brighton), through a successful AHRC funding bid,...
August 31, 2019
Still from Paysages Mixtes | Mixed Landscapes (2019), performed and directed by Katrina McPherson and Harold Rheaume. Image: Brian Hartley.
Having had its Scottish premiere at the Rise Festival in Moray in May 2019, I am delighted to say that Paysages Mixtes/Mixed Lands...
August 7, 2018
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 available to pre-order on amazon and other on-line sites. Release date is 17th September 2018.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Making...
July 26, 2018
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 the creative and practical possibilities of making dance for the screen, under the guidance of the internationally-acclaimed, awa...
November 23, 2017
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 gave a public talk and taught a workshop to the graduate screeen dance students. Here is an inightful article on my visit by Kate M...
September 3, 2017
I recently heard the exciting news that screen dance short Pace (director Katrina McPherson/dancer-choreographer Marisa Zanotti/composer Phillip Jeck) is now included on the BFI player, a presentation of the best global cinema on-demand, from classic to contemporary fi...