'Boy Dancer' Film Award

Kinesiology professor Dave Wilson's dance documentary film 'Boy Dancer' recently received the 'Best Short Film Award' at the Long Island City/New York International Film Festival.  It has also been screened at the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema in Boulder, Colorado and will be shown in Michoacan, Mexico later in May.  The film chronicles the progress of four Ancaster and Hamilton boys aged 7-8 as they learn hip hop choreography and freestyle.  Interviews and personal video diaries shed light on their thoughts and feelings.  Professor Wilson has been teaching at McMaster since 1985 and is Artistic Director of the McMaster Dance Company.  His current research, 'Dance Animation: building dance communities' was presented at 'The Science of Dance' workshop recently held at McMaster and sponsored by the Faculty of Science.

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